Chords for Flight 93 by Leslie Fish

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She took off from Newark on a warm [Abm] autumn day [Abm] with 45 [Dbm] travelers and crew.
[Abm] They all were unarmed at the [Ab] will of the law.
[Eb] Security passed them [Abm] all through.
[Db] An hour into flight time, [Abm] four Arabs jumped up.
[Dbm] Two Ahmads, Ziad [Gb] and Saeed, [Abm] announced a [Db] hijacking and waved knives [Abm] around.
Razor blades, [Db] box knives and steak knives they found.
And a box that they swore was a bomb up [Eb] and down.
[E] They thought that was all [Ab] they would need.
_ [Dbm] Flight 93, [Abm] no more we'll fly.
Dead on the ground or dead in the sky.
You might not [Db] survive, but at least you [Eb] can try.
[Ab] Stand up and bring the ship down.
_ [Abm] Sisi the [Dbm] stewardess had a cell [Abm] phone and called up her husband to say,
The plane has been [Dbm] hijacked, we'll do as we're [E] trained.
Be [Eb] quiet and humbly [Abm] obey.
They'll dicker for [Abm] money or some social [Dbm] cause.
The government [Ab] surely will pay.
[Eb] [Abm] They'll put us out somewhere [Db] and leave with their score.
[Abm] Or maybe police will [Db] come catch them and more.
That's [Gb] always the way this has been [Eb] done before.
[E] With luck, I'll be [Ab] home in a day.
_ _ [Db] Flight 93, no more we'll fly.
Dead on [Abm] the ground or dead in [Eb] the sky.
You might not [Gb] survive, but at least you [Eb] can try.
Stand [Ab] up and bring the ship [Abm] down.
_ Next was Mark [Dbm] Bingham, who had a phone [Ab] too,
and used it to [Dbm] call up his mom.
[Abm] He said they'd been [Dbm] hijacked by three foreign [E] men who had knives,
and said [Eb] they had a [Abm] bomb.
But some of the passengers plotted, he said,
to take back [Gb] the plane as it flew.
[Eb] [Ab] But first tell me, mom, is it true what [Abm] they say?
That three other airplanes [Db] were hijacked today,
blown straight [Gb] into buildings and blew [Eb] them away?
[E] His mother cried and [Ab] said it's true.
_ [Dbm] Flight 93, [Abm] no more we'll [Dbm] fly.
Dead on the [Abm] ground or dead in the sky.
You might not [Db] survive, but at [Eb] least you can try.
[E] Stand up and bring the [Abm] ship [Ab] down.
_ Jeremy Glick [Dbm] called his wife on the phone
[Abm] and told of the bomb [Dbm] and the knives.
[Ab] He said if these [Dbm] stories we're hearing are true,
[E] we might [Eb] as well fight for our lives.
His wife told him, yes, [Abm] the World Trade Center's [Dbm] hit,
and [Ab] maybe the Pentagon too.
[Abm] He left the [Dbm] phone hanging, then came back [Abm] and said,
we've nothing to fight with [Db] and may wind up dead,
but we voted [Gb] to stand up and fight [Eb] them instead,
[E] and we might keep them from [Ab] getting through.
_ _ [Db] Flight [Abm] 93, no more we'll fly.
Dead on the ground or dead in the sky.
You might not [Fm] survive, but [Eb] at least you can try.
Stand up and bring the [Abm] ship down.
_ _ Thomas Burnett [Dbm] phoned his wife several [Abm] times,
reporting the course [Dbm] of the fight.
[Abm] He said one man's been stabbed [Dbm] and we can't reach the [E] cockpit,
but [Eb] somehow we'll alter the flight.
We've guessed that the [Abm] target is likely the [Dbm] White House,
and [B] if we fail, we'll surely [Abm] die.
We've nothing [Db] to fight with except our [Abm] bare hands,
but we'll keep on trying [Db] until the plane lands.
One way [Gb] or the other, we've [Eb] taken our stand.
[E] My darling, I love [Ab] you.
Goodbye.
_ [Dbm] Flight 93, [Abm] no more we'll fly.
Dead on the ground or dead in the [Eb] sky.
You might not [Db] survive, but at least you can [Eb] try.
[E] Stand up and bring the [Ab] ship down. _
_ Jason the pilot [Dbm] could hear the whole tale.
[Abm] He'd signaled as well [Ab] as he could.
[Abm] He saw that the [Dbm] terrorists still held the [E] cockpit,
and one way to stop [Abm] them for good.
[Dbm] He watched while the [Abm] passengers battled and [Dbm] died,
and knew that no [Ebm] help would be [Abm] found.
The guard was distracted, just [Db] one chance to live.
[Abm] There's one case where [Db] suicide isn't a sin.
He weighed all [Gb] his chances, he said,
[Eb] augur in,
_ [E] and drove the ship [Ab] into the ground. _
[Dbm] Flight 93, no more we'll fly.
Dead on the [Abm] ground or dead in the sky.
You might not [Db] survive, but at least you can try.
[Gb] Stand up and bring the [Ab] ship down.
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[Ab] Down, down, bring the ship [Abm] down.
Down, [E] down, bring the ship [Ab] down.
_ _ Flight 93 hit the [Dbm] ground at [Abm] full speed,
and no one aboard her [Dbm] survives.
But [Abm] the White House still stands,
and [Dbm] a few thousand folks can thank those aboard
[Abm] for their lives.
[Dbm] There's no [Abm] guarantee when the bad guys come in
[Dbm] that they [Ab] won't kill you all to a [Abm] man.
So when some [Db] fanatics are out to have fun,
[Abm] there's nowhere to hide and there's nowhere [Ab] to run.
Then pray that [Gb] the law lets you carry [Eb] a gun,
_ but fight back however [Abm] you can.
_ [Dbm] Flight 93, [Abm] no more we'll [Dbm] fly.
Dead on the [Ebm] ground or dead in the [Abm] sky.
You might not [Db] survive, but at least you can [Eb] try.
[Gb] Stand up and bring the ship down.
_ _ _ [E] [Ebm] Stand up and bring the [Ab] ship down.
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