Treetop Flyer

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 Date: Fri, 7 Nov 1997 12:13:30 -0700 
 From: Bob Cimikowski  
  
   
 Subject: TAB: "Treetop Flyer," Steven Stills 
  
                               Treetop Flyer 
                              --------------- 
                              (Stephen Stills) 
  
  
 Guitar: Bensusan tuning (DADGAD) 
  
 Chords: (letters are not actual chord names, only reference symbols) 
  
 DADGAD 
 ------ 
 505050 - G 
 303030 - F 
 000570 - C 
 000450 - B 
 000230 - A 
 000220 - A* 
  
 (intro) 
  
 D----10-----9-----3-----0---------------------------------------------------| 
 A-------------------------------------5----3---------3-------2^3----2---3---| 
 G-------------------------------0-0------------0-------------2------2---2---| 
 D-------------------------------5-------5----3----------3-------------0-----| 
 A------------------------------------------------------------0--------------| 
 D--0--0--0-----0--0--0-----0--5-----5------3------3-------0------0----------| 
  
  
 D--------------------------------| 
 A-----0--------------5----3------| 
 G-----2----------0--------0------| 
 D--0-------0---5-------5-----3---| 
 A--------------------------------| 
 D-------0----5-----5------3------| 
  
  
 (Note: use general Travis-picking style throughout) 
  
  
 A*      A    A*               G          F 
 I could be a rambler from the Seven Isles (??) 
 A*      A    A*          G         F 
 I don't pay taxes 'cuz I never file 
 A*      A    A*                      G             F 
 And I don't do business that doesn't make me smile 
                    G             F 
 I love my aeroplane 'cuz she got style 
                    A A* C B G F 
 I'm a treetop flyer 
  
  
 I fly any cargo that you can pay to run 
 The bush league pilots, they just can't get the job done 
 You've got to fly down into the canyons 
 You don't ever see the sun 
 There's no such thing as an easy run 
 Oh, treetop flyer 
  
 I fly low, I'm in high demand 
 I go 15 feet over the Rio Grande 
 I blow the mesquite right up off of the sand 
 Seldom seen, especially when I land 
 I'm a treetop flyer, born survivor 
  
 (instr. break -- this is essentially a run on 3rd. frets of all strings) 
  
 The people they ask me, ``Where'd you learn to fly that way?" 
 It's over in Vietnam chasin' MBAs 
 The government taught me, and they taught me right 
 Stay down under the tree line 
 And you might be alright 
 Treetop flyer 
  
 So I'm comin' home, I'm runnin' low and fast 
 I promised my woman, this is gonna be my last 
 I get the ship down, I tie her fast 
 And then somebody walks up and says 
 ``Hey son, wanna make some fast cash?" 
 Treetop flyer 
  
 Well there's things I am and there's things I'm not 
 I am a smuggler and I could get shot 
 I ain't gonna die, I ain't gonna get caught 
 You see, I'm a flyin' fool in an aeroplane 
 I'm just too hot 
 I'm a treetop flyer, born survivor 
  
 (instrumental break)