Biography:
Will Varley (born in Brixton, London, on 7 March 1987) is a British folk singer and co-founder of the arts collective Smugglers Records.
Varley spent his teenage years in Kingston playing solo shows and singing in bands. His debut album was released on Smugglers Records in July 2011. He plays an explosive and subversive brand of British folk music.
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Other songs:
- Advert Soundtrack
- As For My Soul
- As The Crow Flies
- Dark Days Away
- From Halcyon
- I Got This Email
- Is Anyone Out There
- King For A King
- Newborn
- One Last Look At The View
- Outside Over There
- Seize The Night
- Send My Love To The System
- Seven Days
- Something Is Breaking
- Statues
- The Endlessness And The Space Between
- The Man Who Fell To Earth
- The Sound Of The Markets Crashing
- These Are The Days
- This House
- To Build A Wall
- Until The Grass Gets Greener
- We Dont Believe You
- We Want Our Planet Back
- Weddings And Wars
- When Youre Gone
- Where The Wild Wind Blows
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As the Crow Flies - Will Varley
Capo: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
C C
[Verse 1]
C F C
When that bird fell from its nest,
Am F C
Me and my sister did our best,
Am F C
To feed it earthworms everyday,
Am F C
After school we watched it fly away,
[Verse 2]
C F C
And I miss my mother my old room and the sound of the rain
Am F C
As it fell on the rooftops and ran along the drains
Am F C
But sometimes it feels like an ocean that railway line
E F C
Sometimes it feels like we're living in darker times
[Verse 3]
C B F C
I'm heading back home for a couple of days
Am G F C
I can't imagine all that much has changed
Am G F C
See that town it moves with the colour of the sky
G F
There's a face I recognise
E C
As the crow flies
[Verse 4]
C F C
Well someone's opened up a cafe on the river's edge,
Am F C
I will go there in the summer rent some boats out, we said,
Am F C
Those kids grew up in the beat of the old bass drum,
E F C
From son to father, from father back to son,
[Verse 5]
C F C
That cat she used to run rings, always playing tricks on the dog,
Am F C
He'd be sitting in the kitchen rolling round all covered in mud,
Am F C
Now they're buried in the garden in the shadow of the hawthorn tree,
E F C
Farewell travellers, may your souls always be free
[Verse 6]
C B F C
Well we always get together this time of year,
Am G F C
Always wish I could tell them what they're waiting to hear,
Am G F C
But who said time moves in straight lines,
G F
At least I can say I tried,
E C
As the crow flies
[Verse 7]
C F C
She said "you're drinking too much, "I said, "yes I probably am"
Am F C
I find it easier to forget what I can't understand
Am F C
Like how all those snakes made it past the lions so fast
Am F C
And how the future turned so quickly into the past
[Verse 8]
C B F C
Now the cafe by the river's all boarded up,
Am G F C
There's an autumn wind blowing through the old horse chestnuts,
Am G F C
And I saw him in a dream, said "he's doing alright,"
G F
I can see him in your eyes
E G F
As the crow flies
E F C
As the crow flies
[Verse 9]
C F C
But sometimes it feels like everything's been done before,
Am F C
The same ideas and the same four chords,
Am F C
We're still leaving in the morning for to cross the sea
Am F C
Cos not everything has been done by me
[Verse 10]
C F C
I remember that boy in the fading August light
Am F C
We watched that fledgling bird take its first flight
Am F C
I hope that I have done you proud
Am F C
And I promise to wake up and fight
[Verse 11]
C B F C
On the roads that we travel on the oceans we sail,
Am G F C
In the jaws of the dragon in the belly of the whale,
Am G F C
Yeah I always keep you by my side
G F
We'll get old and we'll get wise,
E C
As the crow flies,
G F
Anywhere any time,
E C
As the crow flies
Capo: 3rd Fret
[Intro]
C C
[Verse 1]
C F C
When that bird fell from its nest,
Am F C
Me and my sister did our best,
Am F C
To feed it earthworms everyday,
Am F C
After school we watched it fly away,
[Verse 2]
C F C
And I miss my mother my old room and the sound of the rain
Am F C
As it fell on the rooftops and ran along the drains
Am F C
But sometimes it feels like an ocean that railway line
E F C
Sometimes it feels like we're living in darker times
[Verse 3]
C B F C
I'm heading back home for a couple of days
Am G F C
I can't imagine all that much has changed
Am G F C
See that town it moves with the colour of the sky
G F
There's a face I recognise
E C
As the crow flies
[Verse 4]
C F C
Well someone's opened up a cafe on the river's edge,
Am F C
I will go there in the summer rent some boats out, we said,
Am F C
Those kids grew up in the beat of the old bass drum,
E F C
From son to father, from father back to son,
[Verse 5]
C F C
That cat she used to run rings, always playing tricks on the dog,
Am F C
He'd be sitting in the kitchen rolling round all covered in mud,
Am F C
Now they're buried in the garden in the shadow of the hawthorn tree,
E F C
Farewell travellers, may your souls always be free
[Verse 6]
C B F C
Well we always get together this time of year,
Am G F C
Always wish I could tell them what they're waiting to hear,
Am G F C
But who said time moves in straight lines,
G F
At least I can say I tried,
E C
As the crow flies
[Verse 7]
C F C
She said "you're drinking too much, "I said, "yes I probably am"
Am F C
I find it easier to forget what I can't understand
Am F C
Like how all those snakes made it past the lions so fast
Am F C
And how the future turned so quickly into the past
[Verse 8]
C B F C
Now the cafe by the river's all boarded up,
Am G F C
There's an autumn wind blowing through the old horse chestnuts,
Am G F C
And I saw him in a dream, said "he's doing alright,"
G F
I can see him in your eyes
E G F
As the crow flies
E F C
As the crow flies
[Verse 9]
C F C
But sometimes it feels like everything's been done before,
Am F C
The same ideas and the same four chords,
Am F C
We're still leaving in the morning for to cross the sea
Am F C
Cos not everything has been done by me
[Verse 10]
C F C
I remember that boy in the fading August light
Am F C
We watched that fledgling bird take its first flight
Am F C
I hope that I have done you proud
Am F C
And I promise to wake up and fight
[Verse 11]
C B F C
On the roads that we travel on the oceans we sail,
Am G F C
In the jaws of the dragon in the belly of the whale,
Am G F C
Yeah I always keep you by my side
G F
We'll get old and we'll get wise,
E C
As the crow flies,
G F
Anywhere any time,
E C
As the crow flies
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