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Ill Fly Away

Alison Krauss

FolkEasy for beginners3 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××○
G○○○
A×○○

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              I'LL FLY AWAY (A. E. Brumley) 
from the soundtrack O BROTHER WHERE ART THOU (2000) 
performed by Alison Krauss and Gillian Welch 
 
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 
   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 
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 
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 
 
I WILL FLY AWAY CHORD CHART 
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D · G · A

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.