{title: Expecting to fly}
{artist: Buffalo Springfield}
{tempo: 76}
{key: C}
{duration: 3:44}
{meta: author Opa Lawaai, 2026-06-10}
{meta: author FWieP, 2026-06-15}
{meta: url https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_fefHBpo40}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 76}
{key: C}
{start_of_part: Intro (4/4)}
[C] [C]
{end_of_part}
{start_of_abc}
X: 1
M: 4/4
L: 1/8
K: C
Q:1/4=76
%%scale 1.5
"C"z2cc c/2(c/2c2) c | "Gm"_B2BA (B/2A/2)(G G3) z2 |
{end_of_abc}
{start_of_verse: Verse 1 (4/4)}
[C] There you stood on the [Gm]edge of your feather
[F] Expecting to [G]fly
[C] While I laughed, [Gm]I wondered whether
[F] I could wave good[G]bye [C](6/8)
[F]Knowing that you'd [Bb]gone
{end_of_verse}
{start_of_abc}
X: 2
M: 6/8
L: 1/8
K: Cm
Q:3/8=51
%%scale 1.5
"Cm"zcd e/2(f/2 f2) | "F"gf2 ed2 |
{end_of_abc}
{time: 6/8}
{tempo: 51}
{key: Cm}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 1 (6/8)}
[Cm] By the summer, [F]it was healing
[Bb] We had said good[Eb]bye
[Cm] All the years we'd [F]spent with feeling
[Bb] Ended with a [Eb]cry, [EbM7]babe
[BbM7] Ended with a [Eb]cry, [EbM7]babe
[BbM7] Ended with a [C](4/4)cry
{end_of_chorus}
{time: 4/4}
{tempo: 76}
{key: C}
{start_of_verse: Verse 2 (4/4)}
[C] I tried so [Gm]hard to stand
As I [F]stumbled and fell to the [G]ground
[C] So hard to [Gm]laugh as I fumbled
And [F]reached for the love I'd [G]found [C](6/8)
[F]Knowing it was [Bb]gone
{end_of_verse}
{time: 6/8}
{tempo: 51}
{key: Cm}
{start_of_chorus: Chorus 2 (6/8)}
[Cm] If I ever [F]lived without you
[Bb] Now you know I [Eb]died
[Cm] If I ever [F]said I loved you
[Bb] Now you know I [Eb]tried, [EbM7]babe
[BbM7] Now you know I [Eb]tried, [EbM7]babe
[BbM7] Now you know I [Eb]tried, [EbM7]babe
{end_of_chorus}
{start_of_part: Outro}
[Bb] [F/A] [Gm] [Bb/F]
[C/E] [Gm/Bb] [Am] [Gm]
[F]
{end_of_part}