Born To Fly by Lauren Alaina (Original by Sara Evans)
Album: American Idol Season 10
Track 8
2011
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 1st fret
Chords:
G: 320003 or 320033
F: x33211 or 133211
Bb: x13331
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Em: x22000
Bm: x24432
Am: x02210
Intro: G
Verse:
G C G C
I've been telling my dreams to the scarecrow
F Bb F Bb
About the places that I'd like to see
C D Em
I say "friend do you think I'll ever get there?"
G D G
Oh but he just stands there smilin' back at me
G C G C
So I confessed my sins to the preacher
F Bb F Bb
About the love I've been prayin' to find
C D Em
Is there a brown-eyed boy in my future, yeah
G D G
And he says "girl you've got nothin' but time"
Chorus:
D C G
But how do you wait for heaven?
D C G
And who has that much time?
Bm C G
And how do you keep your feet on the ground
C D
When you know that you were born
G F Bb F Bb
You were born to fly
Verse:
G C G C
My daddy he is grounded like the oak tree
F Bb F Bb
My momma she is steady as the sun
C D
Oh you know I love my folks
Em
But I keep starin' down the road
G D G
Just lookin' for my one chance to run
G C G C
Hey cause I will soar away like a blackbird
F Bb F Bb
I will blow in the wind like a seed
C D Em
I will plant my heart in the garden of my dreams
G D G
And I will grow up where I wander wild and free
Chorus:
D C G
But how do you wait for heaven?
D C G
And who has that much time?
Bm C G
And how do you keep your feet on the ground
C D
When you know that you were born
G
You were born to fly
Am G C D
You were born yeah yeah
G C G C G C G C
You were born to fly
Chorus:
D C G
But how do you wait for heaven?
D C G
And who has that much time?
Bm C G
And how do you keep your feet on the ground
C D
When you know, when you know
G D G D
You were born to fly
G D G D
You were born to flyyyyyyyyyy
G
You were born to fly
