She Won't Let Me Fly Away chords by John Denver

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Verse 1:

    G+G  D MajorD E MajorE      A augmentedA     A7sus4A7sus4
Well, I wake up late in the afternoon.
A augmentedA G+G  D MajorD E MajorE       A augmentedA      A7sus4A7sus4
I eat my eggs with the evening news.
A augmentedA    G+G   D MajorD  E MajorE       A augmentedA       A7sus4A7sus4
And the sun's gone down before I find my shoes.
A augmentedA   G+G   D MajorD  E MajorE       C# minorC#m     E7/BE7/B bass
Music fills the air, but it's all the blues.


E MajorE        A augmentedA    E MajorE
She won't let me fly away,
A augmentedA             E MajorE D MajorD
she won't let me fly away.

Verse 2:
     G+G  D MajorD E MajorE      A augmentedA       A7sus4A7sus4
Well, we got no heat and the window's broke,
A augmentedA  G+G   D MajorD   E MajorE     A augmentedA        A7sus4A7sus4
The storm rains came, everything got soaked.
A augmentedA      G+G D MajorD   E MajorE       A augmentedA       A7sus4A7sus4
And there's no bread left, nothing here to smoke,
A augmentedA    G+G  D MajorD   E MajorE       C# minorC#m     E7/BE7/B
Then the Lord looks down saying, "Can't you take a joke?"


E MajorE        A augmentedA    E MajorE
She won't let me fly away,
A augmentedA             E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
she won't let me fly away.


Pre-Chorus
  G# minorG#m        F# minorF#m     E MajorE
The palm tree's just a picture on a postcard,

  G# minorG#m      F# minorF#m     E MajorE
The ocean's just a memory in my dream.
    G# minorG#m     F# minorF#m    E MajorE
Then a man comes a TV selling soapsuds
  D MajorD      A augmentedA       E MajorE
To dirty up my rivers and my streams.
    G+G  D MajorD  E MajorE     A augmentedA     Asus4Asus4
Like a mystery movie without an end.
A augmentedA    G+G   D MajorD  E MajorE    A augmentedA      A7sus4A7sus4
When you think it's over, it just begins.
A augmentedA    G+G D MajorD  E MajorE       A augmentedA       A7sus4A7sus4
It's not always true that the good guy wins,
A augmentedA   G+G  D MajorD E MajorE      C# minorC#m   E7/BE7/B
I been down so long that I got the bends.


E MajorE        A augmentedA    E MajorE  A augmentedA             E MajorE
She won't let me fly away,  she won't let me fly away.
E MajorE        A augmentedA    E MajorE  A augmentedA             E MajorE
She won't let me fly away,  she won't let me fly away.
E MajorE        A augmentedA    E MajorE  A augmentedA             E MajorE
She won't let me fly away,  she won't let me fly away.
E MajorE        A augmentedA    E MajorE  A augmentedA             E MajorE
She won't let me fly away,  she won't let me fly away.