I'll Fly Away (with Gillian Welch) Chords

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I'll Fly Away (with Gillian Welch) by Alison Krauss is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Alison Krauss:  
I'll Fly Away (with Gillian Welch) 
This song sounds great with two guitars, one playing this pattern capoed at 
 the fifth fret, and one playing a G,C,D pattern in open position - That's how  
I play it - but this is the way it is in the song 
 
 
D G D D A D 
 
D 
Some bright morning when this life is o'er 
G           D 
I will fly away 
D 
To a home on God's celestial shore 
D A         D 
I will fly away 
 
D 
I will fly away oh glory 
G           D 
I will fly away 
D 
When I die Hallelujah by and by 
D A         D 
I will fly away 
 
 
D 
When the shadows of this life have gone 
G	D 
I will fly away 
D 
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly 
D A         D 
I will fly away 
 
D 
I will fly away oh glory 
G	D 
I will fly away 
D 
When I die Hallelujah by and by 
D A         D 
I will fly away 
 
D G D D D A D 
 
D 
Oh how glad and happy when we meet 
G	D 
I will fly away 
D 
No more cold iron shackles on my feet 
D A	D 
I will fly away 
 
D 
I will fly away oh glory 
G           D 
I will fly away 
D 
When I die Hallelujah by and by 
D A         D 
I will fly away 
 
D G D D D A D 
 
D 
I will fly away oh glory 
G	D 
I will fly away 
D 
When I die Hallelujah by and by 
D A		D 
I will fly away 
 
D 
Just a few more weary days and then 
G	D 
I will fly away 
D 
To a land where joys will never end 
D A	D 
I will fly away 
 
D 
I will fly away oh glory 
G	D 
I will fly away 
D 
When I die Hallelujah by and by 
D A		D 
I will fly away 
D A		D 
I will fly away 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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