Ill Fly Away Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

E A D G B E

(CHORUS)

G5I'll fly away, oh G7aglory, C/EI 'C7ll Efly G5 away G6 G5

G5When I die, halleEmlujah by and by, oh G11I Gm11'll fly G5 away

The C7/E and Gm11 are very short, almost transitional chords. The G5/G6/G5

just comes in between to liven it up a little.

The verses are very similar to the first chorus line

(VERSE)

G/DSome bright morning G7awhen this life is o'er, C/EI C7'llE fly G5 away

G/BTo a G5land on G7aGod's celestial shore, oh C7I'll C7 flEy awG5ay

When the shadows of this life have gone, oh I'll fly away

Like a bird from these prison walls, I’ll fly, oh I'll fly away

Chorus

Oh how glad and happy when we meet, oh I'll fly away

No more cold, iron shackles on my feet, oh I'll fly away

Chorus

Just a few more weary days and then, oh I'll fly away

To a land where joy will never end, oh I'll fly away

Chorus x2

Variations

If you were looking, we didn't use G7b at all. That's because sometimes it's

nice to transition halfway through a G7a to a G7b when you're really kicking

it later in the song, or just play a G7b. It adds to the gospel-y "falling"

sound some, and opens up the strings in another way. Other variations are

available, depending on the tonal quality of your guitar: you may wish to

interchange G5, G/B, G/D, and both full open forms of G. This is roughly how

it plays well on my guitar's tonality.

The reason the C/E and C7/E are so important is that I usually do a bass

note hit just before a chord. Sometimes its good in the middle instead

though...

Anyway, I'll probably be uploading a video tutorial too so you can see how

awesome this version sounds. Taking a 2-chord song and arranging it to sound

nice is very rewarding.

This is marked 'novice' because one could technically play it, but really, the strumming

and especially later on when you let loose and the strings are singing, the fingers can

jammed around a little.