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