Still Learning How To Fly Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays472

Still Learning How To Fly by Rodney Crowell is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, D, E and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: A    D   A   D 


verse 1 
A           D      A                    D 
The hour is early,   the whole world is quiet.  
A           D                   A       D 
A beautiful morning is about to ignite. 
A             D       A                 D 
I’m ready for danger,   I’m ready for a fight. 
A             D                        A 
I’m ready for something, to lift me up higher. 

 
D           E             F#m 
Life’s been good I guess,     my ragged old heart’s been blessed. 
D            E                   F#m 
With so much more than meets the eye, 
            D            E            F#m 
I’ve got, a past I won’t soon forget,    You ain’t seen nothing yet, 
D         E               A    D  A  D 
I’m still learning how to fly. 

verse 2 
A                         D     A                      D 
It’s your dreams that die hard,   with these habits to brake. 
A                       D                             A      D 
You can’t let down your guard when there’s so much at stake. 
A              D       A            D 
I’m halfway to heaven,   halfway to hell, 
A                  D                    A 
But I might roll a seven, you never can tell. 

 
D           E               F#m     
Life’s been good it’s true,     when I’m feeling just like new. 
D            E               F#m 
The same old rules may not apply. 
               D              E                  F#m 
Well I’ve got, a past full of sticks and stones,     and a good feeling in my bones. 
D              E               A 
Well I’m still learning how to fly. 


Bridge 
A A E                      A A E  
      I want to go faster,       I don’t want to slow down. 
A A D                                          E 
      I don’t want to get off of this merry-go-round. 
A A E                        A A E 
      I want to be reckless,       I want to be vain. 
A A D                                     E      A 
      I want to make love like a run-away train. 

 
D           E                F#m 
Life’s been good I’ve said,      I’m ten-thousand miles ahead. 
D         E                 F#m 
The day I rest is the day I die. 
           D           E            F#m 
I’ve got a past like a broken wing,     but you ain’t seen anything, 
D         E               F#m 
I’m still learning how to     fly. 

Outro 
D         E               A        D 
I’m still learning how to fly-y-y. 



END 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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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).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante