Chords for Mink DeVille - The Downing Of The Flamingo

[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ It has been some time now _ since that fatal blow _ that _ extinguished the life of four [F]-gallon heroes. _ _ _ _
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[C] On the tenth day of May, _ [D] _
[C] the eve of Mother's Day, a sign to protect the waters _ from foreign
[F] _ _ _ poachers. _ _
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[Bb] They stood _ _ bravely, _ _ _ _ _ _ dispatched to _
_ [F] eternity, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] back by the plain from Cuba, _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ just off [C] Gila _ _ Beach. _ _
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Descending a _ flamingo with another boy [F] in tow.
_ _ They were protecting [C] the waters from the invasion of foreign [F] trawlers. _ _ _ _
No one [Bb] took notice of the dark skies _ for [F] fourteen. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ Disaster _ was fast approaching. _ _ _ _ _
This ominous dark sky, _ blanket of melancholy gray, _ _ gave the appearance of night _ and obscured
[F] _ the sight. _ _ _ _
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A [C] sudden burst of light, _ _ the sound of machine gun fire, _ as time [F] stood still. _ _ _ _
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[Bb] An eerie chill, _ _ _ _ _ as fighter planes swooped down for [F] the kill. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The attack [Bb] was merciless and swift. _
_ _ _ _ _ Flamingo was not [C] _ equipped. _ _ _ _
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Descending a flamingo with another boy [F] in tow.
_ _ They were protecting [C] the sovereignty from the incursion of hostile [F] enemies. _ _ _ _
The [Bb] gallant heroes were defiant _ _ and [F] brave. _ _ _
As a [C] flamingo sank _ to her watery grave, _ _ a small nation in warm waters in the Caribbean _ _ _ _
_ posed no threat _ to _ [F] anyone. _ _ _ _ _
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A string [C] of precious little pearls at the end of the world. _
A chain of islands, a [F] coprolithic _ nation. _ _ _
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[Bb] They stood _ _ bravely _ _ _ _ _ _ _ dispatched to _ _ [F] eternity _ _ by
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_ [Bb] fighter planes from Cuba _ _ just _ _ _ _ off [F] Gila
_ [C] _ _ _ Beach.
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Descending a _ [E] flamingo with another [C]
boy [F] in tow.
_ They were protecting [C] the _ waters from the invasion of foreign [F] travelers. _ _ _ _
Descending [C] a _ flamingo with another [F] boy in tow.
_ _ They were protecting [C] the waters from the invasion of [F] foreign travelers.
_ _ _ They descended [C] a _ flamingo. _ _ _
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Descending a _ [Gm] flamingo. _ _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ They descended on a [C] _ flamingo. _ _ _
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