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