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