This is the first tab of this on the net, and probably the first
attempt at transcribing the lyrics, too, hence some ridiculous
lines within. Corrections and comments appreciated as always.
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Never Got Off The Ground
CAPO 3
Intro: E | Dsus2 | E | Dsus2
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My father was a farmer,
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but his head was in the sky.
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He worked every day but Sunday
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till the day he died.
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He prayed for rain and thunder,
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and listened for the sound.
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In the dry years he went under,
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he never got off the ground.
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We all dream when we're younger
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that we will to great things.
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Me, I used to have a hunger.
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to wear a pilot's wings.
Mando solo: E | Dsus2 | E | Dsus2 | E | Dsus2 | A | Dsus2 | A
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But the circles that I ran in
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turned my head around,
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and the planes I had my plans in
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never got off the ground.
C
Don't raise your hopes;
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you hear so many say
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"The higher they get,
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the closer they are to fly-ing away."
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Fly high away!
Fiddle solo: E | Dsus2 | E | Dsus2 | E | Dsus2 | A | Dsus2 | A
C
Don't raise your hopes;
A
you hear so many say
C
"The higher they get,
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the closer they are to fly-ing away."
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They say they're but for fortune,
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is the way it would have been
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if we could take a bigger portion,
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and fill our hands again.
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You see them on the sidewalks
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in the parks all over town;
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those who've taken flight,
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but never got off the ground.
Outro: A | Dsus2 | A | Dsus2 | A | Dsus2 | A