We Could Fly - Rhiannon Giddens Chords

Chords: C/B, C, F, Am, G

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Genre: folk, blues, americana

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 hand

F C G F C
Searchin', always searchin' 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
Searchin', always searchin' for the promised land

[Instrumental]

C F C

C C/B Am F C

C F C

C G Am F C

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