We Could Fly chords by Rhiannon Giddens

Chords with lyrics

C/BC/B : x20010

Verse 1:
C majorC        FF       C majorC
Mama, dear mama, look in yonder tree
C majorC    C/BC/B       A minorAm     FF       C majorC
See that pretty little sparrow, a-lookin' back at me
C majorC               FF       C majorC
She can soar above the clouds, way up in the sky
C majorC    G+G  A minorAm       FF         C majorC
She can fly away from here, why, o why, can't I?

Verse 2:
C majorC               FF         C majorC
Daughter, dear daughter, I'll tell you something true
C majorC    C/BC/B  A minorAm      FF        C majorC
Remember Gran Eliza, well, every night she flew
   C majorC    G+G    A minorAm         FF         C majorC
They tried to keep her down but there was nothing they could do

Chorus:
C majorC            A minorAm G+G C majorC
She could fly, she could fly
     FF         C majorC         G+G
She could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high
     C majorC   FF    C majorC
She could fly across the river
C majorC     G+G   A minorAm
Her spirit in her hands
FF         C majorC    G+G        FF
Searching, always searching for the promised land

Verse 3:
C majorC        FF      C majorC
Mama, dear mama, mama tell me more
C majorC    C/BC/B     A minorAm        FF     C majorC
I feel a trembling in my arms, I've never felt before
C majorC            FF       C majorC
Daughter, dear daughter, listen what I say
   C majorC   G+G   A minorAm      FF         C majorC
Your granny always told me you'd feel that way some day
C majorC   C/BC/B   A minorAm        FF        C majorC
Every time she looked at you she saw the old-time ways

Chorus:
C majorC             A minorAm G+G C majorC
When we could fly, we could fly
     FF        C majorC         G+G
We could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high
     C majorC  FF    C majorC
We could fly across the mountains
C majorC     G+G    A minorAm
Together, hand in hand
FF         C majorC     G+G        FF
Searching, always searching for the promised land

Verse 4:
C majorC        FF         C majorC
Mama, dear mama, come and stand by me
C majorC    G+G     A minorAm      FF      C majorC
I feel a lightness in my feet, a longing to be free
C majorC            FF        C majorC
My heart it is a-shakin' with an old, old song
C majorC     C/BC/B   A minorAm      FF        C majorC
I hear the voices sayin', it's time for moving on

Verse 5:
C majorC                  FF       C majorC
She took her mama by the hand, they rose up in the air
C majorC       C/BC/B  A minorAm
They held each other tight and then
   FF       C majorC
They flew away from there
C majorC       C/BC/B  A minorAm         FF       C majorC
They held each other tight and then they flew away from there

Chorus:
C majorC             A minorAm G+G C majorC
They could fly, they could fly
      FF         C majorC         G+G
They could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high
      C majorC  FF     C majorC
They could fly across the ocean
C majorC     G+G    A minorAm
Together, hand in hand
FF         C majorC     G+G        FF

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