Originally in D, I play in A capo 1
Intro
| A | D | E | D |
| x2 |
| A |
| I’ve been around for you |
| E/G# |
| Been up and down for you |
| D/F# | A | D/A | A | |
| But | I just can’t get any re | lief | → |
| A | |
| I’ve | swallowed my pride for you |
| E/G# | |
| I’ve | lived and lied for you |
| D/F# | A | D/A | A | |
| But | you still make me feel like a | thief | → |
| E | |
| You got me | stealing your love away |
| D | A | |
| Cause | you never | give it |
| E |
| Peeling the years away |
| D | A | |
| And | we can’t re | live it |
| D | A |
| I make you | laugh |
| D | A | |
| And | you make me | cry |
Hang the first chord
| E | A |
| I believe it’s time for me to | fly |
Band enters
| A | D | E | D |
| x2 |
| A |
| You said we’d work it out |
| E | |
| You | said that you had no doubt |
| D | A | D/A | A | |
| That | deep down we were really in | love | → |
| A | |
| Oh, but I | ’m tired of holding on |
| E | |
| To a | feeling I know is gone |
| D | A | D/A | A |
| I do believe that I’ve had e | nough | → |
| E | |
| I’ve had e | nough of the falseness |
| D | A | |
| Of a | worn-out re | lation |
| E | |
| E | nough of the jealousy |
| D | A | |
| And the | intole | ration |
| D | A | |
| Oh | I make you | laugh |
| D | A | |
| And | you make me | cry |
Hang the first chord, hard stop on the last I
| E | A | D | A |
| I believe it’s time for me to | fly |
| E | |
| Time for me to | fly |
| D | A | |
| Oh, I’ve got to | set myself | free |
| E | |
| Time for me to | fly |
| D | A | |
| And that’s just how it’s g | ot to | be |
| D | E |
| I know it hurts to say good | bye |
| D | E | |
| But it’s time for me to | fly |
| A | D | E | A |
Oh don’t you know it’s
| E | |
| Time for me to | fly |
| D | A | |
| Oh, I’ve got to | set myself | free |
| E | |
| Time for me to | fly |
| D | A | |
| Oh, baby that’s just how it’s | meant to | be |
| D | E |
| I know it hurts to say good | bye |
| D | E | |
| But it’s time for me to | fly |
| D | E | |
| It’s time for me to | fly |
| A | |
| It’s time for me to | fly |
With ad lib’d “it’s time for me to fly”
| A | D | E | D |
| x2 |