Stephen Stills, Treetop Flyer (1968)
Key: :[E] (w: Stephen Stills)
INTRO:
[E] [A] [G] // ^
[A]^
[D/E] ^
[A]^
[D/E] [E5] //
[A] [G]
VERSE 1:
I could
[E] be a rambler from the
[A] seven dials
[G]
[E] I don't pay taxes 'cause I
[A] never file
[G]
[E] I don't do business that don't
[A] make me smile
[G]
[E] I love my aeroplane 'cause
[A] she's got style
[G]
I'm a treetop
[D/E] flyer
[A] [G] //
[D/E] [A] [G]
VERSE 2:
[E] I'll fly any cargo, that
[A] you can pay to
[G] run
[E] The bush league pilots, they just
[A] can't get the job
[G] done
they've got to
[E] fly down into the canyon, ya' don't
[A] ever see the
[G] sun
[E] There's no such thing as an easy
[A] run
[G]
For a treetop
[D/E] flyer
[A] [G] //
[D/E] [A] [G]
VERSE 3:
[E] I'm flyin' low, I'm in
[A] high demand
[G]
[E] Go fifteen feet over the
[A] Rio Grande
[G]
[E] I'll blow the mesquite right up
[A] of, off the sand
[G]
[E] Seldom seen, especially
[A] when I land
[G]
I'm a treetop
[D/E] flyer
[A] [G] born Survivor
[D/E] [A] [G]
INSTRUMENTAL: [freestyle]
VERSE 4:
[E] People been asking me, where'd you learn to
[A] fly that
[G] way?
[E] It was over in Vietnam, chasin'
[A] NVA
[G]
[E] The government taught me, and they
[A] taught me right
[G]
[E] Stay down, under the treeline, you
[A] might be al-
[G]-right
Treetop
[D/E] flyer
[A] [G] //
[D/E] [A] [G]
VERSE 5:
[E] So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin'
[A] low and fast
[G]
[E] I promised my woman this is gonna
[A] be my last
[G]
[E] I get the ship down, I
[A] tie her fast
[G]
[E] then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son"
[A] wanna' make some fast
[G] cash?
I'm a treetop
[D/E] flyer
[A] [G] //
[D/E] [A] [G]
VERSE 6:
[E] Well there's things I am, and there's
[A] things I'm not
[G]
[E] I am a smuggler and I
[A] could get shot
[G]
[E] I aint going to die, I
[A] ain't goin' to get
[G] caught
[E] See I'm a flyin' fool, in an
[A] aeroplane that's
[G] just too hot
I'm a treetop
[D/E] flyer
[A] [G] born Survivor
[D/E] [A] [G]