I'LL  FLY  AWAY

Time signature:  4/4
Tempo: ~110  bpm.
Albert E Brumley (1929)
influenced by a traditional (secular) ballad
Accordion Notation
Beats per bar = 4
Beat symbol = Dot ( . )  or equivalent
​Either row (high)   =  Buttons 5 to 8
​(with an accidental replaced by 7*)

Verse 1 (of 3)

    .7      .6        .5      .6    |   "7      "7*     "7   "8*   .7    .7*  | 
Some  glad  morn - ing      when  this     life    is    ov -  er,   /

.:6    "5*    "6   |   .:5    .r   | 
I'll      fly      a   -   way.     /

 .7   .6    .5     .6   |    "7      "7*   "7    "8*     :7    |
To   a  home  on     God's   ce -  les - tial  shore, /

.:7   "7*   "7*   |   .:6    .r    | 
I'll     fly     a   -    way.   /


Chorus      .:8    "7   "7   |    .8      .7    .7*    .6   | 
                  I'll    fly    a   -   way,   oh  glor  -  y   /

                  .:6    "5*   "6   |   ::5    | 
                  I'll     fly      a   -   way /

                      .5    .5*   .6    "6    "7* |  "7     "7*    "7   "8*   :7   |  
                  When   I    die   hal -  le  -   lu -  jah       by  and  by   /

                  .:7   "7*   "7*   |   ::6    | 
                  I'll    fly      a    -   way  /
​
Embedded youTube VIDEOS
Key:  G

Tempo:  ~115 bpm

Group:  Alabama

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Key:   E

Tempo:  ~105 bpm.

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Key:  A

Tempo:  ~90 bpm

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Background Materials, Information & Links
​Lyrics:
Some bright morning when this life is over
       I'll fly away
To that home on God's celestial shore
       I'll fly away

Chorus:   I'll fly away oh glory
                     I'll fly away
               When I die hallelujah by and by
                     I'll fly away

When the shadows of this life have gone
       I'll fly away
Like a bird from these prison walls I'll fly
       I'll fly away
​
Just a few more weary days and then
       I'll fly away
To a land where joys will never end
       I'll fly away
Background Links:
Click HERE for additional info about this song.

Click HERE  for biographical info on Albert E Brumley.