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Fly Away Chords

Music by: Nelly
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[Verse 1]
[F]Free cit[G]y[Am]
This is a [F]shout out to every
young brother [G]ya know
[Am]That's doing his thing right now
Keep ya head [F]up
He's walking [G]the yard wishing
he had [Am]wings
Ya know so [Dm]he could fl[Em]y
up out that [Am]joint
Man
[G]If I could

[Verse 2]
fly away
[Am]Oh I wouldn't come back no more
[F]Id turn aro[G]und just to [Am]see
you for the last time
[F]See [G]now I know
[Am]Hey that it wouldn't be easy
I done fought [Dm]through the battle,
and I [Em]made it this far
I got a [G]few more feet but its still
[Dm]the longest [Em]yard[G][Gsus4][G]
[F]Man its

[Verse 3]
the longest yard I [G]ever
had to get in my life
See my [Am]life ain't right
if my wife don't write
My [F]nigga can't eat if the
[G]fish don't bite
My raise [Am]the gross sales like mike 'n' ike
A big [G]brother all mighty [Am]I keep
gamma ray on my g five g
Takin [F]g five jeep, g[G] five deep
[Am]To ?[G]
Listen man they lock it down
round here
See body [Am]bag, ya gag,
then ya frown round here
[F]This is serious [G]as the sound
round here
The guard[Am]s guard the ground
fo' pounds round here
[F]And they ain't playin' they just
[G]layin' old
And anything [Am]that would've happen
Nigga happen real slow
Get the [F]word from upstairs,
tell you [G]in that hole
I can't [Am]take it I'm just ready to go

[Verse 4]
If I [G]could fly [Am]away
Oh I wouldn't come back no more
[F]Id turn aro[G]und just to [Am]see
you for the last time
[F]See [G]now I know
[Am]Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
and I [Em]made it this far
I got a few more [Am]feet but its still the
[Em]longest [F]yar[G]d[Am]
Yea,yea its still [F]the longest yard
[G]Uh,uh [Am]its still the [F]longest yard
Uh, [G]uh [Am]its still the longest
[Dm]Done fought through the battle
[G], and I [Em]made it this [Am]far[G]

[Verse 5]
[G]I'm in my cell 20 hours [Am]a day,
doin' push ups every hour of a day
Cause I'm tryin' to keep the
[F]cowards away
[G]That's why I'm markin'
off the [Am]calendar days
Tryin' to get it outta the way
[F]Yea, and I'm just tryin' to
keep a [G]peace in mind
[Am]And try not to strike a mother fucker
with a piece of mine
Cause he [Dm]try to take a peace of mine
[Em]So I'm a slice him one p[Am]iece a[G]t a time
But now they close the doors, lock me in
In a [Am]cell 30 feet but is built for 10
Tell me [F]what kinda world
they [G]got you [Am]in
With a barbwire fence to box you in
[F]From now[G] till they turn off the lights
See I'm [Am]read everything in sight
Its kinda hard tryin' to [F]read at night
But I'm a [G]change my life
[Am]And help another brother take this flight

[Verse 6]
If I [F]could [G]fly away
[Am]Oh I wouldn't come back no more
[F]Id [G]turn around just to [Am]see
you for the last time
[F]See [G]now I know
[Am]Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
and I [Em]made it this far
I got a few more [Am]feet but its still the
[Em]longest [F]yar[G]d[Am]
Yea,yea its still the [F]longest yard
[G]Uh,uh [Am]its still the [F]longest yard
[G]Uh, uh [Am]its still the longest, done[Dm] fought through the battle,[Am]
[Em]and I made it this [G]far[Am][G]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Oh no,
I gotta make it out this [Am]place some how
[G]Oh [Am]no, man I really believe
[Am]I can turn it arou[G]nd
[Am]Oh no, you see all I need is
that second chance [Am]to show
[G]Since incarceration,
[Am]my obligation of rehabilitation
[G]Oh [F]no, [G]the[Am]y can punch
me high kick me low
[F]Oh no, spit [G]on me,
its gonna take [Am]more than that for them to break my soul
[F]Oh [G]no, man its [Am]hard for people to understand
what its like to be [Dm]gated,
Incarcerated, [Em]most can't take it
but imma [Dm]make it to see betta [Am]days
[G]If I could

[Verse 8]
fly [Am]away
Oh I wouldn't come back no more
[F]Id turn aro[G]und just to [Am]see
you for the last time
[F]See [G]now I know
[Am]Hey that it would be easy
I done fought through the battle,
and [Em]I made it this far
I got a few more [Am]feet but its still the
[Em]longest [F]yar[G]d[Am]
Yea,yea its still [F]the longest yard
[G]Uh,uh [Am]its still the [F]longest yard
Uh, [G]uh [Am]its still the longest
Done fought through the battle,
and I made [Em]it this f[Am]ar
If [G]I could

[Verse 9]
fly [Am]away
If I [F]could id turn [G]around[Am]
If I [F]could [G]fly [Am]away
If I could [F]id [G]turn around
[Am]
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