Learning To Fly - 2011 Version

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Into the distance
a ribbon of black
[Em]Stretched to the point of no turning back
[D]A f[G]light of fancy on
a windswept field
[Em]Standing alone as my senses [D]reeled
[G]A fatal attraction is holding me fast how
How [Em]can I escape this irresistible g[D]rasp?

[Verse 2]
[C]Can't keep my eyes from
[Am]the circling skies
[F]Tongue tied and twisted just an
[C]earth bound [D]misfit, I

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 3]
[G]Ice is forming on the tips of my wings
[Em]Unheeded warnings I thought
I thought [D]of everything
[G]No navigator to find my way
[Em]home
Unladened, empty and turned to stone
[D]A

[Verse 4]
[C]soul in tension that's lea[Am]rning to fly
[F]Condition grounded but de
[C]termined to try
Can't keep my eyes from
[Am]the circling skies
[F]Tongue- tied and twisted [Dm]just
an [C]earth- bound [D]misfit, I

[Verse 5]
[F]Friction lock, set
Mixtures, rich
Propellers, fully forward
Flaps, set, ten degrees
Engine gauges and suction, check

[Verse 6]
Mixture [F]set to maximum percent,
recheck
Flight instruments
Altimeters, check both
[Dm]Navigation[F] lights, on
Strobes, on
Confirm three- eight- echo
ready for departure
Hello again, this is now 129.4
129.4, it's to go
You may commence your takeoff,
winds over [G]ten knots
[F]Three- eight- [Am]echo
Easy on the brakes,
take it easy, its gonna roll this time
[D]Just hand the power gradually, and it

[Verse 7]
[G]Above the planet on a wing and a prayer,
[Em]My grubby halo,
a vapor trail in the empty air
[G]Across the clouds I see my shadow fly
[Em]Out of the corner of my watering eye
[G]A dream unthreatened
by the morning light
[Em]Could blow this soul right
through the roof [D]of the night

[Verse 8]
[C]There's no sensation to
[Am]com pare with this
Suspen[F]ded animation, a [C]state of bliss
Can't keep my mind from
[Am]the circling skies
[F]Tongue- tied and twisted [Dm]just an [C]earth- bound [D]misfit,

[Outro 1]
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