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[Verse 1]
EBAC#m7B
When I was a young man, I found an old dream
EBAC#m7B
Was as battered and worn a one, as you have ever seen
EBAC#m7B
And I made it some new wings, and I painted the nose
EBAC#m7A
I wished so hard, up in the air, I ro-o-ose, singing
[Chorus]
EC#m7DAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
EC#m7DAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me
[Verse 2]
EBAC#m7B
And I once loved a girl, she was younger than me
EB
Her parents kept her locked, up in their lives
BAC#m7B
And she was crying, she was wishing she could be free
EB
Of course I mostly remember her laughing
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Standing there and watching us play
EBAC#m7A
For a while then, the music, would take her away and she'd be singing
[Chrous]
EC#m7DAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above this world
EC#m7DAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
[Verse 3]
EBA
Then there was my mother, she was lying in white sheets there
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And she was waiting to die
EBA
She said if you just reach underneath this bed, and untie these weights
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I could surely fly
EB
She's still smiling but she's tired
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She'd like to hear that last bell ring
EBAC#m7A
You know if she still could she would, stand up, she would sing
[Chorus]
EC#m7DAE
Carry me, carry me, carry me, above the world
EC#m7DADADAE
Carry me, carry me, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, oo-ooh, ooh