Key: D
Introduction:
D
Sammy was low,
E7
Just watching the show,
G Gm D
Over and over again.
D
He knew it was time,
E7
He'd made up his mind,
G Gm D
To leave his dead life behind.
Bm
His boss said to him
G
Boy, you'd better begin
A
To get those crazy notions
D
Right out of your head
Em7 C7 D
Sammy who do you think that you are?
E Gm
You should have been sweeping,
D
At the emerald bar.
D Bm
Spread your wings and fly away,
E7 A
Fly away, far away.
D Bm
Spread your little wings and fly away
E7 A
Fly away, far away.
Gm
Pull yourself together,
D E
'Cause you know you should do better,
A D
That's because you're a free man.
Bm
He spends his evenings alone,
G
In his hotelroom.
A F#
Keeping his thoughts to himself,
he'd be leaving soon.
Bm A G
Wishing he was miles and miles away,
A
Nothing in this world, nothing,
F#
Would make him stay.
G, A, D, E, E7, A