Stephen Stills, Treetop Flyer (1968)
Key: :[A#] (w: Stephen Stills)
INTRO:
[A#] [D#] [C#] // ^
[D#]^
[G#/A#] ^
[D#]^
[G#/A#] [A#5] //
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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
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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
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[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
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[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#]