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I’ll Fly Away

The song I’ll Fly Away is a hymn written in the 1920’s. It is a commonly played song at jams in various styles of music.
You can read about the history of the song here.

Here is a link to the Lyrics & Chords

Here is a link to tab that accompanies the video below. 

In the video I play through the progression 6 times. Here are the details.

  1. Basic – Just Root and strum
  2. Alternating Bass – Root – strum – Fifth – strum
  3. Alternating Bass w/Walkups
  4. Walking Bass
  5. Melody (verse)
  6. Melody (chorus)

Beginning players should focus on parts 1 & 2 and the melody while more advanced players should work on 3 & 4 as well as the melody.