Further To Fly
written and performed by Paul Simon
from "Rhythm Of The Saints."
Transcribed by Erik Strom.
(tune down 1/2 step)
Em11
There may come a time
When you'll be tired
Cdim
As tired as a dream that wants to die
Em11
And further to fly
Am7/E
Further to fly
Em11
Further to fly
Am7/E
Further to fly
Em11#5 Em11b5
Maybe you will find a love
That you discover accidentally
Edim
Who falls against you gently
As a pickpocket
Em7
Brushes your thigh
Dm/F E7
Further to fly
Am
Effortless music from the Cameroons
G
The spinning darkness of her hair
Am B7 E E7
A conversation in a crowded room going nowhere
Am
The open palm of desire
G
Wants everything
It wants everything
Am B7 Em7 A Em7 A
It wants everything
Em11
Sometimes I'll be walking down
The street and I'll be thinking
Am I crazy
Cdim
Or is this some morbid little lie
Em11
Further to fly
Am7/E
Further to fly
Em11 Am7/E
Further to fly
Em11#5
A recent loss of memory
A shadow in the family
Edim
The baby waves bye-bye
Em7 Dm/F E7
I'm trying, I'm fly -- ing
Am
There may come a time
G
When I will lose you
Am B7
Lose you as I lose my light
E E7
Days falling backward into velvet night
Am
The open palm of desire
G
Wants everything
It wants everything
Am B7
It wants soil as soft as summer
Em7 A Em7 A Em11
And the strength to push like spring
A broken laugh a broken fever
Take it up with the great deceiver
Cdim
Who looks you in the eye
Em11
And says baby don't cry
Dm/F E7
Further to fly------
Am
There may come a time
G
When I will lose you
Am B7
Lose you as I lose my sight
E E7
Days falling backward into velvet night
Am
The open palm of desire
G
The Rose of Jericho
Am B7
Soil as soft as summer
Em7 A Em7 A
The strength to let you go
Repeat and fade:
Em11
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