Queen - Spread Your Wings: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Spread Your Wings" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Spread Your Wings Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Queen

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Spread Your Wings" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D                   Em7
Sammy was low, just watching the show
G6       Gm     D
Over and over again
  D                    Em7
Knew it was time, he'd made up his mind
    G6             Gm     D
To leave his dead life behind
    Bm           Bm/A            G#m7-5
His boss said to him, boy, you'd better begin
    G               A             D
To get those crazy notions right out of your head
 Em                C7
Sammy, who do you think that you are?
 D                  Em    Gmaj7      Gm       D
You should've been sweeping   up the Emerald Bar

Chorus:
   D                   Bm
Spread your wings and fly away
Esus4  E   Asus4  A
Fly  away, far  away
   D                          Bm
Spread your little wings and fly away
Esus4  E  Asus4  A
Fly  away, far away
Gm
Pull yourself together because you
  D
know you should do better
 Gm                       D
That's because you're a free man

              Bm       Bm/A         G#m7-5
He spends his evenings alone in his hotel room
 A                               F#sus4           F#
Keeping his thoughts to himself, he'd be leaving soon
Bm                  Bm/A   G#m7-5
Wishing he was miles and miles away
 A                                   F#sus4     F#
Nothing in this world, nothing would make him stay

Since he was small, had no luck at all
Nothing came easy to him
Now it was time, he'd made up his mind
"This could be my last chance"
His boss said to him
"Now listen, boy! You're always dreaming
You've got no real ambition
You won't get very far
Sammy boy, don't you know who you are?
Why can't you be happy
At the Emerald Bar?"

Chorus

Come on, honey, fly with me


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Asus4

Guitar chord Asus4

C7

Guitar chord C7

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

Esus4

Guitar chord Esus4

Em7

Guitar chord Em7

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#sus4

Guitar chord F#sus4

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

Gmaj7

Guitar chord Gmaj7

Gmaj

Guitar chord Gmaj

G6

Guitar chord G6

G#m7

Guitar chord G#m7

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Spread Your Wings" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Spread Your Wings" by Queen.

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