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The Fly Chords by Cosmo Sheldrake

The Fly chords by Cosmo Sheldrake

Guitar chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
Bbm
Little Fly,
    Fm
Thy summer's play
   Bbm
My thoughtless hand
    Bbm
Has brushed away.
Gb
Am I not
  Fm
A fly like thee?
   Gb
Or art not thou
  F
A man like me?


Verse 2:
Bbm
For I dance
    Fm
And drink, and sing,
     Bbm
Till some blind hand
      Fm
Shall brush my wing.
   Gb
If thought is life
    Fm
And strength and breath
Gb
And the want
   F
Of thought is death;


Interlude:
Bbm Fm Bbm Fm Gb Fm Gb F


Verse 3:
Bbm
Then I am
  Fm
A happy fly,
Bbm
If I live,
   Fm
Or if I die.
Gb
Then am I
  Fm
A happy fly,
Gb
If I live,
   F
Or if I die.

Bbm
Then I am
  Fm
A happy fly,
Bbm
If I live,
   Fm
Or if I die.
Gb
Then am I
  Fm
A happy fly,
Gb
If I live,
   F
Or if I die.


Verse 4:
Bbm
Little Fly,
    Fm
Thy summer's play
   Bbm
My thoughtless hand
    Bbm
Has brushed away.
Gb
Am I not
  Fm
A fly like thee?
   Gb
Or art not thou
  F
A man like me?


Verse 5:
Bbm
For I dance
    Fm
And drink, and sing,
     Bbm
Till some blind hand
      Fm
Shall brush my wing.
   Gb
If thought is life
    Fm
And strength and breath
Gb
And the want
   F
Of thought is death;


Interlude:
Bbm Fm Bbm Fm Gb Fm Gb F


Verse 6:
Bbm
Then I am
  Fm
A happy fly,
Bbm
If I live,
   Fm
Or if I die.
Gb
Then am I
  Fm
A happy fly,
Gb
If I live,
   F
Or if I die.

Bbm
Then I am
  Fm
A happy fly,
Bbm
If I live,
   Fm
Or if I die.
Gb
Then am I
  Fm
A happy fly,
Gb
If I live,
   F
Or if I die.


Outro:
Bbm Fm Bbm Fm Gb Fm Gb F Bbm

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