Tragically Hip - Fly

^CSeventy days to cross the ^Gocean ^{F C}Seventy nights where no one^G’s gonna hear me ^Ffall ^CFreddie Mercury, “I’ve s^Gometimes wish^Fed ^FI’d never been born at all”

^CI remain unphotographed y^Gea ^{F C}I don’t exaggerate my in^Gtelligence ^{F C}I might turn a broom into ^Ga tree ^{F F}But I’ll never be one of them

^AmI f^Fly, ^C cause there’s no why in getting beaten u^Fp by ^Ama g^Fuy ^G who cries before he fights

^CI don’t want em to see m^Ge like this ^{F C}The way they like to kick ^Gpeople when t^Fheir down ^CYou said, ‘please stop w^Gorrying bout ^Fthis ^FThey stop kicking once you’re down’

^CThere’s Mistaken Point, Newfoundlan^Gd ^{F C}There’s Moonbeam, Ontari-ari^G-o ^{F C}There are places I’ve nev^Ger been ^{F F}and always wanted to go

^AmI f^Fly, ^C cause woe betide a guy who just liv^Fes to fight ^AmFly^F, ^G love is to try and die trying

^AFl^Bby, ^Cyea, that’s right ^AFl^Bby, ^Cye^Da, that’s right ^ATr^Bby, ^Clo^Dve ^Fis^G to try and die trying

^CCoastline rising out of th^Ge ocean ^{F C}Coastline rises like a pai^Gr of glowing ^Fthighs ^CTheres something down deep^G inside me sa^Fys, ^F‘Where ya been all my life.’

^AmFly^F, tur^Cn your ^Fback, get your face in the sky ^AmFly^F, lov^Ge is to try and die trying ^AmTry^F, lef^Ct and ri^Fght, across your mind ^AmTry^F, lov^Ge is to try and die trying