Stephen Stills, Treetop Flyer (1968)
Key: :[F] (w: Stephen Stills)
INTRO:
[F] [A#] [G#] // ^
[A#]^
[D#/F] ^
[A#]^
[D#/F] [F5] //
[A#] [G#]
VERSE 1:
I could
[F] be a rambler from the
[A#] seven dials
[G#]
[F] I don't pay taxes 'cause I
[A#] never file
[G#]
[F] I don't do business that don't
[A#] make me smile
[G#]
[F] I love my aeroplane 'cause
[A#] she's got style
[G#]
I'm a treetop
[D#/F] flyer
[A#] [G#] //
[D#/F] [A#] [G#]
VERSE 2:
[F] I'll fly any cargo, that
[A#] you can pay to
[G#] run
[F] The bush league pilots, they just
[A#] can't get the job
[G#] done
they've got to
[F] fly down into the canyon, ya' don't
[A#] ever see the
[G#] sun
[F] There's no such thing as an easy
[A#] run
[G#]
For a treetop
[D#/F] flyer
[A#] [G#] //
[D#/F] [A#] [G#]
VERSE 3:
[F] I'm flyin' low, I'm in
[A#] high demand
[G#]
[F] Go fifteen feet over the
[A#] Rio Grande
[G#]
[F] I'll blow the mesquite right up
[A#] of, off the sand
[G#]
[F] Seldom seen, especially
[A#] when I land
[G#]
I'm a treetop
[D#/F] flyer
[A#] [G#] born Survivor
[D#/F] [A#] [G#]
INSTRUMENTAL: [freestyle]
VERSE 4:
[F] People been asking me, where'd you learn to
[A#] fly that
[G#] way?
[F] It was over in Vietnam, chasin'
[A#] NVA
[G#]
[F] The government taught me, and they
[A#] taught me right
[G#]
[F] Stay down, under the treeline, you
[A#] might be al-
[G#]-right
Treetop
[D#/F] flyer
[A#] [G#] //
[D#/F] [A#] [G#]
VERSE 5:
[F] So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin'
[A#] low and fast
[G#]
[F] I promised my woman this is gonna
[A#] be my last
[G#]
[F] I get the ship down, I
[A#] tie her fast
[G#]
[F] then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son"
[A#] wanna' make some fast
[G#] cash?
I'm a treetop
[D#/F] flyer
[A#] [G#] //
[D#/F] [A#] [G#]
VERSE 6:
[F] Well there's things I am, and there's
[A#] things I'm not
[G#]
[F] I am a smuggler and I
[A#] could get shot
[G#]
[F] I aint going to die, I
[A#] ain't goin' to get
[G#] caught
[F] See I'm a flyin' fool, in an
[A#] aeroplane that's
[G#] just too hot
I'm a treetop
[D#/F] flyer
[A#] [G#] born Survivor
[D#/F] [A#] [G#] 