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[Verse 1]
F                                Bb
Someday I'll be so far away from all of you
                      Dm
All this and spoken ridicule
         C
You'll never rule my life

Like the way that you used to
F                     Bb
I find I am much better off out on my own
                  Dm
Maybe a house but not a home
       C
You'll wake to find I've changed my mind
                             Bb
I'm sorry but this bird has flown

[Pre-Chorus]
             C
This bird has flown

[Chorus]
    F
So let these fools run free
                      Bb
To be the ones they want to be
                                      Dm
These chains, they're falling off all over me
                               C
My friends, I hope you get to see
     F
That I don't need your pleas
                Bb
And empty cold apologies

Your friends just haven't been
    Dm
Real friends to me, it's time
                      C
For me to spread my wings

[Verse 2]
F                                Bb
I feel fine and feeling fine is good enough
                        Dm
I'm alone and though it may be rough
         C
I can't lie, I'm free to fly, I don't belong to anyone
F                               Bb
Had a friend and I put you on a pedestal
                   Dm
I may be dumb but I'm no fool
              C
So keep your throne, it's all you want
                          Bb
And all that you'll ever know

[Pre-Chorus]
               C
This bird has flown

[Chorus]
   F
So let these fools run free
                       Bb
To be the ones they want to be
                                        Dm
These chains, they're falling off all over me
                               C
My friends, I hope you get to see
     F
That I don't need you, please
                 Bb
And empty cold apologies

Your friends just haven't been
     Dm
Real friends to me, it's time
                       C
For me to spread my wings

 Bb    Dm    F

[Bridge]
 Bb           C
You will never be
         F
Able to exam me
                Bb
And clip these wings

And I know that
 Bb            C
All that I can see
             F
Is the open sky
            Bb
In front of me

 Bb           C
You will never be
         F
Able to exam me
                Bb
And clip these wings

And I know that
 Bb            C
All that I can see
             F
Is the open sky
            Bb
In front of me

[Chorus]
   F
So let these fools run free
                       Bb
To be the ones they want to be
                                        Dm
These chains, they're falling off all over me
                               C
My friends, I hope you get to see
     F
That I don't need you, please
                 Bb
And empty cold apologies

Your friends just haven't been
     Dm
Real friends to me, it's time
                       C
For me to spread my wings
F