Stephen Stills, Treetop Flyer (1968)
Key: :[A] (w: Stephen Stills)
INTRO:
[A] [D] [C] // ^
[D]^
[G/A] ^
[D]^
[G/A] [A5] //
[D] [C]
VERSE 1:
I could
[A] be a rambler from the
[D] seven dials
[C]
[A] I don't pay taxes 'cause I
[D] never file
[C]
[A] I don't do business that don't
[D] make me smile
[C]
[A] I love my aeroplane 'cause
[D] she's got style
[C]
I'm a treetop
[G/A] flyer
[D] [C] //
[G/A] [D] [C]
VERSE 2:
[A] I'll fly any cargo, that
[D] you can pay to
[C] run
[A] The bush league pilots, they just
[D] can't get the job
[C] done
they've got to
[A] fly down into the canyon, ya' don't
[D] ever see the
[C] sun
[A] There's no such thing as an easy
[D] run
[C]
For a treetop
[G/A] flyer
[D] [C] //
[G/A] [D] [C]
VERSE 3:
[A] I'm flyin' low, I'm in
[D] high demand
[C]
[A] Go fifteen feet over the
[D] Rio Grande
[C]
[A] I'll blow the mesquite right up
[D] of, off the sand
[C]
[A] Seldom seen, especially
[D] when I land
[C]
I'm a treetop
[G/A] flyer
[D] [C] born Survivor
[G/A] [D] [C]
INSTRUMENTAL: [freestyle]
VERSE 4:
[A] People been asking me, where'd you learn to
[D] fly that
[C] way?
[A] It was over in Vietnam, chasin'
[D] NVA
[C]
[A] The government taught me, and they
[D] taught me right
[C]
[A] Stay down, under the treeline, you
[D] might be al-
[C]-right
Treetop
[G/A] flyer
[D] [C] //
[G/A] [D] [C]
VERSE 5:
[A] So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin'
[D] low and fast
[C]
[A] I promised my woman this is gonna
[D] be my last
[C]
[A] I get the ship down, I
[D] tie her fast
[C]
[A] then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son"
[D] wanna' make some fast
[C] cash?
I'm a treetop
[G/A] flyer
[D] [C] //
[G/A] [D] [C]
VERSE 6:
[A] Well there's things I am, and there's
[D] things I'm not
[C]
[A] I am a smuggler and I
[D] could get shot
[C]
[A] I aint going to die, I
[D] ain't goin' to get
[C] caught
[A] See I'm a flyin' fool, in an
[D] aeroplane that's
[C] just too hot
I'm a treetop
[G/A] flyer
[D] [C] born Survivor
[G/A] [D] [C]