Fly Away chords by
Nelly
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Key: D minor
Verse 1
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E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Free city
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E

This is a shout out to every
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young brother ya know
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G#m

That's doing his thing right now
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E

Keep ya head up
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F#

He's walking the yard wishing
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G#m

he had wings
C#m
C#m

D#m
D#m

Ya know so he could fly
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G#m

up out that joint
Man
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F#

If I could
Verse 2
fly away
G#m
G#m

Oh I wouldn't come back no more
E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
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E

F#
F#

See now I know
G#m
G#m

Hey that it wouldn't be easy
C#m
C#m

I done fought through the battle,
D#m
D#m

and I made it this far
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F#

I got a few more feet but its still
C#m
C#m

D#m
D#m

F#
F#

F#sus4
F#sus4

F#
F#

the longest yard
E
E

Man its
Verse 3
F#
F#

the longest yard I ever
had to get in my life
G#m
G#m

See my life ain't right
if my wife don't write
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E

My nigga can't eat if the
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F#

fish don't bite
G#m
G#m

My raise the gross sales like mike 'n' ike
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F#

G#m
G#m

A big brother all mighty I keep
gamma ray on my g five g
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E

F#
F#

Takin g five jeep, g five deep
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G#m

F#
F#

To ?
Listen man they lock it down
round here
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G#m

See body bag, ya gag,
then ya frown round here
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E

F#
F#

This is serious as the sound
round here
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G#m

The guards guard the ground
fo' pounds round here
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E

And they ain't playin' they just
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layin' old
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G#m

And anything that would've happen
Nigga happen real slow
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E

Get the word from upstairs,
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tell you in that hole
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G#m

I can't take it I'm just ready to go
Verse 4
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

If I could fly away
Oh I wouldn't come back no more
E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
E
E

F#
F#

See now I know
G#m
G#m

Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
D#m
D#m

and I made it this far
G#m
G#m

I got a few more feet but its still the
D#m
D#m

E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

longest yard
E
E

Yea,yea its still the longest yard
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

E
E

Uh,uh its still the longest yard
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Uh, uh its still the longest
C#m
C#m

Done fought through the battle
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F#

D#m
D#m

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

, and I made it this far
Verse 5
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

I'm in my cell 20 hours a day,
doin' push ups every hour of a day
Cause I'm tryin' to keep the
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E

cowards away
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F#

That's why I'm markin'
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G#m

off the calendar days
Tryin' to get it outta the way
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E

Yea, and I'm just tryin' to
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F#

keep a peace in mind
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G#m

And try not to strike a mother fucker
with a piece of mine
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C#m

Cause he try to take a peace of mine
D#m
D#m

G#m
G#m

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F#

So I'm a slice him one piece at a time
But now they close the doors, lock me in
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G#m

In a cell 30 feet but is built for 10
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E

Tell me what kinda world
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F#

G#m
G#m

they got you in
With a barbwire fence to box you in
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E

F#
F#

From now till they turn off the lights
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G#m

See I'm read everything in sight
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E

Its kinda hard tryin' to read at night
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But I'm a change my life
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G#m

And help another brother take this flight
Verse 6
E
E

F#
F#

If I could fly away
G#m
G#m

Oh I wouldn't come back no more
E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
E
E

F#
F#

See now I know
G#m
G#m

Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
D#m
D#m

and I made it this far
G#m
G#m

I got a few more feet but its still the
D#m
D#m

E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

longest yard
E
E

Yea,yea its still the longest yard
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

E
E

Uh,uh its still the longest yard
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F#

G#m
G#m

C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

Uh, uh its still the longest, done fought through the battle,
D#m
D#m

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

F#
F#

and I made it this far
Verse 7
G#m
G#m

Oh no,
G#m
G#m

I gotta make it out this place some how
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F#

G#m
G#m

Oh no, man I really believe
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G#m

F#
F#

I can turn it around
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G#m

Oh no, you see all I need is
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G#m

that second chance to show
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F#

Since incarceration,
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G#m

my obligation of rehabilitation
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F#

E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Oh no, they can punch
me high kick me low
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E

F#
F#

Oh no, spit on me,
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G#m

its gonna take more than that for them to break my soul
E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Oh no, man its hard for people to understand
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C#m

what its like to be gated,
D#m
D#m

Incarcerated, most can't take it
C#m
C#m

G#m
G#m

but imma make it to see betta days
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F#

If I could
Verse 8
G#m
G#m

fly away
Oh I wouldn't come back no more
E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Id turn around just to see
you for the last time
E
E

F#
F#

See now I know
G#m
G#m

Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
D#m
D#m

and I made it this far
G#m
G#m

I got a few more feet but its still the
D#m
D#m

E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

longest yard
E
E

Yea,yea its still the longest yard
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

E
E

Uh,uh its still the longest yard
F#
F#

G#m
G#m

Uh, uh its still the longest
Done fought through the battle,
D#m
D#m

G#m
G#m

and I made it this far
F#
F#

If I could
Verse 9
G#m
G#m

fly away
E
E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

If I could id turn around
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E

F#
F#

G#m
G#m

If I could fly away
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E

F#
F#

If I could id turn around
G#m
G#m

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