Thank You, Republic Airlines Chords by Tom Paxton

[N] _ _ _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ Flying through the [Ebm] Michigan skies with [G] a song in my innocent [C] heart
I _ placed myself in [Ebm] professional hands, [G] masters of the [C] traveler's art
When I [F] opened my guitar case at [C] the end of a beautiful [A] flight _ _ _
_ I'm [D] sure you can imagine my _ feelings _ _ [G] as I beheld this beautiful _ _ _ _ sight
_ _ _ _ [C] _
Thank you, Republic Airlines, _ for breaking the neck on my [G] guitar _
I arrived to do a concert with [C] the Kingston Trio
[D] Opened my guitar case with a [G] smile, con brio
[C] Thank you, Republic Airlines, what a joy to the musician you [F] are
What a zest you've added [C] to pedestrian [Am] skies
It was [F] boring to be flying [C] where the wild [A] goose flies
But the tedium was broken by [C] your wonderful [A] surprise
When you broke [G] the neck on my [C] guitar _ _
Thank you, Republic _ Airlines, for treating my instrument [G] with care
There can be no greater happiness [F] for the _ [D] musician
Than to find his instrument in [G] this condition
_ [C] _ _ _ Republic Airlines, in the firmament of [F] Taviol's storm
For you treat each piece of baggage [C] like a child [A] of your own
When you come across an instrument [C] it's rocked like [A] a stone
May you waken every morning with [C] a new broken [A] bone
Like you [D] broke the neck on my [C] guitar _ _ _
I've been traveling [Eb] most my life and the [G] thrill is a long time [C] gone
And the sight of another [Ebm] DC-10 [G] just fails to turn me [C] on
_ But I [F] feel my heart start pounding when [C] I get to the [F]
baggage [A] claim
_ _ _ And when I [D] see how you handled my _ instrument
_ The [G] thrill is still the _ _ same _ _
_ _ [C] _ Thank you, Republic Airlines, for _ splintering the neck on my [G] guitar
_ My guitar case was so strong that nothing could go [D] through it
Way to go, Republic, only [G] you could do [C] it
Thank you, Republic _ Airlines, for splintering _ _ [F] _ _ _ the neck _ _ _ _ on my guitar
[A] May _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ you waken [F] _ every morning with a new [C] _ _
[A] broken bone
Like you broke the neck on my [C]
guitar
_ [G] Thank you, Republic _ _ Airlines, _ _ for splintering the neck on my guitar
My guitar case was so strong that nothing could go through it _ _ _ _
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