Jun132020

Surfaces, Elton John – Learn To Fly Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

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This is the chords of Learn To Fly by Surfaces, Elton John on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7

[Chorus]
Fmaj7               Em7
All the broken people,
Dm7    G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you lift them up,
Dm7            G6                  Cmaj7
You might just touch the sky.
Fmaj7                       Em7
All the lonely people,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you loosen up,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
You might just learn to fly.

[Verse 1]
Fmaj7                       Em7
All the highs, and the lows,
Dm7                       G6
And the way it all goes,
Cmaj7
You can’t let them keep you down.
Fmaj7                       Em7
If you’re lost, if you’re broke,
Dm7                       G6
If you’re stuck on a road,

Cmaj7
You can turn it all around.
Fmaj7            Em7            Dm7
‘Cause we gotta trust in love,
G6                                  Cmaj7
Something that can’t be touched.
Fmaj7    Em7 Dm7
A feeling to lift us up,
G6                       Cmaj7
All in the name of love.

[Chorus]
Fmaj7            Em7
All the broken people,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you lift them up,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
You might just touch the sky.
Fmaj7                       Em7
All the lonely people,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you loosen up,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
You might just learn to fly.

Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Learn to fly.
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Learn to fly.
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Learn to fly.
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Learn to fly.

[Interlude]
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7

[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6
Sometimes it gets difficult,
Cmaj7
When everything’s the same.
Fmaj7            Em7    Dm7    G6
You toss and turn, push and pull,
Cmaj7
You don’t know who to blame.
Fmaj7            Em7            Dm7
But there is always something,
G6                       Cmaj7
To hold onto in your life.
Fmaj7                       Em7
Just keep that head up,
Dm7            G6                       Cmaj7
Don’t you worry it will be alright.

[Chorus]
Fmaj7                       Em7
All the broken people,
Dm7      G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you lift them up,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
You might just touch the sky.
Fmaj7            Em7
All the lonely people,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you loosen up,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
You might just learn to fly.

[Chorus]
Fmaj7            Em7
All the broken people,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you lift them up,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
You might just touch the sky.
Fmaj7            Em7
All the lonely people,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
Put your hands up high.
Fmaj7            Em7
If you loosen up,
Dm7            G6            Cmaj7
You might just learn to fly.
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Learn to fly.
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Learn to fly.
Fmaj7 Em7 Dm7 G6 Cmaj7
Learn to fly.

How to play Learn To Fly: key, chords and progression

To play Learn To Fly by Surfaces, Elton John, think in C major (no sharps or flats). It takes 5 chords: Fmaj7, Em7, Dm7, G6 and Cmaj7.

Listen for Fmaj7 – Em7 – Dm7 – G6 (IVmaj7 – iii7 – ii7 – V6 in C major): the song comes back to it again and again. In solfa, that is fah – mi – reh – soh. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.