Fly Like an Eagle — The Marshall Tucker Band
Chords and lyrics for Fly Like an Eagle by The Marshall Tucker Band (key of C).
Intro
[D] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [D] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [G/B]
[D] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [D] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [G/B]
Verse 1
I'm gonna[D] take me a ride on a riverboat
Down in New Orleans[Cadd9]
Gotta[D] pocket full o' money and a liquor bottle
Gonna[Cadd9] drink [G/B]away my[D] dreams
Don't[D] really want to leave
Sure I can't [Cadd9]stay
I'm gonna[D] get on that riverboat
And[Cadd9] gamble my[G/B] life [D]away
Chorus
Makes me[Cadd9] fly like an eagle
Higher and higher every[D] day
'Cause[Cadd9] in my mind and in my dreams
I can't get her [D][Cadd9][D]away[G/B][Cadd9]
Verse 2
Gonna[D] sit down at that poker table
Five card stud's my [Cadd9]game
Gonna[D] try and forget that crazy woman
Gonna[Cadd9] try and [G/B]forget her[D] name
I don't[D] know how I'll make it
But I'll forget her some [Cadd9]way
This[D] is the time and the only time
She[Cadd9] ain't gonna[G/B] get [D]away
Chorus
She makes me[Cadd9] fly like an eagle
Higher and higher every[D] day
'Cause[Cadd9] in my mind and in my dreams
I can't get her [D][Cadd9][D]away[G/B][Cadd9]
Instrumental
[Cadd9] [Cadd9] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [Cadd9] [D] [D]
[D] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [G/B] [D]
[D] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [D] [D] [Cadd9] [G/B] [D]
Chorus
And she makes me[Cadd9] fly like an eagle
Higher and higher every[D] day
She's[Cadd9] in my mind and in my dreams
I can't get her [D]away[Cadd9]
Can't get her [D]away
Outro
[Cadd9] [G/B] [Cadd9] [G/B] [Cadd9] [G/B] [D]
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