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Tuning: D A D G B E
Simplified version to avoid needing to tune to DADGAD Play chords with a travis picking style I recommend drop D tuning to get a very similar sound to the original D5: 00023x G: 5x043x Fsus2: 3x301x [Intro] D5 D5 G Fsus2 D5 D5 G Fsus2 [Verse]
I couldD5 be a rambler from the Gseven dialsFsus2 D5I don't pay taxes 'cause I Gnever fileFsus2 D5I don't do business that don't Gmake me smiFsus2le D5I love my aeroplane 'cause Gshe's got styleFsus2 I'm a treetop D5flyerG Fsus2
[Interlude] D5 D5 G Fsus2 [Verse]
D5I will fly any cargo Gyou can pay to rFsus2un GThese bush league pilots just Gcan't get the job doneFsus2 You got to D5fly down into the canyons, you'll Gnever see the sFsus2un D5There's no such thing as an easy GrunFsus2 For a treetopD5 flyerG Fsus2
[Interlude] D5 D5 G Fsus2 [Verse]
D5I'm flyin' low, I'm in D5high demandFsus2 D5Go fifteen feet off the GRio GrandeFsus2 D5I'll blow the mesquite right Gup off the Fsus2sand D5Seldom seen, especially when IG landFsus2 I'm a treetopD5 flyerG Fsus2 BorD5n SurvivorG Fsus2
[Solo] D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 D5 G Fsus2 D5 D5 G Fsus2 [Verse]
D5People been asking me, "Where'd you learn toG fly that Fsus2way?" D5Was over in Vietnam, chasin' GNVAFsus2 D5The government taught me, and they Gtaught me rightFsus2 D5Stay down under the treeline,G and you might be alFsus2right I'm a treetopD5 flyerG Fsus2
[Interlude] D5 D5 G Fsus2 [Verse]
D5So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin' Glow and fastFsus2 D5I promised my woman this is gonna Gbe my lastFsus2 D5I get the ship down, I Gtie her fastFsus2 D5Then some old boy walks up, and he says "Hey son,G you wanna make some fast cash?"Fsus2 I'm a treetop D5flyerG Fsus2
[Interlude] D5 D5 G Fsus2 [Verse]
Well there'sD5 things I am, and there's Gthings I'm notFsus2 D5I am a smuggler and I cGould get shotFsus2 D5Aint going to die, I Gain't goin' to get caFsus2ught 'Cause I'm aD5 flyin' fool and my aerGoplane is Fsus2just too hot I'm a D5treetop flyerG Fsus2 Born surviD5vorG, Fsus2usually Work aloD5ne G Fsus2 D5