Treetop Flyer
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(Stephen Stills)
Guitar: tuning (DADGAD)
Chords: (letters are not actual chord names, only reference symbols)
DADGAD
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505050 - G
303030 - F
000570 - C
000450 - B
000230 - A
000220 - A*
(intro)
D----10-----9-----3-----0---------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------5----3---------3-------2^3----2---3---
G-------------------------------0-0------------0-------------2------2---2---
D-------------------------------5-------5----3----------3-------------0-----
A------------------------------------------------------------0--------------
D--0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--5-----5------3------3-------0------0----------
D--------------------------------
A-----0--------------5----3------
G-----2----------0--------0------
D--0-------0---5-------5-----3---
A--------------------------------
D-------0----5-----5------3------
(Note: use general Travis-picking style throughout)
A* A A* G F
I could be a rambler from the Seven Isles (??)
A* A A* G F
I don't pay taxes 'cuz I never file
A* A A* G F
And I don't do business that doesn't make me smile
G F
I love my aeroplane 'cuz she got style
A A* C B G F
I'm a treetop flyer
I fly any cargo that you can pay to run
The bush league pilots, they just can't get the job done
You've got to fly down into the canyons
You don't ever see the sun
There's no such thing as an easy run
Oh, treetop flyer
I fly low, I'm in high demand
I go 15 feet over the Rio Grande
I blow the mesquite right up off of the sand
Seldom seen, especially when I land
I'm a treetop flyer, born survivor
(instr. break -- this is essentially a run on 3rd. frets of all strings)
The people they ask me, ``Where'd you learn to fly that way?"
It's over in Vietnam chasin' MBAs
The government taught me, and they taught me right
Stay down under the tree line
And you might be alright
Treetop flyer
So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin' low and fast
I promised my woman, this is gonna be my last
I get the ship down, I tie her fast
And then somebody walks up and says
``Hey son, wanna make some fast cash?"
Treetop flyer
Well there's things I am and there's things I'm not
I am a smuggler and I could get shot
I ain't gonna die, I ain't gonna get caught
You see, I'm a flyin' fool in an aeroplane
I'm just too hot
I'm a treetop flyer, born survivor
(instrumental break)
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
Hey- thanks for that ione, EB! It just so happens on my last trip to Key West a few weeks back I picked up a CD by a performer down there who we make it a point to see every visit, and it was a CD of cover songs, with Treetop Flyer being one of those. I have been wanting to learn some of the songs on the CD because I really like the selection, and so this was very opportune!
Regards,
Mike
"Growing Older But Not UP!"
this was very opportune!
You're more than welcome, but I actually made that post in 2004!!! :D It's been there for nearly two years now!! :D
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
this was very opportune!
You're more than welcome, but I actually made that post in 2004!!! :D It's been there for nearly two years now!! :D
Yeah, but I didn't happen to come across it until the other day, with the tune fresh in my mind because if the CD I had just acquired. Now that's really a coincidence
Regards,
Mike
"Growing Older But Not UP!"
:shock: :oops: I should have searched before I requested.... DOH!
LOL! I never even saw your request! Must be something karmic in the air! :D
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"Don't wanna ride no shootin' star. Just wanna play on the rhythm guitar." Emmylou Harris, "Rhythm Guitar" from "The Ballad of Sally Rose"
