'High
Flying Eagle' is from
the album "Wires from the Bunker", Wrasse Records, 2000,
Good
song. Nice and fast. Also sounds great played in the key of C, capo 2nd fret.
(G/B) here:
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High Flying
Eagle John Stewart
(D) (D4)
(D) (D4) (D) (D4) (D) (D4)
(D)Eagle on the (D4)wind
And he (D) shakes his (D4)wings,
(D) He lifts his (D4)head
(D) And up he (G)swings,
um (A)hm hmm (D)hmm.
(D/C#)(Bm)
He can (G)fly til the (A)winter
turns to (D)spring, (D/C#)(Bm)
But the (C)high (G/B)flying (A)eagle cannot (D)sing.
(D4) (D) (D4)
(D)Eagle lifts his (D4)head
And he (D) finds the (D4)sky,
(D) Shakes his (D4)wings
(D) And up he (G)flies,
um (A)hm hmm hmm (D)hmm.
(D/C#)(Bm)
He can (G)fly til the (A)winter
turns to (D)spring, (D/C#)(Bm)
But the (C)high (G/B)flying (A)eagle cannot (D)sing.
(D4) (D) (D7)
(G)I don't (A)know
but I (D) thought
I could (Bm)fly,
And (G)I won't (A)know. Not
un(D)til I can (G)try.
Still I (A)know that it won't mean a (D)thing,
(D/C#)(Bm)
This (C)high (G/B)flying (A)eagle cannot (D)sing.
(D4) (D) (D4)
(D) (D4)
(D) (D4) (D) (D4) (D) (D4)
(D)
(G) (A) (D) (D/C#)(Bm) (G) (A) (D) (D/C#)(Bm)
(C)
(`G/B) (A) (D) (D4) (D) (D4)
(D) Eagle on the (D4)wind
And he (D) shakes his (D4)wings,
(D) He lifts his (D4)head
(D) And up he (G)swings,
um (A)hm hmm (D)hmm.
(D/C#)(Bm)
He can (G)fly til the (A)winter
turns to (D)spring, (D/C#)(Bm)
But the (C)high (G/B)flying (A)eagle cannot (D)sing.
(D) (D4) (D) (D7)
(G)I don't (A)know
but I (D) thought
I could (Bm)fly,
And (G)I won't (A)know. Not
un(D)til I can (G)try.
Still I (A)know that it won't mean a (D)thing,
(D/C#)(Bm)
This (C)high (G/B)flying (A)eagle,
And the (D)high flying (Bm)eagle,
This (G)high flying (A)eagle,
This (G)high flying (A)eagle
cannot (D)sing. (D4) (D)
© John
Stewart, All Rights Reserved
Charlie Woodward, janhauenstein@gmx.de & Art Faller