One Day I'll Fly Away
Written by Joe Sample (Music) and Will Jennings (lyrics). As performed by Randy Crawford in 1980.
[Intro Guitar and Drums]
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
[Gm/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
[Intro plus Oboe]
[D] [Gm/D] [D] [D]
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
Verse 1
[D] [Gm/D] [D] [D]
I make it alone
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
When love is gone
[D] [Gm/D] [D] [D]
Still you made your mark
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
Here in my heart
Chorus
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
One day I'll fly away
[Bm11] [Bm7] [Bm11] [Bm7] [Em7] [A7]
Leave your love to yesterday
[Dm7] [Dm7/C] [G7sus4] [Gm7]
What more can your love do for me
[Gm7/C] [C7] [Cdim] [C] [Bbm/F] [F]
When will love be through with me?
Verse 2
[D] [Gm/D] [D] [D]
I follow the night
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
Can't stand the light
[D] [Gm/D] [D] [D]
When will I begin
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
My life again
Chorus
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
One day I'll fly away
[Bm11] [Bm7] [Bm11] [Bm7] [Em7] [A7]
Leave your love to yesterday
[Dm7] [Dm7/C] [G7sus4] [Gm7]
What more can your love do for me
[Gm7/C] [C7] [Cdim] [C] [Bbm6] (with bass walk up: [Bb] [C] [Db] [Eb]) [Edim7] [F]
When will love be through... with me?
Bridge
[Gdim7/E]
[Dm] [Dm] [Gm7] [C7]
Why live life from dream to dream
[A7/C#] [Dm] [Bbmaj7] [A7] [Dm7]
And dread the day that drea - ming ends
[Piano Instrumental]
[Bb] [Ebm/Bb] [Bb6] [Bbaug]
[Eb6/Bb] [Ebm6/Gb] [Gm] [Gm]
[Strings Instrumental]
[D7/F#] [Eb9] [F] [F]
[Bbm6/F] [Bbm6/F]
[Bbm6] (with bass walk up: [Bb] [C] [Db] [Eb]) [Em7-5] [F]
Chorus
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
One day I'll fly away
[Bm11] [Bm7] [Bm11] [Bm7] [Em7] [A7]
Leave your love to yesterday
[Dm7] [Dm7/C] [G7sus4] [Gm7]
What more can your love do for me
[Gm7/C] [C7] [Cdim] [C] [Bbm6] (bass walk up [C] [Db] [Eb]) [Edim7] [F]
When will love be through... with me?
Bridge
[Gdim7/E]
[Dm] [Dm] [Gm7] [C7]
Why live life from dream to dream
[A7/C#] [Dm] [Bbmaj7] [A7] [Dm7]
And dread the day that drea - ming ends
[Instrumental Outro]
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
[Gm/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
[Outro plus Strings]
[D] [Gm/D] [D] [D]
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
[Repeating and fading Outro]
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
One day I'll fly away
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
fly away
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
One day I'll fly away
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
fly away
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
fly away
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm
[D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
One day....
[Gm6/D] [Gm6/D] [D] [D]
