Written by Joe Henry, John Denver, John Magee, Jr., Lee Holdridge
Intro: F Am/E Dm Db5+ F/C Bb7M Gm7 C7 Verse F Am/E Dm F/C Oh, I have slipped the surly bonds of earth Bb7M Am7 Gm7 C7 And danced the sky on laughter silvered wings F Am/E Dm Db+5 Sunward I've climbed and joined the tumbling mirth Bb7M Gm7 C7 F Of sun-split clouds and done a hundred things Bb G C Bb F Abmaj7 I've wheeled and soared and swung high in the sunlit silence Db+5 Csus4 C7 F Am/E Dm Hovering there I've chased the shouting winds aloft F/C Bb Gm7 C7 F And flung my eager craft through footless halls of airF/C Bb7M Gm7 C7 Verse F Am/E Dm F/C Up, up, the long delirious burning blue Bb7M Am7 Gm I've topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace C7 F Am/E Dm Where never lark nor even eagle flew Db+5 F/C G C Bb And while with silent lifting mind I trod F Am/E Dm F/C The high untrespassed sanctity of space Bb C9 F Put out my hand and touched the face of GodBb7M Fmaj7/A The higher we fly, the farther we go Gm7 Gm7/C F The closer we are to each other Bb7M Fmaj7/A The darker the night, the brighter the star Gm7 Gm7/C F Am/E Dm Db5+ In peace go my sisters and brotherGm7 C7 F Fsus2 Fadd2Bb7M Fmaj7/A The higher we fly, the farther we go Gm7 Gm7/C The closer we are to each other Bb7M Fmaj7/A The darker the night, the brighter the star Gm7 Gm7/C F Am/E Dm Db5+ In peace go my sisters and brother
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