D            C    G 
Well a gypsy lady once told me 
           D               C           G 
Son you've got the kind of soul that's got to be free 
   D              C          G 
It ain't what you want, it's just what you need 
G (let ring) --------------------------------------> 
And like a black bird baby, you were born with wings 
 
Chorus: 
G        D      C    G 
And as a crow flies, so do I 
D        C           G 
I can be gone in the blink of an eye 
D           C         G 
Next town's never too hard to find 
     D          C        G (let ring) 
It's never that far as a crow flies 
 
G      D              C             G 
Well I set it down in Tennessee and got a little juice 
      D               C            G 
But I caught myself a case of them Nashville blues 
  D            C         G 
I met a little girl that tried to tie me down 
G (let ring) --------------------------------------> 
So I pointed it to Hollywood and put the hammer down 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
D                    C 
I live on the run, I love on the prowl 
  G 
I never was much on hangin' around 
  D          C       G 
I never look back, I never look down 
G (let ring) ---------------------------> 
I never thought once about turnin' around