Given To Fly - Pearl Jam

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[Verse 1]


he could have 

turned in...tu

rned in..but h

e turned out
              
a bad time, no

              
thing could sa

                             
ve him

alone in a cor

ridor, waiting

, locked out
              
he got up out 

              
of their way, 

              
ran for hundre

      
ds of miles

he made it to 

the ocean, had

 a smoke and a

 tea
              
the wind rose 

              
up, set him do

             
wn on his knee

s


A wave came cr

ashin' like a 

fist to the ja

w
              
delivered him.

              
. wings high, 

             
look at him no

w

arms wide open

 with the sea 

as he's flung
              
oh how...ohhhh

   
...


[Chorus]

        
he is flyin...

    (
ohhh....high..

       
..whyyy....ohh

hh.....


[Verse 2]


he floated bac

k down cause h

e wanted to sh

are
              
this key to th

              
e locks on the

            
 chains he saw

 everywhere...

but first he w

as stripped, a

nd then he was

 stabbed

by a faceless man, the fuckers
   
he still stand

s...


and he still g

ives his love,

 he just gives

 it away
              
the love he re

              
ceives is the 

      
love that is s

aved

and sometimes 

is seen a stra

nge spot in th

e sky...
                                        

A HUMAN BEING THAT WAS GIVEN TO FLY

        
he is flyin...

    (
ohhh....high..

       
..whyyy....ohh

hh.....


Transcribed by: Mike Baker
http://www.mcs.net/~ubbaker

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