The Eagle's Flight - Eagle Scout Song

A song I wrote for the Eagle Scouts in our Troop.

As requested, I'll include the lyrics here: (with guitar notation...)

D9 X04230
D9sus4 X05230


The Eagle's Flight
(capo 2)

Intro
D9 D9sus4 D9 D9sus4

D9
From the day man walked upon the earth
D9sus4
In the garden with his God
D9
He looked above him and saw
D9sus4 Asus4 A
Birds in the sky
D G
And the greatest of them all D G
Was the Eagle, strong and brave D
And his spirit soared with him as he
G Asus4 A
Watched the Eagle fly!

Chorus: D G
Dare to brave the Eagle's flight D G
Soar above the mountain's height D
Let the God who is with you be G Asus4 A
The wind beneath your wings D G
Though the storms of life will blow D G
Trust this God you've come to know D




Dare to be different, and you'll
G A D




Hear the upward call!

As settlers crossed the mountains
So many years ago
They saw the Eagle flying
High above the trees
And they were reminded why they came
To this country far away
Braving the wilderness
In a longing to be free!

Chorus:

Bridge:
D A Bm
When all the others ran to hide F#m
Who's the one who stayed and testified G
Suffered willingly
And bled and died Asus4 A
For you and for me! D G
Take your life-long cue from Him! D G
For He died and rose again D
Rose above the storm G Asus4
So His friends could be free, A
Truly Free!

Chorus:

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[elizabeth2959]

Great song! Is it okay to play it at my son's Eagle COH next month?

[LegalEaglesBand]

Of course! If you want to download a free MP3, you can just go to soundclick[dot]com/legaleagles­band

And if you have a guitarist willing to learn it, the chords are posted here.

Congrats to your son on his achievement!

[LegalEaglesBand]

oops, I mean soundclick[dot]com/legaleagles

I have several scouting downloadables there, and one I wrote for my father in law when he died.

My Christian music is also on soundclick at /buriedtalentsband

Many songs there are also downloadable free.

[TheProudAmerican777]

Where can I get the sheet music for a scouter in my troop?

[LegalEaglesBand]

Hey, ProudAmerican! There is no sheet music, but the guitar chords are in the video description. I believe I also put the picking pattern on it as well. The capo was at fret 5(?) with standard tuning.

Sorry, I'm a guitarist, not a pianist, though I do a little keyboards for strings, bass, etc. when making scratch tracks.

[englanddg]

Heh, stick to the guitar merit badge, not the mass media one....oh wait...

We are off....

[LegalEaglesBand]

?? Would be cool if there was a guitar MB. there's just 'Music.'

And unfortunately the BSA won't let old guys like me continue to earn MBs...

...which is a good reminder to all you young guys to earn them while you can.

[oGxCLaNVidEoZ]

can eagle scouts be jewish

[ClassicCartoonsGuy]

Love this song! Thanks for posting.

I received Eagle December 20, 2007, and my Court of Honor was July 7, 2008.

Still seems like just yesterday I was standing in front of the Board of Review when they said the decision was unanimous and that I was now a Eagle Scout. One of the happiest moments in my life, being in scouts since 1st grade Tiger Cubs. :)

[TheAdam1763]

I received my Eagle on January 10th 2010, I am having my Eagle Court of honor in April and I would like to have this as a part of my Eagle Ceremony. Is it okay if I do.

[TheProudAmerican777]

Thank you brother.

[elizabeth2959]

Just wanted to let you know that we did use the song at my son's COH on Saturday and it was very impressive.One of my son's best friends sang it, with his dad on the guitar and we received lots of positive comments on the song.We did let people know where we had found it and how nice you are for sharing it with everyone.Thanks again!!!

[tiorbinist]

My son and I just performed this song for the Eagle COH of Elizabeth2959's son. Thank you for being so willing to share your work: the song was perfect for the ceremony, and a joy to play (I was the willing guitarist.) For my son's vocal range, I had to capo up 7 frets and play in D, with the bottom string down a whole tone. The drop-D tuning made up well for the high transposition!