Bm/A    x0443x 
Bm/G#   4x443x 
Gm/D    xx0333 
Bm6/D   xx0434 
Bb-5/D  xx0330 
  
  Thema* = 
e|---------2--| 
B|---------3--| 
G|---0---0-2--| 
D|--0---0--0--| 
A|-1--3-------| 
E|------------|
[Intro]
D
[Strophe]
D                     E7 
  Sammy was low - Just  watching the
 show 
  Sammy was low - Just  watching the show 
G         Gm        D 
  Over and  over a-  gain 
D                        E7 
  Knew it was time - He'd  made up
 his mind 
  Knew it was time - He'd  made up his mind 
   G              Gm        D 
To  leave his dead  life be-  hind 
   Bm 
His  boss said to him 
Bm/A             Bm/G# 
     "Boy you'd        better begin 
  G                 A             
To  get those crazy  notions right 
 D 
 out of your head 
To  get those crazy  notions right  out of your head 
Em7                   C7 
     Sammy who do you   think that
 you are? 
     Sammy who do you   think that you are? 
D                    E         Gm   
  You should've been  sweeping    up
            D 
 the Emerald  Bar"
  You should've been  sweeping    up the Emerald  Bar"
[Refrain]
D                        Bm 
   Spread your wings and   fly away 
E7           A 
   Fly away,  far away 
D                             Bm 
  Spread your little wings and  fly
 away 
  Spread your little wings and  fly away 
E7          A 
  Fly away,  far away  
Gm 
  Pull yourself together 
         D 
'Cos you  know you should do better 
Bb-5/D                         D 
         That's because you're a 
          thema* 
 free man  
         That's because you're a  free man  
             Bm              Bm/A  
He spends his  evenings alone    in
      Bm/G# 
 his        hotel room 
He spends his  evenings alone    in his        hotel room 
A                                
  Keeping his thoughts to himself,   
 F#sus4               F# 
   he'd be leaving  soon 
  Keeping his thoughts to himself,      he'd be leaving  soon 
Bm                         Bm/A 
   Wishing he was miles and     
           Bm/G# 
 miles awa-    y 
   Wishing he was miles and      miles awa-    y 
A                               
  Nothing in this world, nothing
      F#sus4              F# 
 would       make him sta-  y
  Nothing in this world, nothing would       make him sta-  y
[Solo]
G - A - D - Gm/D - Bm6/D - E - A
[Strophe]
D                          E7 
  Since he was small - Had    no luck
 at all 
  Since he was small - Had    no luck at all 
G             Gm          D 
  Nothing came    easy to  him 
D                       E7 
  Now it was time - He'd  made up his
 mind 
  Now it was time - He'd  made up his mind 
G                  Gm     D 
  "This could be my  last  chance" 
   Bm                      
His  boss said to him, "Now    
 Bm/A 
 listen boy! 
His  boss said to him, "Now     listen boy! 
Bm/G# 
       You're always dreaming 
       G                A           D
You've  got no real am-  bition, you 
 
 won't get very far 
You've  got no real am-  bition, you  won't get very far 
Em7                     C7 
    Sammy boy, don't you  know who
 you are? 
    Sammy boy, don't you  know who you are? 
    D             E     Gm      
Why  can't you be  happy  at the
         D 
 Emerald  Bar"  So honey
Why  can't you be  happy  at the Emerald  Bar"  So honey
[Refrain]
D                        Bm 
   Spread your wings and   fly away 
E7           A 
   Fly away,  far away 
D                             Bm 
  Spread your little wings and  fly
 away 
  Spread your little wings and  fly away 
E7          A 
  Fly away,  far away  
Gm 
  Pull yourself together 
         D 
'Cos you  know you should do better 
Bb-5/D                          D
         That's because you're a 
           thema* 
 free man
         That's because you're a  free man
[Outro]
D - Bm - E7 - A
D - Bm - E7 - A