D


[Verse]

D                     E7
  Sammy was low - Just  watching the show
G         Gm        D
  Over and  over a-  gain
D                        E7
  Knew it was time - He'd  made up his mind
   G              Gm        D
To  leave his dead  life be-  hind
   Bm
His  boss said to him
Bm/A             Bm/G#
     "Boy you'd        better begin
  G                 A              D
To  get those crazy  notions right  out of your head
Em7                   C7
     Sammy who do you   think that you are?
D                    E         Gm               D
  You should've been  sweeping    up the Emerald  Bar"


[Chorus]

D                        Bm
   Spread your wings and   fly away
E7           A
   Fly away,  far away
D                             Bm
  Spread your little wings and  fly away
E7          A
  Fly away,  far away

Gm
  Pull yourself together
         D
'Cos you  know you should do better
Bb-5/D                         D           thema*
         That's because you're a  free man

             Bm              Bm/A        Bm/G#
He spends his  evenings alone    in his        hotel room
A                                 F#sus4               F#
  Keeping his thoughts to himself,      he'd be leaving  soon
Bm                         Bm/A            Bm/G#
   Wishing he was miles and      miles awa-    y
A                                     F#sus4              F#
  Nothing in this world, nothing would       make him sta-  y


[Solo]

G - A - D - Gm/D - Bm6/D - E - A


[Verse]

D                          E7
  Since he was small - Had    no luck at all
G             Gm          D
  Nothing came    easy to  him
D                       E7
  Now it was time - He'd  made up his mind
G                  Gm     D
  "This could be my  last  chance"
   Bm                       Bm/A
His  boss said to him, "Now     listen boy!
Bm/G#
       You're always dreaming
       G                A           D
You've  got no real am-  bition, you  won't get very far
Em7                     C7
    Sammy boy, don't you  know who you are?
    D             E     Gm               D
Why  can't you be  happy  at the Emerald  Bar"  So honey


[Chorus]

D                        Bm
   Spread your wings and   fly away
E7           A
   Fly away,  far away
D                             Bm
  Spread your little wings and  fly away
E7          A
  Fly away,  far away

Gm
  Pull yourself together
         D
'Cos you  know you should do better
Bb-5/D                          D           thema*
         That's because you're a  free man


[Outro]

D - Bm - E7 - A      repeat + fade

Bm/A    x0443x
Bm/G#   4x443x
Gm/D    xx0333
Bm6/D   xx0434
Bb-5/D  xx0330

  Thema* =
E|---------2--|
B|---------3--|
G|---0---0-2--|
D|--0---0--0--|
A|-1--3-------|
E|------------|