Key: F major
Verse 1
Eb
Cm
Ab
Eb
Ab
Eb
Bb
I never wanted to fly high
Eb
Ab
Eb
I was too fond of walking
Bb
And when you said
Cm
you'd touch the sky
Bb
Ab
Cm
Eb
I thought it was just your way of talking
Bb
Ab
Eb
And you said you'd build some wings
Ab
And find out how it could be done
Bb
Cm
Eb
I was doubtful of everything,
Ab
Bb
Eb
never thought you'd reach the sun
Ab
But you were so clev
Bb
Eb
er with your hands,
Ab
Bb
I'd watch you for hours
Eb
Bb
Cm
Bb
With the glue and the rubber bands
Ab
Eb
The feathers, lace and flowers
Bb
Ab
The finished wings, they
Eb
glowed so bright
Ab
Bb
Like some burning of glory
Cm
I began to envy you, your flight
Bb
Ab
Bb
Eb
Like some old hero's story
Ab
Bb
You tried to get me to go with you
Eb
Ab
Eb
You tried always to dare me
Bb
But I looked up at the skies so blue
Cm
Eb
Ab
An d I thought the
Eb
height would scare me
Bb
Ab
But I carried your wings for you
Eb
Ab
Bb
Up the path to the cliff face
Kissed you goodbye and
Cm
watched your eyes
Bb
Ab
Bb
Eb
Already bright with sunlight
Ab
Bb
Cm
Oh, it was so grand at the start
Bb
Ab
Eb
To watch you soar in my eyes
Bb
Cm
Bb
But there's a pain deep in my heart
Ab
Eb
Bb
The wind seems tipped with fire
Cm
Bb
Ab
Eb
Like a seagull or a lark
Ab
Eb
Bb
Rising up forever
Eb
Bb
Cm
Like some ember or some spark
Bb
Ab
Bb
Eb
Ab
Rising from earth to heaven
Bb
Then I believed you'd touch the sun
Eb
Ab
Eb
I believed all you had told me
Bb
Cm
And do a thing no man has ever done
Bb
Ab
Eb
Bb
An d touch the stars to please me
Ab
Bb
Ab
Eb
And then I saw the white winds fail
Ab
Bb
And I saw the feathers fal ter
Cm
Bb
Watched you drop like a ball of gold
Ab
Bb
Eb
Into the white green water
Bb
Eb
Now some are born to fly high
Ab
And some are born to follow
Eb
Cm
Bb
Some are born to touch the sky,
Ab
Eb
while some walk in the hollow
Cm
Bb
Ab
Eb
But as I watched your body fall,
Ab
I knew that really you had won
Bb
Eb
For your grave is not the earth
Cm
Ab
Bb
But the reflection of the sun
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Cm Ab Bb
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