Stephen Stills, Treetop Flyer (1968)
Key: :[B] (w: Stephen Stills)
INTRO:
[B] [E] [D] // ^
[E]^
[A/B] ^
[E]^
[A/B] [B5] //
[E] [D]
VERSE 1:
I could
[B] be a rambler from the
[E] seven dials
[D]
[B] I don't pay taxes 'cause I
[E] never file
[D]
[B] I don't do business that don't
[E] make me smile
[D]
[B] I love my aeroplane 'cause
[E] she's got style
[D]
I'm a treetop
[A/B] flyer
[E] [D] //
[A/B] [E] [D]
VERSE 2:
[B] I'll fly any cargo, that
[E] you can pay to
[D] run
[B] The bush league pilots, they just
[E] can't get the job
[D] done
they've got to
[B] fly down into the canyon, ya' don't
[E] ever see the
[D] sun
[B] There's no such thing as an easy
[E] run
[D]
For a treetop
[A/B] flyer
[E] [D] //
[A/B] [E] [D]
VERSE 3:
[B] I'm flyin' low, I'm in
[E] high demand
[D]
[B] Go fifteen feet over the
[E] Rio Grande
[D]
[B] I'll blow the mesquite right up
[E] of, off the sand
[D]
[B] Seldom seen, especially
[E] when I land
[D]
I'm a treetop
[A/B] flyer
[E] [D] born Survivor
[A/B] [E] [D]
INSTRUMENTAL: [freestyle]
VERSE 4:
[B] People been asking me, where'd you learn to
[E] fly that
[D] way?
[B] It was over in Vietnam, chasin'
[E] NVA
[D]
[B] The government taught me, and they
[E] taught me right
[D]
[B] Stay down, under the treeline, you
[E] might be al-
[D]-right
Treetop
[A/B] flyer
[E] [D] //
[A/B] [E] [D]
VERSE 5:
[B] So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin'
[E] low and fast
[D]
[B] I promised my woman this is gonna
[E] be my last
[D]
[B] I get the ship down, I
[E] tie her fast
[D]
[B] then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son"
[E] wanna' make some fast
[D] cash?
I'm a treetop
[A/B] flyer
[E] [D] //
[A/B] [E] [D]
VERSE 6:
[B] Well there's things I am, and there's
[E] things I'm not
[D]
[B] I am a smuggler and I
[E] could get shot
[D]
[B] I aint going to die, I
[E] ain't goin' to get
[D] caught
[B] See I'm a flyin' fool, in an
[E] aeroplane that's
[D] just too hot
I'm a treetop
[A/B] flyer
[E] [D] born Survivor
[A/B] [E] [D]