Flying Chords
by The Beatles
Flying by The Beatles is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F7, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Alright, here we go...
We'll call this rhythm figure 1
Play fill 1 when notated (see below)
C
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-|--3-----3-----3-----2----|--------3-----3-----2----
-|--3-----3-----3-----3----|--------3-----3-----3----
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-|--3-----3-----3-----2----|--------3-----3-----2----
-|--3-----3-----3-----3----|--------3-----3-----3----
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F7
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-|--------2-----2----------|--------2-----2-----2----
-|--------1-----1----------|--------1-----1-----1----
-|-----3--------------3----|-----3-----3-----3-------
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C
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-|--------3-----3-----3----|--2-----3-----3-----2----
-|--------3-----3-----3----|--3-----3-----3-----3----
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G7 F
Play Fill 1 here
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-|--------3-----3-----3----|--------3-----3-----3p2--
-|--------5-----5-----5----|-----3--3-----3-----3p3--
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C
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-|--------2-----2-----2----|--------3--------3-------
-|--------3-----3-----3----|--3-----3--------5-------
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Play it again with this ending for the last measure:
G7
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|--5-----5-----5-----5----
|--5-----5-----5-----5----
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And one more time, plus the "La la la la la la" vocals, with this ending:
C
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|--2----------------------
|--3----------------------
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That's it! Oh, and here is Fill 1:
G7 F
-|--12\10-8---7\5-3---1--0-|--1/3---3-----1/3-3-1--0-
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-|--12\10-9---7\5-4---2--0-|--2/4---4-----2/4-4-2--0-
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C
-|-----0-------------------|-------------------------
-|--1--------1-----1-------|-------------------------
-|-----0-------------------|-------------------------
-|--2--------2-----2-------|-------------------------
-|----------------------3p0|-------------------------
-|-------------------------|--3----------------------
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