Stephen Stills, Treetop Flyer (1968)
Key: :[G] (w: Stephen Stills)
INTRO:
[G] [C] [A#] // ^
[C]^
[F/G] ^
[C]^
[F/G] [G5] //
[C] [A#]
VERSE 1:
I could
[G] be a rambler from the
[C] seven dials
[A#]
[G] I don't pay taxes 'cause I
[C] never file
[A#]
[G] I don't do business that don't
[C] make me smile
[A#]
[G] I love my aeroplane 'cause
[C] she's got style
[A#]
I'm a treetop
[F/G] flyer
[C] [A#] //
[F/G] [C] [A#]
VERSE 2:
[G] I'll fly any cargo, that
[C] you can pay to
[A#] run
[G] The bush league pilots, they just
[C] can't get the job
[A#] done
they've got to
[G] fly down into the canyon, ya' don't
[C] ever see the
[A#] sun
[G] There's no such thing as an easy
[C] run
[A#]
For a treetop
[F/G] flyer
[C] [A#] //
[F/G] [C] [A#]
VERSE 3:
[G] I'm flyin' low, I'm in
[C] high demand
[A#]
[G] Go fifteen feet over the
[C] Rio Grande
[A#]
[G] I'll blow the mesquite right up
[C] of, off the sand
[A#]
[G] Seldom seen, especially
[C] when I land
[A#]
I'm a treetop
[F/G] flyer
[C] [A#] born Survivor
[F/G] [C] [A#]
INSTRUMENTAL: [freestyle]
VERSE 4:
[G] People been asking me, where'd you learn to
[C] fly that
[A#] way?
[G] It was over in Vietnam, chasin'
[C] NVA
[A#]
[G] The government taught me, and they
[C] taught me right
[A#]
[G] Stay down, under the treeline, you
[C] might be al-
[A#]-right
Treetop
[F/G] flyer
[C] [A#] //
[F/G] [C] [A#]
VERSE 5:
[G] So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin'
[C] low and fast
[A#]
[G] I promised my woman this is gonna
[C] be my last
[A#]
[G] I get the ship down, I
[C] tie her fast
[A#]
[G] then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son"
[C] wanna' make some fast
[A#] cash?
I'm a treetop
[F/G] flyer
[C] [A#] //
[F/G] [C] [A#]
VERSE 6:
[G] Well there's things I am, and there's
[C] things I'm not
[A#]
[G] I am a smuggler and I
[C] could get shot
[A#]
[G] I aint going to die, I
[C] ain't goin' to get
[A#] caught
[G] See I'm a flyin' fool, in an
[C] aeroplane that's
[A#] just too hot
I'm a treetop
[F/G] flyer
[C] [A#] born Survivor
[F/G] [C] [A#]