Key: B
Introduction: D A F#m E D A F#m
E D A F#m
A rare bird flew
E D A F#m
Over Coniston Water blue
E D A F#m
Fast as cannonfire
E D A F#m
As the roar of her engines grew
E D A
How she spreads her wings, see the spray she flings
E
As her pilot steers her true
D A
It's better to fall
A E
Than to never leave the ground
E D A
Better to be blinded by the sun
A E4 E
Than spend a lifetime looking down
E F#m A
It's better to sing one last song
E F#m
Than to go without makin' a sound
E D E
It's better to fall
D A F#m E
Than to never leave the ground
D A F#m
E D A F#m
A rare bird fell from high
E D A F#m
Under Coniston Water now she lies
E D A F#m
Fast as pouring rain
E D A F#m
Fast as a bluebird's cry
E D A
How she spreads her wings, see the spray she flings
E
As she heads into the sky
D A
It's better to fall
A E
Than to never leave the ground
E D A
Better to be blinded by the sun
A E4 E
Than spend a lifetime looking down
E F#m A
It's better to sing one last song
E F#m
Than to go without makin' a sound
E D E
It's better to fall
D A F#m E
Than to never leave the ground
D A F#m E
D A F#m
E D
How she spreads her wings
D A
See the spray she flings
A F#m
Hear that bluebird cry
F#m E
As she heads into the sky
E D
How she spreads her wings (how she spreads her wings)
D A
See the spray she flings (see the spray she flings)
A F#m
Hear that bluebird cry (hear that bluebird cry)
F#m E
As she heads into the sky (heads into the sky)
E D A
Many find reasons they will live
A E
But few find reasons they will die
E D A
It's better to fall
A E
Than to never leave the ground
D A
Better to be blinded by the sun
A E4 E
Than spend a lifetime looking down
E F#m A
It's better to sing one last song
E F#m
Than to go without makin' a sound
E D
It's better to fall
D F#m
It's better to fall
F#m D E
It's better to fall
D A F#m E
Than to never leave the ground
D A F#m E