FLYING by Stan Rogers

Chords submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)

 Time: 4/4 Tenor: ?? Bass: ??
- Stan Rogers, 1983, on: From Fresh Water

INTRO: ??

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It was just like strapping 'em on and starting a-gain
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Coaching these kids to the top and calling them men
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I was a third-round pick in the N.H.L.  /
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   /  And that's three years of living in hell
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And going up fly - ing, and going home dy - ing


My life was over the boards and playing the game
And every day checking the papers and finding my name
And Dad would go crazy when the scouts would call
   He'd tell me that I'd have it all
Ninety-nine of us trying, only one of us flying


CHORUS (AFTER VERSES TWO AND THREE)

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And every kid over the boards listens for the sound
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The roar of the crowd is their ticket for finally leaving this town
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To be just one more hopeful in the Junior A  /
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   /  Dreaming of that miracle play
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And going up fly - ing, going home dy - ing


I tell them to think of the play and not of the fame
If they've got any future at all, it's not in the game
'Cause they'll be crippled and starting all over again
Selling on commission and remembering 
When they were flying, remembering dying


ENDING: CHORUS TWICE


NOTES:
Written and recorded by Stan Rogers. Copyright Fogarty's Cove Music