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