Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
FF Am/E DmDm DbDb+5 F/CF/C Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Gm7Gm7 C7C7
Verse:
FF Am/E DmDm F/CF/C
Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
Bbmaj Am7Am7 Gm7Gm7 C7C7
And danced the sky on laughter silvered wings
FF Am/E DmDm DbDb+5
Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Gm7Gm7 C7C7 FF
Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things
Bb majorBb G+G C majorC Bb majorBb FF Abmaj7Abmaj7
I've wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence
DbDb+5 Csus4Csus4 C7C7 FF Am/E DmDm
Hovering there I've chased the shouting winds aloft
F/CF/C Bb majorBb Gm7Gm7 C7C7 FF
And flung my eager craft through footless halls of air
Chorus:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Fmaj7/A
The higher we fly, the farther we go
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/C FF
The closer we are to each other
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Fmaj7/A
The darker the night, the brighter the star
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/C FF Am/E DmDm DbDb+5
In peace go my sisters and brother
F/CF/C Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Gm7Gm7 C7C7
Verse:
FF Am/E DmDm F/CF/C
Up, up, the long delirious burning blue
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Am7Am7 G minorGm
I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
C7C7 FF Am/E DmDm
Where never lark nor even eagle flew
DbDb+5 F/CF/C G+G C majorC Bb majorBb
And while with silent lifting mind I trod
FF Am/E DmDm F/CF/C
The high untrespassed sanctity of space
Bb majorBb C9C9 FF
Put out my hand and touched the face of God
Chorus:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Fmaj7/A
The higher we fly, the farther we go
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/C
The closer we are to each other
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Fmaj7/A
The darker the night, the brighter the star
Gm7Gm7 Gm7/C FF Am/E DmDm DbDb+5
In peace go my sisters and brother
Gm7Gm7 C7C7 FF Fsus2Fsus2 Fadd2