We Could Fly chords by Rhiannon Giddens

C/B : x20010

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chorus:
C                         Am G C
They could fly, they could fly
           F                 C                 G
They could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high
           C    F          C
They could fly across the ocean
C         G       Am
Together, hand in hand
F                 C         G                F