Chord/Tab song: Buzzin' Fly

...BUZZIN' FLY... by Tim Buckley


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from Happy Sad (1969)

(modified from Tim Hardin's original tab:
www.timbuckley.org/lyrics-tabs)

CAPO 5th FRET

(Original Key: C)

Intro:

G Cmaj7, G Cmaj7 (x16)

Verse 1:

[G] Just like a [Cmaj7]buzzin' fly,
[G] I come [Cmaj7]into your [G]life,
[Cmaj7] Now I float a-[G]way,
Like [Cmaj7]honey in the [G]sun.[Cmaj7]
[G] Was it [Cmaj7]right or wrong?
[G] I couldn't [Cmaj7]sing that song,[G]
[Cmaj7] Any -[G]way.[Cmaj7]

[G] Oh, but [Cmaj7]darlin', [G]now I re-[Cmaj7]member,
[G] How the [Cmaj7]sun shown [G]down.[Cmaj7]
[G] And how it [Cmaj7]warmed your,
[G] Prayin' [Cmaj7]smile,
[G] When all the [Cmaj7]love was [G]there.[Cmaj7]

[G] You're the one I [Cmaj7]talk about,
[G] You're the one I [Cmaj7]think about;
[G] Every-[Cmaj7]where I [G]go.[Cmaj7]
[G] And sometimes [Cmaj7]honey,
[G] In the [Cmaj7]mornin';
[G] Lord, [Cmaj7]I miss you [G]so.

Chorus 1:

[G] [F#] [F] That's how I [C]know I found a [G]home.
[G] [F#] [F] That's how I [C]know I found a [G]home.

Verse 2:

[G] Oh, hear the [Cmaj7]mountains singing;
[G] Lord, I can [Cmaj7]hear them ringing;
[G] Dar-[Cmaj7]lin', out your [G]name.[Cmaj7]
[G] And tell me [Cmaj7]if you know,
[G] Just how the [Cmaj7]river flows,
[Gmaj7] [Cmaj7]Down to the [G]sea.
Now [Cmaj7]I wanna [G]know,[Cmaj7][G]
[Cmaj7] Everything a-[G]bout you.[Cmaj7][G]
[Cmaj7] I wanna [G]know,[Cmaj7][G][Cmaj7][G]
[Cmaj7] Everything a-[G]bout you.[Cmaj7][G][Cmaj7]

[G] What makes ya [Cmaj7]smile?
[G] What makes ya[Cmaj7] wild?
[G] What makes ya [Cmaj7]love me this [G]way?
Darlin' [Cmaj7]I wanna [G]know,
Darlin' [Cmaj7]I wanna [G]know.

[G] You're the one I [Cmaj7]talk about,
[G] You're the one I [Cmaj7]think about;
[G] Every-[Cmaj7]where I [G]go.[Cmaj7]
[G] And sometimes [Cmaj7]honey,
[G] In the [Cmaj7]mornin';
[G] Lord, [Cmaj7]I miss you [G]so.

Chorus 2:

[G] [F#] [F] That's how I [C]know I found a [G]home.
[G] [F#] [F] That's how I [C]know I found a [G]home.

Verse 3:

[G] A-walkin' [Cmaj7]hand in hand,
[G] All a-[Cmaj7]long the sand,
[G] A seabird [Cmaj7]knew your [G]name.[Cmaj7]
[G] He knew your [Cmaj7]love was growin',
[G] Lord, I think it [Cmaj7]knows it's [G]flowin',
[Cmaj7] Through you and [G]me.

[Cmaj7] Ah, tell me [G]darlin';[Cmaj7][G]
[Cmaj7] When I should [G]leave you.[Cmaj7][G]
[Cmaj7] Ah, tell me [G]darlin';[Cmaj7][G][Cmaj7]
[G] Well I [Cmaj7]don't want to [G]grieve you.[Cmaj7]

Break:

G Cmaj7 (x8)

Verse 4:

[G] Just like a [Cmaj7]buzzin' fly,
[G] I come [Cmaj7]into your [G]life,
[Cmaj7] Now I float a-[G]way,
Like [Cmaj7]honey in the [G]sun.[Cmaj7]
[G] Was it [Cmaj7]right or wrong?
[G] I couldn't [Cmaj7]sing that song,[G]
[Cmaj7] Any -[G]way.[Cmaj7]

[G] Oh, but [Cmaj7]darlin', [G]now I re-[Cmaj7]member,
[G] How the [Cmaj7]sun shown [G]down.[Cmaj7]
[G] And how it [Cmaj7]warmed your,
[G] Prayin' [Cmaj7]smile,
[G] When all the [Cmaj7]love was [G]there.[Cmaj7]

[G] You're the one I [Cmaj7]talk about,
[G] You're the one I [Cmaj7]think about;
[G] Every-[Cmaj7]where I [G]go.[Cmaj7]
[G] And sometimes [Cmaj7]honey,
[G] In the [Cmaj7]mornin';
[G] Lord, [Cmaj7]I miss you [G]so.

Chorus 2:

[G] [F#] [F] That's how I [C]know I found a [G]home.
[G] [F#] [F] That's how I [C]know I found a [G]home.

Outro:

[G] [Cmaj7]
(Repeat to Fade)

CHORD DIAGRAMS:


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[G] [Cmaj7] [F#] [F] [C]
[EADGBE]320003 [EADGBE]x32000 [EADGBE]244322 [EADGBE]133222 [EADGBE]x32010

Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)