Chords for Eli In The Cockpit (Ellis & Wince Coles)

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[F#] _ [G#] _ [B] _ _ _ He said right next to he lie [F#] on a flight to [B] Newfoundland, _ [E] a lady from the USA with a barf
bag in [B] her hand.
_ [E] She said I'd like to apologize if a problem [B] I had made, try not to be embarrassed sir
[F#] if I have to [B] use this bag.
_ My darling don't be [F#] foolish, I've seen it [B] all before.
_ [E] When I fished in Miss Gunner off the banks of [B] Labrador, _ _ [E] be sure to take your false teeth
out, leave nothing but [B] the gum, and cock your leg and let out [F#] gas and shout out up [B] she come.
_ _ FPA it took over, could [F#] I have your [B] attention please?
_ _ [E] Pilot and co-pilot just took second [B] underneath.
_ _ [E] Is there someone flying with us with the knowledge [B] and the skill to land us plain and gander
[F#] across roads [B] of the world? _ _
Take me to that wheel house [F#] that Eli [B] hunted away.
_ [E] I say they got food poison from that grub you [B] served today.
_ [E] As he sat down in the pilot's chair to the stewardess he [B] did say, drag them two boys
out and take [F#] their horn in [B] the way.
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[Bm] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
Gander, gander, call and [F#] do you read me [B] 102? _
_ _ [E] Captain Eli got ya, I'm just caught [B] off at you.
_ _ [E] First give us your precision and you're right we'll [B] need that neck.
I'm right up in the nose of her boy, [F#] I'm a lady's [B] fife or six.
_ There's a lot of red lights flashing [F#] and making [B] funny noise. _
[E] So we smashed them with me Logan Coggers some hard [B] on the ice.
_ [E] Sir, what's your qualifications?
We're concerned about [B] loss of life.
Boys don't you talk so foolish I [F#] stare just gonna hurt all [B] me life.
_ Don't worry back in Gander, [F#] no life will [B] be lost.
_ [E] I'm flying about 100 feet up over [B] Dan Ross. _
[E] Gonna follow that old highway so I can [B] always tell
just where I'm at and what do you know [F#] just past [B] Liege and Belle.
_ _ _ Eli calling Gander, dear [F#] my piece, it's like [B] too late.
_ [E] Might circle over Badger and drop some blankets [B] on the way.
_ [E] I'm going to tell me pashners to take off [B] all their clothes
and sling it out the window, [F#] them poor souls must [B] be frozen.
_ [D#] _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ I might dart out to Carmanville [F#] so Hawn Boy [B] can see
that [E] lovely little place where Sophie [B] lives with me.
_ [E] The church where she and me walked in dressed in our [B] wedding clothes.
The church where Sophie said I do, [F#] where I said [B] I spoke. _
This is your captain speaking, [F#] all hands look to [B] the right. _
_ _ [E] Mine and Sophie's house is just coming [B] into sight.
_ [E] I think that's Clyde out on the point, I say [B] shooting crows.
Oh look I now see Sophie [F#] down there hanging out [B] her clothes.
_ _ All hands wave to Sophie when [F#] I circle [B] round this time. _
[E] My gosh I hope they're close by, dragging it [B] behind. _
_ _ [E] Gander do you read me, I gotta let [B] you know
that I'm heading for the airport with [F#] Aunt Sophie's [B] drawers in tow.
_ _ Hurry drop your landing gear, [F#] you're flying much [B] too fast.
_ [E] Never mind I'm keeping to the side, going to slide in [B] undergrass. _
[E] If I comes down that asphalt track and Sophie's [B] clothes long
her blankets will be full of tar [F#] and her dryer's as good [B] as gone.
_ There were rats and frogs coming out of the [F#] bogs as she tore down through [B] the grass.
_ [E] And just outside McDonald's she came to [B] rest at last.
_ [E] Out slipped Uncle Eli all dressed in [B] pilot's clothes.
First one he seen was Sophie [F#] raving mad in [B] Namaw's throat. _
He said I can't believe it you [F#] got here as quick [B] as me.
_ [E] You know me truck is getting old in [B] 1983.
_ _ [E] He said you must been flying, you could have [B] got a fine.
She said you sure got that right I [F#] was tangled [B] in the line.
_ She grabbed him by the neck and [F#] she slapped him where [B] it [C#] ran.
[B] _ _
[E] Sophie please be gentle cause I'm your [B] loving man.
_ [E] Might work with Canadian Airlines I'm expecting them [B] to phone.
You'll be working with provincial clothes lines [F#] as soon as I get [B] you home.
_ You'll be working with provincial clothes lines [F#] as soon as I get [B] you home.
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