Expecting to fly    (video)

 

    A ~

 

    A                                       Em                            - D                       E

1.    There you stood on the edge of your feather,       expecting to fly,

A                           Em                            - D                                E    - A

    while I laughed, I wondered whether       I could wave goodbye,

         D                        G   

    knowin' that you'd gone.

 

Am                       D7                   - G                                C

    By the summer it was healing,       we had said goodbye.

Am                                D7                     - G                        C

    All the years we'd spent with feeling        ended with a cry,

      Em  - Bm                       C    Em   - Bm                        A

    Babe,        ended with a cry, Babe,         ended with a cry.

 

    A                  Em                         D                                     E

2.     I tried so hard to stand as I stumbled and fell to the ground.

A                    Em                                 D                                E       - A

    so hard to laugh as I fumbled and reached for the love I found,

         D                  G   

    knowin' it was gone.

 

Am              D7                        - G                               C

    If I never lived without you,        now you know I'd die.

Am               D7                     - G                               C

    If I never said I loved you,       now you know I'd try,

      Em  - Bm                             C    Em   - Bm                              C

    Babe,       now you know I'd try. Babe,         now you know I'd try,

      Em      - G

    Babe.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Buffalo Springfield)