Fly Away chords by Nelly

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Dm

🎸 Intro:

Bb




🎸 Verse :

C         Dm
Free City
          Bb                       C
This is a shout out to every young brother ya know
      Dm
Thats doin his thing right now keep ya head up
    Bb         C                  Dm
Hes walkin the yard wishin he had wings
   Gm               F/A              C
Ya know so he could fly up out that joint man

🎸 Chorus:

           Bb    C
If I could, fly away
Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more
Bb           C
I
I'd turn around
Dm
Just to see you for the last time
Bb         C
See, now I know
Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy
       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far
        C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard


🎸 Interlude:

Gm F/A C




🎸 Verse :

              Bb                         C
Man, it's the longest yard i ever had to get in my life
           Dm
And see my life ain't right, if my wife don't write
   Bb                      C
My niggas can't eat if the fish don't bite
      Dm
Might raise the gross sales, like Mike and Ike
    Bb            C
Now big brother almighty
  Dm
I keep a gamma ray
I'ma G-5 G
       Bb        C
Take a G-5 jeep
G-5 deep
         Dm
Too some of their bare feet and thet deep don't speak
Bb                        C
Listen maybe they lock it down right herre
    Dm
See body bag and gag and your found right herre
Bb                    C
This as serious as it sounds right herre
    Dm
The guards guard the ground, 4 pounds right herre
    Bb                            C
And they ain't playin, their just lettin you know
     Dm
That anything they want to happen, niggahappen real slow
        Bb                          C
Get the word from upstairs, put you in that hole
        Dm
I can't take it
I'm justready to go


🎸 Chorus 2:

           Bb    C
If I could, fly away
Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more
Bb           C
I
I'd turn around
Dm
Just to see you for the last time
Bb         C
See, now I know
Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy
       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far
        C                                        Bb   C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard


🎸 Interlude:

Dm                               Bb    C
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard
Dm                           Bb    C
Uh uh, its still the longest yard
Dm
Um um, its still the longest yard
Bb                                   C                Dm
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far


🎸 Verse 2:

Bb                C
I'm in my cell 20 hours a day
         Dm
And doin push-ups every hour a day
                            Bb
Cause I'm tryin to keep the cowards away
               C
that's why I'm markin off the calender days
Dm
Tryin to get out of the way
Bb                          C
And im just tryin to keep a piece of mine
              Dm
And I'm gonna shame a motherfucker with a piece of mine
           Bb                       C
Cause he's tryin to take a piece of mine
                            Dm
So im gonna slice his ass a piece at a time
                  Bb
But now that they close the door
C            Dm
Lock me in a cell 30 deep but its built for 10
        Bb                      C
Tell me what kind of world they got you in
         Dm
With the barb wire fences, box you in
Bb                  C
From now, till they turn off the lights
     Dm
I'ma read anything in sight
                        Bb
Its kinda hard tryin to read at night
         C
But I'ma change my life
          Dm
And hope another brother take this flight


🎸 Chorus 3:

           Bb    C
If I could, fly away
Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more
Bb           C
I
I'd turn around
Dm
Just to see you for the last time
Bb         C
See, now I know
Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy
       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far
        C                                        Bb   C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard


🎸 Interlude:

Dm                               Bb    C
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard
Dm                           Bb    C
Uh uh, its still the longest yard
Dm
Um um, its still the longest yard
Bb                                   C                Dm
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far


🎸 Bridge:

F
I gotta make it out this place some how
F
(Oohh no) Man I really believe that i done turne it around
F
(Oohh no) You see, all I need is that second chance to show
F
since I crossed the ration, my obligationof rehabilitation
Bb C Dm
(Oohh no) They can punch me high, and they can kick me low
Bb C Dm
(Oohh no) But i mean its gonna take more thatn that for them to break my soul
Bb   C Dm                                                            Gm
(Oohh no) Man its hard for people to understand what its like to be, gated, incarcerated
F/A                              C
I just can't take it, but I'ma make it man to see better days


🎸 Chorus 4:

           Bb    C
If I could, fly away
Dm
Ooo and I wouldn't come back no more
Bb           C
I
I'd turn around
Dm
Just to see you for the last time
Bb         C
See, now I know
Dm
Hey, that it won't be easy
       Gm                             F/A
I done fought in a battle, and I done made it this far
        C                                        Bb   C
I gotta few more feet, but its still the longest yard


🎸 Interlude:

Dm                               Bb    C
Yeah yeah, its still the longest yard
Dm                           Bb    C
Uh uh, its still the longest yard
Dm
Um um, its still the longest yard
Bb                                   C                Dm
I done fought in a battle and I done made it this far
           Bb    C     Dm
If I could, fly away
          Bb     C       Dm
If I could I turn around
           Bb    C    Dm
If I could, fly away