Chords for Frank Hayes Don't Ask 15 - Lola the Engineer

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[Eb] _ _ _ _ I met her [Db] in a bar [Ab] room on a world called Callan [Bb] Sea.
[Eb] More drunk she was [Db] than anyone [Ab] would ever want [Bb] to be.
[G] I tickled her [Db] and patted her [Ab] and lifted up [Bb] her skirt.
[Eb] She jumped upon [Db] my lap and [Ab] then she threw up [Bb] on my shirt.
_ And I said, this looks like the start of a beautiful [Ab] friendship.
[Eb] And I'll drink a [Ab] toast now to [Fm] Lola, _ [Bb] the _
_ [Eb] _ Engineer.
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_ _ [Eb] On board the Sultan's Pleasure [Ab] with a load of [Bb] Ordehall.
[Eb] Well, a freighter all but runs [Fm] itself between the ports [Bb] of call.
And outside [Db] a drink and making love, [Ab] there isn't much [Bb] to do.
So [Eb] that's what we did each chance [Fm] we could and a few we [Bb] couldn't too.
_ And [G] those were very [Gm] few.
[Eb] _ And I'll [Fm] drink a toast now to Lola, _ [Bb] the _ _ [Eb] Engineer.
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[Eb] One day [Db] in an unused engine, [Ab] just to [Bb] pass the while.
[F] Drinking [Db] gin and making [Ab] love in a [Bb] complicated style.
Our bodies [Db] shook together [Ab] from our kneecaps to our necks.
[Eb] It's love, I [Db] cried, like hell, she [Ab] said.
It's pirates [Bb] hit the deck.
[Eb] She listened [Db] at the [Ab] intercom and turned to [Bb] me and said,
[Eb] Inside an [Db] hour they'll find [Ab] us, in an hour [Bb] we'll be dead.
[F] And there's no [Db] way to outrun them.
[Ab] Then a look [Bb] came to her eye.
[Eb] By God, it [Db] may not work, she [Ab] said, but we'll know [Bb] the reason why.
[Eb] So I'll drink a [Ab] toast now to [Fm] Lola, _ [Bb] the _ _ [Eb] Engineer.
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[Eb] It seems the pirates made [Ab] their move while we [Bb] were making love.
And a pulsar [Db] blast had fried the [Ab] brains of every [Bb] hand above.
But we [Db] were recreating [Ab] down in engine [Bb] number two.
Where twenty [Db] feet of shielding [Ab] kept the hell from [Bb] coming through.
[Eb] So we jerry [Db]-rigged the panel [Ab] board to start the [Bb] engine cold.
[F] With a power surge and a [Ab] blast we knew the shielding [Bb] couldn't hold.
[F] Then Lola took [Db] a can of paint [Ab] and signed her work [Bb] in red.
I'll see [Db] you bloody bastards [Ab] down in hell, [Bb] was what it said. _
[Ab] _ [Eb] And I'll drink [F] a toast [Fm] now to Lola, _ [Bb] the _ _ [Eb] Engineer. _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Ab] Then we sprinted for [Db] a shuttlecraft and ran [Bb] to save our skins.
[Eb] And Lola passed the bottle [Ab] for one final slug of [Bb] gin.
[F] There's a million [Db] ways to live, she said, [Ab] but there's just one [Bb] way to die.
[Eb] Then the surge came through and the pleasure [Ab] blew and the pirates lit the [Bb] sky. _ _
[Eb] And when the [Dbm] Sultan's pleasure went, [Ab] the sky [Eb] was filled with light.
And [Db] time stood still, [Ab] an endless moment in the [Bb] endless night.
_ [Eb] And then the [Db] shockwave hit us, [Ab] picked us up, and threw us [D] clear.
There's [Eb] fortune [Db] for a green [Ab] horn and a space for an [Bb] Engineer. _
_ [Eb] And I'll [F] drink a toast [Fm] now to Lola, [Bb] the _ _ [Eb] Engineer. _
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[Db] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] It [Db] ended back on Callens, [Ab] where we drained the taverns [Eb] dry.
We drank and [Db] smashed our glasses [Ab] and we never [Bb] said goodbye.
And the last [Db] time I saw Lola, [Ab] she was looking [Fm] for a beer.
_ _ [Eb] She's a drunkard and a cynic [Ab] and a first-class [Bb] Engineer.
_ _ [Ab] And [Eb] I'll drink a toast now [Fm] to Lola, _ [Bb] the _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Engineer. _
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