Flying chords by Stan Rogers

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)


Intro:
G+G

Verse:
    G+G                    G+G
It was just like strapping 'em on and starting again
G+G                  A minorAm      D MajorD
Coaching these kids to the top, and calling them men
    C majorC
I was a third round pick in the NHL
      C majorC
And that's three years of living in hell
       G+G D MajorD          C majorC G+G
And going up flying, and going home dying

  G+G                    G+G
My life was over the boards and playing the game
  G+G                 A minorAm     D MajorD
And every day checking the papers and finding my name
  C majorC
And dad would go crazy when the scouts would call;
   C majorC
He'd tell me that I'd have it all
         G+G D MajorD          C majorC G+G
Ninety nine of us trying, only one of us flying

Chorus:
  C majorC         D MajorD           G+G
And every kid over the boards listens for the sound;
  C majorC             D MajorD         G+G      D MajorD
The roar of the crowd is their ticket for finally leaving this town
      G+G
To be just one more hopeful in the Junior A augmentedA
C majorC
Dreaming of that miracle play
       G+G D MajorD        C majorC G+G
And going up flying, going home dying

Verse:
 G+G                       G+G
I tell them to think of the play and not of the fame
      G+G              A minorAm     D MajorD
If they've got any future at all, it's not in the game
         C majorC
'Cause they'll be crippled and starting all over again
C majorC
Selling on commissions and remembering
        G+G D MajorD        C majorC G+G
When they were flying, remembering dying

Chorus:
  C majorC         D MajorD           G+G
And every kid over the boards listens for the sound;
  C majorC             D MajorD         G+G      D MajorD
The roar of the crowd is their ticket for finally leaving this town
      G+G
To be just one more hopeful in the Junior A augmentedA
C majorC
Dreaming of that miracle play
       G+G D MajorD        C majorC G+G
And going up flying, going home dying

(Repeat chorus)