...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 Cmaj7
Just like a buzzin' fly,
G Cmaj7 G
I come into your life,
Cmaj7 G
Now I float a-way,
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Like honey in the sun.
G Cmaj7
Was it right or wrong?
G Cmaj7 G
I couldn't sing that song,
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Any -way.
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Oh, but darlin', now I re-member,
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
How the sun shown down.
G Cmaj7
And how it warmed your,
G Cmaj7
Prayin' smile,
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
When all the love was there.
G Cmaj7
You're the one I talk about,
G Cmaj7
You're the one I think about;
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Every-where I go.
G Cmaj7
And sometimes honey,
G Cmaj7
In the mornin';
G Cmaj7 G
Lord, I miss you so.
Chorus 1:
G F# F C G
That's how I know I found a home.
G F# F C G
That's how I know I found a home.
Verse 2:
G Cmaj7
Oh, hear the mountains singing;
G Cmaj7
Lord, I can hear them ringing;
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Dar-lin', out your name.
G Cmaj7
And tell me if you know,
G Cmaj7
Just how the river flows,
Gmaj7 Cmaj7 G
Down to the sea.
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G
Now I wanna know,
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G
Everything a-bout you.
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G
I wanna know,
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Everything a-bout you.
G Cmaj7
What makes ya smile?
G Cmaj7
What makes ya wild?
G Cmaj7 G
What makes ya love me this way?
Cmaj7 G
Darlin' I wanna know,
Cmaj7 G
Darlin' I wanna know.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tim_buckley/buzzin_fly_crd.html ]
G Cmaj7
You're the one I talk about,
G Cmaj7
You're the one I think about;
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Every-where I go.
G Cmaj7
And sometimes honey,
G Cmaj7
In the mornin';
G Cmaj7 G
Lord, I miss you so.
Chorus 2:
G F# F C G
That's how I know I found a home.
G F# F C G
That's how I know I found a home.
Verse 3:
G Cmaj7
A-walkin' hand in hand,
G Cmaj7
All a-long the sand,
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
A seabird knew your name.
G Cmaj7
He knew your love was growin',
G Cmaj7 G
Lord, I think it knows it's flowin',
Cmaj7 G
Through you and me.
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G
Ah, tell me darlin';
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G
When I should leave you.
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Ah, tell me darlin';
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Well I don't want to grieve you.
Break:
G Cmaj7 (x8)
Verse 4:
G Cmaj7
Just like a buzzin' fly,
G Cmaj7 G
I come into your life,
Cmaj7 G
Now I float a-way,
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Like honey in the sun.
G Cmaj7
Was it right or wrong?
G Cmaj7 G
I couldn't sing that song,
Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Any -way.
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Oh, but darlin', now I re-member,
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
How the sun shown down.
G Cmaj7
And how it warmed your,
G Cmaj7
Prayin' smile,
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
When all the love was there.
G Cmaj7
You're the one I talk about,
G Cmaj7
You're the one I think about;
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
Every-where I go.
G Cmaj7
And sometimes honey,
G Cmaj7
In the mornin';
G Cmaj7 G
Lord, I miss you so.
Chorus 2:
G F# F C G
That's how I know I found a home.
G F# F C G
That's how I know I found a home.
Outro:
G Cmaj7
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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G Cmaj7 F# F C
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
320003 x32000 244322 133222 x32010
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2004
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)