Biography:
John Townes Van Zandt (March 7, 1944 – January 1, 1997), better known as Townes Van Zandt, was a critically acclaimed American songwriter and singer. Much of Van Zandt’s musical canon--songs such as "Pancho and Lefty", "For the Sake of the Song", "Tecumseh Valley", "Rex's Blues", and "To Live is to Fly"--are widely considered masterpieces of American folk music. His musical style is often described as melancholy in sound and delivery with rich and poetic lyrics.
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Other songs:
- At My Window
- Be Here To Love Me
- Cocaine Blues
- Colorado Girl
- Dead Flowers
- Pancho And Lefty
- Poncho and Lefty
- To Live Is To Fly
- Upon My Soul
- Waiting Around To Die
- Waiting Round To Die
- A Song For
- Aint Leavin Your Love
- Alone And Forsaken
- Ballad Of Ira Hayes
- Big Country Blues
- Black Crow Blues
- Black Jack Mama
- Blue Wind Blew
- Brand New Companion
- Brother Flower
- Buckskin Stallion Blues
- Columbine
- Come Tomorrow
- Cowboy Junkies Lament
- Delta Momma Blues
- Dollar Bill Blues
- Dont Let The Sunshine Fool Ya
- Dont Take It Too Bad
- Dont You Take It Too Bad
- Fare Thee Well Miss Carousel
- Flyin Shoes
- For The Sake Of The Song
- Fraulein
- Greensboro Woman
- Heavenly Houseboat Blues
- Hey Willie Boy
- High Low And In Between
- Highway Kind
- I Aint Ever Satisfied
- If I Needed You
- Ill Be Here In The Morning
- Indian Cowboy
- Ira Hayes
- Kathleen
- Katie Belle Blue
- Like A Summer Thursday
- Little Willie The Gambler
- Loretta
- Lovers Lullaby
- Lungs
- Many A Fine Lady
- Marie
- Mr Mudd And Mr Gold
- My Proud Mountains
- No Deal
- No Place To Fall
- None But The Rain
- Nothin
- Only Him Or Me
- Our Mother The Mountain
- Pueblo Waltz
- Quicksilver Daydreams Of Maria
- Rake
- Rexs Blues
- Sad Cinderella
- Saint John The Gambler
- Second Lovers Song
- She Came And She Touched Me
- Sixteen Summers Fifteen Falls
- Snake Mountain Blues
- Snake Song
- Snow Dont Fall
- Snowin On Raton
- St John The Gambler
- Still Looking For You
- Tecumseh Valley
- Texas River Song
- The Catfish Song
- The Hole
- The Silver Ships Of Andilar
- Tower Song
- Turnstyled Junkpiled
- Two Girls
- Two Hands
- Waitin Around To Die
- Waiting For The Day
- When He Offers His Hand
- When Shes Acting This Way
- When Your Dream Lovers Die
- White Freight Liner Blues
- White Freightliner Blues
- You Are Not Needed Now
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To Live is to Fly ~ Townes Van Zandt
There are other tabs that are right, but incomplete after the first verse.
The chord progression needed to be separated from the verses and the choruses.
It's confusing on which is which, without tabbing out whole song.
G * = Open D shape on the 7th fret. That’s how Townes played it.
e|-----7---------------|
B|-----8---------------|
G|-----7---------------|
D|-----0---------------|
A|-----x---------------|
E|-----x---------------|
[Verse]
G * D
Won't say I love you babe
G * D
Won't say I need you babe
D A
But I'm going to get you babe
G D
and I will not do you wrong
G * D
Living's mostly wasting time
G * D
and I waste my share of mine
D A
but it never feels too good
G D
so let's not take too long
[Chorus]
G D G A
You're soft as glass and I'm a gentle man
D A
we got the sky to talk about
G D
and the world to lie upon
[Verse]
G * D
Days up and down they come
G * D
like rain on a conga drum
D A
forget most, remember some
G D
but don't turn none away.
G * D
Everything is not enough
G * D
nothing is too much to bear
D A
where you been is good and gone
G D
all you keep's the getting there.
[Chorus]
G D G A
To live is to fly low and high
D A
so shake the dust off of your wings
G D
and the sleep out of your eyes.
[Verse]
G * D
It's goodbye to all my friends
G * D
It's time to go again
D A
Think of all the poetry
G D
and the pickin' down the line.
G * D
I'll miss the system here
G * D
the bottom's low and the treble's clear
D A
but it don't pay to think too much
G D
on the things you leave behind.
[Chorus]
G D G A
I may be gone but I won't be long
D A
I'll be bringing back the melody
G D
and the rhythm that I find.
[Verse]
G * D
We all got holes to fill
G * D
and them holes are all that's real
D A
some fall on you like a storm
G D
sometimes you dig your own
G * D
But choice is yours to make
G * D
time is yours to take
D A
some dive into the sea
G D
some toil upon the stone.
[Chorus]
G D G A
To live is to fly low and high
D A
so shake the dust off of your wings
G D
and the sleep out of your eyes
D A
so shake the dust off of your wings
G D
and the tears out of your eyes
There are other tabs that are right, but incomplete after the first verse.
The chord progression needed to be separated from the verses and the choruses.
It's confusing on which is which, without tabbing out whole song.
G * = Open D shape on the 7th fret. That’s how Townes played it.
e|-----7---------------|
B|-----8---------------|
G|-----7---------------|
D|-----0---------------|
A|-----x---------------|
E|-----x---------------|
[Verse]
G * D
Won't say I love you babe
G * D
Won't say I need you babe
D A
But I'm going to get you babe
G D
and I will not do you wrong
G * D
Living's mostly wasting time
G * D
and I waste my share of mine
D A
but it never feels too good
G D
so let's not take too long
[Chorus]
G D G A
You're soft as glass and I'm a gentle man
D A
we got the sky to talk about
G D
and the world to lie upon
[Verse]
G * D
Days up and down they come
G * D
like rain on a conga drum
D A
forget most, remember some
G D
but don't turn none away.
G * D
Everything is not enough
G * D
nothing is too much to bear
D A
where you been is good and gone
G D
all you keep's the getting there.
[Chorus]
G D G A
To live is to fly low and high
D A
so shake the dust off of your wings
G D
and the sleep out of your eyes.
[Verse]
G * D
It's goodbye to all my friends
G * D
It's time to go again
D A
Think of all the poetry
G D
and the pickin' down the line.
G * D
I'll miss the system here
G * D
the bottom's low and the treble's clear
D A
but it don't pay to think too much
G D
on the things you leave behind.
[Chorus]
G D G A
I may be gone but I won't be long
D A
I'll be bringing back the melody
G D
and the rhythm that I find.
[Verse]
G * D
We all got holes to fill
G * D
and them holes are all that's real
D A
some fall on you like a storm
G D
sometimes you dig your own
G * D
But choice is yours to make
G * D
time is yours to take
D A
some dive into the sea
G D
some toil upon the stone.
[Chorus]
G D G A
To live is to fly low and high
D A
so shake the dust off of your wings
G D
and the sleep out of your eyes
D A
so shake the dust off of your wings
G D
and the tears out of your eyes
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