Given to fly
G – Em – G – Em - D
G Em
1. He could have turned in, turned in, but he
turned
G
Em - D
out, a bad time, nothing could save him.
G
Em
Alone in a corridor, waiting, locked out,
G Em - D
he
got up out of their way, ran for hundreds of miles.
G Em
He
made it to the ocean, had a smoke and a tea,
G Em - D
the
wind rose up, set him down on his knees.
G Em
2. A wave came crashin' like a fist to the jaw,
G Em - D
delivered him wings high, look at him now.
G Em
Arms
wide open with the sea as he's flung,
G Em D
oh
how...ohhhhhhh...oh !
C G C G
He is flyin...ohhh !
High....why ….ohhhh !
G – Em – G – Em - D
G Em
3. He floated back down cause he wanted to
share
G Em D
this key to the locks on the chains he saw
everywhere.
G Em
But
first he was stripped, and then he was stabbed
G - Em D
by a
faceless man, the fuckers
he still stands.
G Em
4. And he still gives his love, he just gives
it away
G Em D
the
love he receives is the love that is saved.
G Em
And
sometimes is seen a strange spot in the sky,
G Em D
a
human being that was given to fly.
C
G C G
High
….flying....ohhhh ! High....flying.....ohhhh !
C
G C G G .....
He
is....flying.....ohhhh ! Ohhh…..ohhh !
(Pearl Jam)