Chords for The Pilot's Eyes - Bill Sutton

[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He couldn't [Am] see the moon's sun, [C] _ _
couldn't see [D] the stars, _ he couldn't [Am] see the darking lights,
[C] so he hangs around [D] the bars.
[C] Though in the life he [Em] left behind, [A] he lived beyond [D] the sky.
_ _ _ He's _ _ grounded, [Am] useless, hopeless, poor, [C] a blind man, [D] cannot _ fly. _
_ _ Now the man who flies [Am] a starship drive [C] is a god to other [D]
men.
_ No flaws is he [Am] that they perceive, [C] no faults that they may [D] _
ken.
[C] But should his body [Em]
fail him, or [Am] his senses let [D] him down,
_ they all ignore [Am]
his time at war, [C] alone he stops [D] the town.
_ _ _ _ _ So the blind man [Am] sits and dreams of ships [C] in the foam of another [D] beer.
A _ pilot [Am] sneers, the blind man hears, [C] and he sheds the ductless [D] _ tear.
[C] For once he was [Em] a soldier in [Am] a war to save [D] his _ race.
_ _ _ He laser-knives [Am]
wiped out his eyes, [C] and left him [D] half a face.
_ _ _ _ Well, the star fleets [Am] free with liberty, _ [C]
except in [D] times of war. _ _
So comes the day [Am] the blind man's bay [C]
rings loud with space [D] no more.
_ [C]
The fleet is called, [Em] the ships lift out, [Am] the battle cry [D] _ is blown. _
Left [Am] behind to drink his wine, [C]
the blind man [D] sits alone. _ _
_ _ Well, then suddenly [Am]
close fire breaks [C] free among the _ [D]
spaceport bars.
_ Enemy [Am] signs behind the [C] lines, destroying home [D] fleet stars.
[C] The blind man leaps [Em] to safety as [Am] the laser heat [D]
burns through.
_ _ He alone [Am]
may save his home, [C] he knows what he [D]
must do.
_ _ _ Through the sounds of [Am] war that blast him o [C]'er, his memory [D] is true. _
He finds a [Am] ship, a shuttle, slip _
[C] abandoned by [D] its crew.
[C] He waits until [Em] the scanners sound, [Am] the battle is [D] a-bomb. _ _
_ _ _ _ With a prayer [Am]
to gods of air, [C] he gives the jets [D] a shove. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
They _ said it was a [Am] stroke of luck [C] that shuttles' [D] engines blew.
_ _ They said it was [Am] the hand of God [C] that aimed it straight [D] and true.
[C] They said it was [Em] the fates of war [Am] that saved their world [D] that day.
_ But _ _ down the [Am] rebel leader and [C] so chased his [D] force away. _ _ _
_ Well, they never [Am] found the blind man in [C] the rubble of [D] the bar.
_ _ They made a [Am] cave, an empty grave [C] for a soldier of [D] the stars.
_ [C] They then forgot the [Em] blind man, [Am] but I won't forget [D] that _ night. _ _ _ _ _
I was a child [Am] alone who saw [C] my father's final [D] flight. _ _ _
_ Well, he couldn't see [Am] the moon's [C] suns, he couldn't [D] see the stars.
_ _ _ He couldn't [Am] see the darkening lights, so he hangs around [D] the bars.
_ [C] Though in the life [Em] he left behind, [Am] he lived beyond [D] the _ _ sky. _ _ _ _
He's grounded, [Am] useless, hopeless, [C] more a blind man [D] cannot fly. _
_ _ _ [C] No, a blind _ man _ cannot [D] _ fly. _
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