Chords for MERLE HAGGARD - IF I COULD ONLY FLY

[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ Wish I could be there in person.
It's an impossibility.
I couldn't do it.
And [N] for George and Tammy and all the family,
_ and for all the other people that are there that loved Tammy as I did,
for so many years, seemed like nearly all my life,
I want to sing a song [Eb] I sang at my last good friend's funeral.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I almost felt you [Db] _ [Ab] touching me just now. _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ I wish I knew which [Bb] way to [Dm] turn and [Bb] go. _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ I feel so [Bbm] good [Ab] and then I feel so bad. _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ And I wonder what I [Eb] ought to do. _ _ _ _
[Ab] If I could only fly. _ _ _ _
[Eb] Honey, if I could _ [Bb] only [Eb] fly. _
_ [Bb] I'd bid this [Fm] place goodbye [Bb] to _ [F] _
[Eb] come and be with you. _ _ _ _
[Ab] But I can hardly stand _ _ _ _ [Eb] and I got _ nowhere to run. _
[Bb] Another sinking sun and _ _ [Fm] one [Eb] more lonely night.
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Eb] The wind keeps blowing [Bbm] somewhere [Eb] every [Ab] day. _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ Tell me things get better, [Bb] some will [Fm] up the way.
_ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Just dismal thinking, oh.
[Ab] _ I just been praying _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
sad songs _ [Eb] for us to bear. _
_ _ _ [Ab] But if I could only fly. _
_ _ [Eb] Honey, if I could only fly.
_ _ I'd [Bb] bid this place goodbye just _ _ [F] to come and [Eb] be with you. _
But _ _ [Ab] I can hardly stand _ _ _ [Eb] and I got _ _ nowhere to run.
_ _ [Bb] Just another sinking sun and _ _ [Fm] one more [Eb] lonely night.
[Ab] _
_ [C] _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _
You know sometimes I write happy songs. _ _
[Ab] _ Then some little thing goes wrong. _
[Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ I wish they all _ [Bb] could make you smile.
[D] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Eb] _ Coming home soon and I want to stay. _
_ _ [Ab] _ Maybe we can somehow get away.
_ [C] _ [Bb] _ _ _ I wish you could come with me when I [Eb] go again. _ _ _
_ [Ab] But if I could only fly. _ _ _
_ _ [Cm] If we could _ [Eb] only fly.
_ [Bb] If we could only fly. _
There'll [Db] be no more [Eb] lonely nights.
[Ab] _ _ [Cm] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Db] _ [Eb] _ That's _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [N] the best I could do.
It's not very good.
[Bb] But goodbye, Tammy.
_ _ _ _ Royal Haggard delivering that message