I Believe I Can Fly

chord list : C - - - - - - - > x32010 C/G - - - - - > 332010 Fm6 - - - - - > xx0111 Fm6/G# - - > 430111 F/G - - - - - > 3x3210 E7 - - - - - - > 020100 E/G# - - - - > 4x245x or 000100 ( much easier , but doesn’t sound as good ) Am7 - - - - - > x02010 Am - - - - - - > x02210 G - - - - - - - > 320033 Dm7 - - - - - > xx0211 standard tuning; capo 1 . capo 1 matches song , i personally like capo on 2 though . also , at the bottom , i’ll put an easier version built off this one for any beginners . you should also check out some fingerstyle versions of this song , which are pretty sweet . Verse 1 C Fm6 i u - sed to thi - nk that i - could no - - t , go o - - - n , C Fm6 and li - fe was no - thing bu - t an aw - - ful so - - - - ng . C Fm6 but no - w i kno - w the mea - ning o - F , true lo - - - ve . C Fm6 i’m lea - ning o - n the E - verla - - sting A - - - - - - - rms . prechorus E7 Am7 if i can s - ee i - - t , Fm6/G# then i can D - o i - - t . ( second time around , he says ’be’ instead of ’do’ ) C/G if i just believe i - - t , F/G G there’s nothing t - o i - - t . Chorus C i believe i can fl - y . Am i believe i can touch the sk - y . Dm7 i think about it every n - - ight and day . G spread my wings and fl - y awa - - y . E/G# Am i believe i can s - - oar . Fm6/G# i see me running through that o - pen do - - or . C/G i believe i can fl - - - y . Fm6 i believe i can fl - - - y . Am7 i believe i can fl - - - y . ( can use Fm6 after Am7 to transition from Chorus to Verse ) Verse 2 C Fm6 see i - was o - n the ver - ge of brea - kin’ dow - - n . C Fm6 so - meti - mes si - lence can see - m so lou - - D . C Fm6 th - ere are mir - acles in li - fe i mu - st achi - - eve , C Fm6 but fir - st i kno - w it star - ts insi - de of m - - E o - - - h . right into prechorus then Chorus Chorus 2 extension C/G Fm6 Am7 i . . . . fl - - - y . i . . . . fl - - - y . i . . . . fl - - - y . ( last lines of Chorus ) Dm7 Am7 F/G ( small instrumental ) he - - y , cause i - belie - - ve in yo - - - - u . o - - - - h . right into prechorus then Chorus Chorus 3 extension C/G Fm6 Am7 i . . . . fl - - - y . i . . . . fl - - - y . i . . . . fl - - - y . ( last lines of Chorus ) Fm6/G# C/G if i just spre - - ad my wing - - - - - - s , i - - can fly . ( i can fly! ) Fm6/G# C/G i - - can fly . ( i can fly! ) i - - can fly . Fm6/G# if i just spre - - ad my wing - - - - - - s , C/G Fm6/G# C/G i - - can fl - - - - - - - ( i can fly! ) - - - - - - - ( i can fly! ) - - - - - - - y! Fm6/G# C/G woo! ( i can fly! ) ( instrumental ) hu - - - m . fly - y - - - - - - - - y . * * above ( instrumental ) is actually a nine note scale , but i couldn’t really figure out how to play it . i think it might be a dorian scale . i play A D dorian scale cus it goes nicely with capo on 2 , and play A C/G chord as the 9th note , which is the same C/G chord above "hu - - m . " E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - | B | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - | G | - - - - - - - - - 0 - 2 - 3 - - - 0 - | D | - - - - - 1 - 3 - - - - - - - - - 2 - | A | - 3 - 5 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - | simpler version verses - - > C - Fm6 prechorus - - > Am - Fm6 - C - G Chorus - - > C - Am - Dm7 - G - Am - Fm6 - C - Fm6 - Am C2 extension - - > Dm7 - Am - G C3 extension - - > Fm6 - C x5