Chords for Carmen Miranda's Ghost 07 - Guardians

[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
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_ He [Eb] wasn't [Abm] quite sure what went wrong, [Dbm] just that the [E] engines blew,
_ [Abm] And flung him hard against the wall, [Gb] and him the only [Eb] crew.
_ [Abm] He felt like he'd been broken half, [Dbm] he passed out twice [E] from pain,
[Abm] And when he heard the voices, [Ebm] he was sure he'd gone [Abm] _
insane.
_ _ _ _ [Dbm] Just two of them at first it was, [Abm] and then a dozen _ more,
[Dbm] He blinked to see [E] two women kneel [Eb] beside him on the floor.
_ [Abm] He thought they might be angels, [Dbm] but they weren't like [E] angels much,
_ No [Abm] wings, no robes, just plain gray [Gb] spacer _ coveralls and [Abm] such. _ _ _
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_ _ You're not dead yet, my friend, and it's not [Dbm] quite your time [E] to go.
_ _ [Abm] The first one said, now look, your rescue [Gb] beacon's [Db] down [Eb] below.
_ [Abm] Ed says that there's another ship, _ [E] not far away at all,
You [Ab] still have two good [E] arms, my friend, [Dbm] so grit [Bb] your teeth [E] and [Ab]
[Eb] crawl.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ They [Dbm]
winked out then, the pain clamped down, he [Abm] thought he'd move no more.
_ Another _ [E] one appeared and sat [Eb] beside him on the floor.
[Ab] Come on, tovarish!
[Abm] this one urged, [Db] you'll make it, [Abm] I [E] don't doubt.
_ [Abm] Show me some of [Dbm] this Yankee guts [Gb] I've heard so much [Abm] about. _ _ _ _
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_ [Ab] It seemed to take _ eternity [E] to crawl from here to there,
[Ab] The pain at least a hundred times [Gb] was more than he [Eb] could bear.
[Ab] But every time he'd start to quit, [Dbm] fly down, give up [E] and die,
_ [Abm] Another would [E] appear beside [Gb] him, urging [Eb] him to try.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ [Dbm] He reached the beacon in a daze [Abm] of fever, mist and pain.
_ [E] He hit the _ activator and [Ab] he [Eb] saw them once _ again.
_ [Abm] Remember, friend, the woman said, [E] when death is closing fast,
_ [Ebm] It's then you try [Dbm] your hardest, for [Gb] the darkness will [Ab] not _ _ [Abm] last. _
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_ He passed out then, the [Eb] rescue came, [Dbm] they brought him [E] safely _ home.
[Abm] And he forgot it all until [Gb] he got to Luna [Eb] _
Dome.
[Abm] He passed beneath a hologram [Dbm] that stands [E] above the _ door,
[Abm] And recognized _ those faces there, [Ebm] he'd seen them all _ [Eb]
before.
_ [Abm] _ _ _ _ [Dbm] Gus and Ed and Roger [Abm] made him hold to hope and try,
_ [Dbm] The Russians, [E] Ronald, Krista too, [Eb] they wouldn't let him _ die.
[Abm] He knew whose words had saved him, [Dbm] and he knew that [E] in the end,
[Abm] He'd go to join [Dbm] their company [Gb] and greet them as [Abm] a _ friend. _ _
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