High flying, adored                                    (Listen to midi)

 

      G                 Bm           C             D7

1. High flying, adored, so young, the instant queen,

        G                  Bm                    C            D7

    a rich beautiful thing, of all the talents a cross between a

     F                     C                       D7

    fantasy of the bedroom and a saint.

      Am                           C

    And you were just a back street girl,

      D                                  C

    hustling and fighting, scratching and biting.

 

     G                  Bm             C                           D7

2. High flying, adored, did you believe in your wildest moments,

    G                        Bm                        C                D7                G

    all this would be yours, that you`d become the lady of them all?

                          F                D7                                 G

    Were there stars in your eyes when you crawled in at night,

                    F                    D7                           Bm        Em       - Bm - Em

    from the bars, from the sidewalks, from the gutter theatrical?

      C               G                Am            C       F    - D

    Don`t look down, it`s a long, long way to fall.

 

     G                  Bm               C                                          D7

3. High flying, adored, what happens now, where do you go from here?

            G                                  Bm            C                D7

    For someone on top of the world, the view is not exactly clear,

           F                            C                        D7

    a shame       you did it all        at twenty-six.

Am                        C                     D                               C

     There are no myst`ries now, nothing can thrill you, no one fulfill you.

 

     G                  Bm         C                          D7

4. High flying, adored, I hope you come to terms  with boredom.

          G                   Bm              C                     D7                   G

    So famous,    so easily,   so soon, is not the wisest thing to be.

                       F               D7                           G

    You won`t care if they love you, it`s been done before,

                      F               D7                         Bm                Em

    You`ll despair if they hate you, you`ll be drained of all energy,

    C          G                     Am         C          F     - D

    all the young, who`ve made it would agree.

 

 

      G                 Bm                                 C                                   D7

3. High flying, adored, I´ve been called names, but they`re the strangest,

            G               Bm                C                D7                            G

    my story`s quite usual, local girl, makes good, weds famous man.

                F             D7                         G

    I was slap in the right place at the perfect time,

                    F               D7           Bm               Am             - Bm - Em

    filled the gap, I was lucky, but one thing I`ll say for me

     C          G          Am   C      G

    no one else can fill it like I can.

 

    (Andrew Lloyd Webber)

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