"I Believe I Can Fly" R. Kelly (Youth For Christ)

[Val215]

I Believe I Can Fly
By: R. Kelly (As recorded by Youth for Christ)
Posted by: Val215

Key Db
L H / R H

Intro:

/ Bb, C
Bb / F-Bb-Db, F
Ab / Eb-Ab-C
Gb / Db-F-Bb
/ F, Gb
Eb / Bb-Eb-Gb-Ab

Verse 1:

/ Ab I
Db / Ab, Db, Ab-Db use to think
Db / Ab that
Db / Ab-C-Eb, F I could
/ Ab-Db-F not go
Db / Db on
Db / A-Eb
Db /
Db / A-Eb, Eb
Ab /
/ Ab but
Db / Ab, Db, Ab-Db life was nothing
Db / Ab but
Db / Ab-C-Eb, F an aweful
/ Ab-Db-F song___
Db / Db
Db / A-Eb
Db /
Db / A-Eb, Eb
Ab /
/ Ab and
Db / Ab, Db, Ab-Db now I know the
Db / Ab mean-
Db / Ab-C-Eb, F ing of
/ Ab-Db-F true
Db / Db love
Db / A-Eb
Db /
Db / A-Eb, Eb
Ab /
/ Ab I’m
Db / Ab, Db, Ab-Db leaning on
Db / Ab the
Db / Ab-C-Eb, F everlast-
/ Ab-Db-F ing
Db / Db arm
Db / A-Eb-Ab, Eb
Db /
F / A-Eb

Bridge:
 
F, F / Db, C If I could
Bb / Bb, Db see it
/ F-Bb-Db
Bb /
Bb / F-Bb-Db
/ Db then I
Bb / could
A / A-F, Eb be it
/ A-Eb
A /
A / A-Eb
/ Db if I
/ Db just
A / be-
Ab / Ab, Db lieved it
/ F-Ab-Db
Ab /
Ab / Db then there’s
/ Db, Eb noth-
Ab / F ing
Ab, Ab / Bb-Db-Gb-Ab to
Ab, Ab / Bb-Db-Gb-Ab it
Ab / Bb-Db-Gb-Ab

Chorus 1 (Soloist only 1st time):

I believe I can
Db / Db-F-Ab fly
/ Ab
Db / Db-F-Ab I belie-
/ F-Ab-Db ve
F / I can
Bb / Eb-Gb-Bb, Ab touch the
/ Db-F-Ab sky
Bb, Bb /
/ Db-F-Ab think
/ F-Ab-Db about it
Bb / Db ev’ry
Eb / F-Ab-Db, Eb night and
/ Gb-Bb-Eb day
Eb, Eb /
/ Gb-Bb-Eb, Db spread my
/ F-Bb-Db wings
Eb / Db and
Ab / F-Bb-Db, C fly away
/ Eb-Ab-C
Bb, B / C
C / Bb-Eb-Bb
I be-
F / A-Eb-Ab, Bb, Ab lieve I can
Bb / Db-F-Ab soar
/ F-Ab-Db
Bb, Bb /
/ F-Ab-Db, Db see me runn-
/ F-Ab-Db ing
Bb / Bb, Ab thru’ that
A / Eb-Gb-Bb, Db, Eb opened door
/ A-Eb
A /
A / A-Eb, Db I belie-
/ F-Ab-Db, Bb ve I
Ab / Ab can
Ab / Db-F-Ab, Ab fly
Ab, Ab /
/ Db-F-Ab, Db I belie-
/ F-Ab-Db ve I
Ab / Bb, Ab can
A / Eb-Gb-A, A fly
A, A /
/ Eb-Gb-A
/ A I be-
/ Eb-Gb-A lieve
Ab / Ab, Gb I can
Bb / Bb-Db-F-Bb fly
C / C-Eb-Ab-C
Bb / Db-F-Bb-Db
Ab / Eb-Gb-Bb-Eb
Ab / F-Ab-Db-F

Repeat same chords for the following:

Verse 2:

See, I was on the verge of breaking down,
sometimes silence can seem so loud.
There are miracles in life I must achieve,
but first, it's got to start inside of me.

Bridge:
Chorus 1:

Chorus 2 (Modulate to D):

C / C-Eb-Ab-C
Db / Db-F-Bb-Db
Ab / Eb-Ab-Db
A, A, A / G-A-D
A / G-A-D
I believe I can
D / D-F#-A fly
/ A
D, D /
/ D-F#-A I belie-
/ F#-A-D ve I
F# / can
B / E-G-D, A touch the
/ D-F#-A sky
B, B /
/ D-F#-A think
/ F#-A-D about it
B / D ev’ry
E / F#-A-D, Eb night and
/ G-B-E day
E, E /
/ G-B-E, D spread my
/ F#-B-D wings
E / D and
A / F#-B-D, C# fly away
/ E-A-C#
B, C / C#
C# / B-E-D
I be-
F# / A#-E-A, B, A lieve I can
B / D-F#-A soar
/ F#-A-D
B, B / see
/ F#-A-D, D running
/ F#-A-D thru-
B / B, A that
Bb / E-G-Bb, D, E opened
/ G-Bb-E door
Bb, Bb /
/ G-Bb-E, D I belie-
/ G-Bb-E ve
A / B, A I can
A / D-F#-A fly
/ A

Vamp (choir part only):

A, A /
/ D-F#-A I
/ E-G-B can
/ F#-A-D fly
A / A
Bb / E-G-Bb
/ Bb
Bb, Bb /
/ E-G-Bb I
/ F#-A-D can
/ G-Bb-E fly
Bb / E-G-Bb
Repeat as desired

Ending:

A / F#-A-D fly
/ F#-A-D fly
A, A /
/ F#-A-D fly
/ F#-A-D fly
A /
Bb / G-Bb-D fly
/ G-Bb-D fly
Bb, Bb /
/ G-Bb-D fly
/ G-Bb-D fly
Bb /
Repeat as desired

D / F#-A-D fly

Enjoy & Be Blessed

[cinderellaofpiano]

can u post this song in g major 4 me please 

[chevonee]

Thank you so much for sharing these chords Val. God bless you and keep up the good work.

[seemunny]

GOOD JOB!, Val...

But i must say:

I believed that i could fly too. I felt the towel around my neck and outreached arms was the answer.

All i can say is - "trust me, i musta had the wrong type of towel!"

[musallio]

can u post this song in g major 4 me please 

1 problem:

this song modulates by a half step.
Question:

Can you play in the key of Ab or will you transpose again when you reach the modualted part?



Val:

thanks Val...this is awesome, I need to try it out.

C$$:

I saw some foreign object flying this other night not so long ago & I thought it was you..could have been..what color was you towel?

[Val215]

can u post this song in g major 4 me please 

1 problem:

this song modulates by a half step.
Question:

Can you play in the key of Ab or will you transpose again when you reach the modualted part?

True dat!

If you must transpose, you can use this tool: http://www.learngospelmusic.com/transposer/index.php It's much easier than doing it manually

[seemunny]

C$$:

I saw some foreign object flying this other night not so long ago & I thought it was you..could have been..what color was you towel?

All i can say is - "trust me, i musta had the wrong type of towel!"

Well, it wasn't me, because as you can see in my quote - my towel "let me down", really HARD too!
Maybe the expiration date ran out!

[musallio]

Well, it wasn't me, because as you can see in my quote - my towel "let me down", really HARD too!
Maybe the expiration date ran out!

Pwahahaha