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If I Could Only Fly by Merle Haggard - Guitar Chords

Artist Merle Haggard How to play the guitar chord C.jpg How to play the guitar chord F.jpg How to play the guitar chord G.jpg How to play the guitar chord G7.jpg How to play the guitar chord E.jpg How to play the guitar chord A.jpg How to play the guitar chord B7.jpg

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Version 1
            C                        F
Almost felt you touching me just now
C                          G
I wish I knew which way to turn and go 
C                         F
I feel so good and then I feel so bad 
G7                      C       F       C
I wonder what I ought to do


Chorus:
F                               C
If I could only fly, if I could only fly 
             G                                  C
I’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you 
          F                                 C
But I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run 
                G                       C
Another sinking sun, and one more lonely night

C                        F
Wind keeps blowing somewhere everyday
C                          G
Tell me things get better somewhere up the way 
C                         F
Just dismal thinking on a dismal day
G7                      C       F       C
And sad songs for us to bear

Solo over verse:

F                                C
If I could only fly, if we could only fly
             G                                   C
If we could only fly, there'd be no more lonely nights

 
C
You know sometimes I write happy songs
F
Then some little thing goes wrong
C                                   G     G7
And I wish they all could make you smile
C
Comin home soon and I want to stay 
F
Maybe we could somehow get away
G                                     C           F     C
And I wish you could come with me when I go again


Chorus:
F                               C
If I could only fly, if I could only fly 
             G                                  C
I’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you 
          F                                 C
But I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run 
                G                       C
Another sinking sun, and one more lonely night



*I also like to play this without the capo using E, A & B7 in place of C, F & G.  I alternate playing E & A 
in standard open position with the following (kinda like how I've seen Merle do it playing live):

E 0x6454
A x07655
B7 x21202
 

[Verse]
E                        A
Almost felt you touching me just now
E                          B7
I wish I knew which way to turn and go 
E                         A
I feel so good and then I feel so bad 
B7                       E   A  E
I wonder what I ought to do


[Chorus]
           A                    E
If I could only fly, if I could only fly 
             B7                                 E
I’d bid this place goodbye and come and be with you 
          A                         E
But I can hardly stand, and I got nowhere to run 
        B7                               E
Another sinking sun, and one more lonely night 
        

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