Love Has Tied My Wings

 

Written by John Stewart

 

‘Love Has Tied My Wings’ is on “Dream Babies Go Hollywood”, RSO, 1980, and on “John Stewart: Best Of.....Turning Music Into Gold”, Polydor; 1995, CD-reissue of the albums “Bombs Away Dream Babies” and “Dream Babies Go Hollywood”, plus two previously unreleased versions of ‘Hard Time Town’ and ‘Children of The Morning’. 

Best in Drop D- tuning.  Play each chord in a strong downstrum, playing only the four middle strings.

 

 

(D) (G5/B) (Cadd9) (D)    (D) (G5/B) (Cadd9) (D)
(continue this pattern into the first two lines of verse)
(D)Oh, to be as (G5/B)free, as I (Cadd9)dreamed I'd (G5/B)be,
And (D)oh, c'est la (G5/B)vie, this is (Cadd9)where I seem to (G5/B)be,
Rooted in the (Bm)home ground, seeing roads all around,

I (E7)know how it sounds, honey, you and (A)me.
Ah, but (Bm)love has tied my (Cadd9)wings, (Em7)
(Bm)Love has tied my (Cadd9)wings, (Em7)
(Bm)Love has tied my (Cadd9)wings.(hold)

Hmm (D)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (G5/B)hmm hmm,
Hmm hmm (Cadd9)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (D)hmm.
Hmm (D)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (G5/B)hmm hmm,
Hmm hmm (Cadd9)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (D)hmm.

(Repeat downstrums on first two lines)
(D)Where is the (G5/B)crime to be (Cadd9)free in your (G5/B)time?
(D)Dreams seem to (G5/B)be (Cadd9)all that is (G5/B)free.
Rooted in the (Bm)home ground, feeling love all around,
(E7)Know how it sounds, honey, you and (A)me.
Ah, but (Bm)love has tied my (Cadd9)wings, (Em7)
(Bm)Love has tied my (Cadd9)wings, (Em7)
(Bm)Love has tied my (Cadd9)wings.(hold)

Hmm (D)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (G5/B)hmm hmm,
Hmm hmm (Cadd9)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (D)hmm.
Hmm (D)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (G5/B)hmm hmm,
Hmm hmm (Cadd9)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (D)hmm. (hold)

Rooted in the (Bm)home ground, feeling love all around,
(E7)Know how it sounds, honey, you and (A)me.
Ah, but (Bm)love has tied my (Cadd9)wings, (Em7)
(Bm)Love has tied my (Cadd9)wings, (Em7)
(Bm)Love has tied my (Cadd9)wings.(hold)

Hmm (D)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (G5/B)hmm hmm,
Hmm hmm (Cadd9)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (D)hmm.
Hmm (D)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (G5/B)hmm hmm,
Hmm hmm (Cadd9)hmm hmm, hmm hmm (D)hmm.
(D) (G5/B) (Cadd9) (D)    (D) (Cadd9) (G6) (D)
(D) (G5/B) (Cadd9) (D)    (D) (Cadd9) (G6) (D)
(D) (G5/B) (Cadd9) (D)    (D) (Cadd9) (G6) (D)

(D) (G5/B) (Cadd9) (D) (and fade…)

© John Stewart, All Rights Reserved

 

Charlie Woodward, janhauenstein@gmx.de & Art Faller

 

April 2008

 

 

Drop D tuning if you want to play the bass run which would then be:
A----2--p0-----------------
D-------------2---0--------

G5/B

E-----(3)----------

B------3-----------

G------------------

D------------------

A----2-------------

D-x----------------

 

Cadd9

E--(x)-------------

B------3-----------

G------------------

D----2-------------

A------3-----------

D--x---------------

 

G6

E------------------

B------3-----------

G---------4--------

D-------------5----

A---2--------------

D--x---------------

 

or

 

G6

E------------------

B------------------

G------------------

D------------------

A----2-------------

D----------5-------