Key: :[D] (w: Stephen Stills)
INTRO:
[D] [G] [F] // ^
[G]^
[C/D] ^
[G]^
[C/D] [D5] //
[G] [F]
VERSE 1:
I could
[D] be a rambler from the
[G] seven dials
[F]
[D] I don't pay taxes 'cause I
[G] never file
[F]
[D] I don't do business that don't
[G] make me smile
[F]
[D] I love my aeroplane 'cause
[G] she's got style
[F]
I'm a treetop
[C/D] flyer
[G] [F] //
[C/D] [G] [F]
VERSE 2:
[D] I'll fly any cargo, that
[G] you can pay to
[F] run
[D] The bush league pilots, they just
[G] can't get the job
[F] done
they've got to
[D] fly down into the canyon, ya' don't
[G] ever see the
[F] sun
[D] There's no such thing as an easy
[G] run
[F]
For a treetop
[C/D] flyer
[G] [F] //
[C/D] [G] [F]
VERSE 3:
[D] I'm flyin' low, I'm in
[G] high demand
[F]
[D] Go fifteen feet over the
[G] Rio Grande
[F]
[D] I'll blow the mesquite right up
[G] of, off the sand
[F]
[D] Seldom seen, especially
[G] when I land
[F]
I'm a treetop
[C/D] flyer
[G] [F] born Survivor
[C/D] [G] [F]
INSTRUMENTAL: [freestyle]
VERSE 4:
[D] People been asking me, where'd you learn to
[G] fly that
[F] way?
[D] It was over in Vietnam, chasin'
[G] NVA
[F]
[D] The government taught me, and they
[G] taught me right
[F]
[D] Stay down, under the treeline, you
[G] might be al-
[F]-right
Treetop
[C/D] flyer
[G] [F] //
[C/D] [G] [F]
VERSE 5:
[D] So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin'
[G] low and fast
[F]
[D] I promised my woman this is gonna
[G] be my last
[F]
[D] I get the ship down, I
[G] tie her fast
[F]
[D] then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son"
[G] wanna' make some fast
[F] cash?
I'm a treetop
[C/D] flyer
[G] [F] //
[C/D] [G] [F]
VERSE 6:
[D] Well there's things I am, and there's
[G] things I'm not
[F]
[D] I am a smuggler and I
[G] could get shot
[F]
[D] I aint going to die, I
[G] ain't goin' to get
[F] caught
[D] See I'm a flyin' fool, in an
[G] aeroplane that's
[F] just too hot
I'm a treetop
[C/D] flyer
[G] [F] born Survivor
[C/D] [G] [F]