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Hey, you know
C it was Veterans Day recently.
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C it got me thinking about _ _ _ _
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E _ veterans and our
D particular generation of them.
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C Turns out _ _
G there's a whole lot of very
D highly trained young fellas _
Bm that came back
C from that _ .
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D _ _ war that couldn't find
C no work for what they learned how to do.
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Bm So they had to invent a cottage
G industry _
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because what they
G could do
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C _ right next to trees _ .
D _ and into very dangerous
Am situations.
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D And there's not
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Dm call for it at United Airlines, if you know what I'm saying.
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Em So by popular demand was invented the treetop
D flyer.
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F _ I could _
D be a rambler from
Gm the seven
C down.
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D _ Don't pay taxes cause
G I never _
F bow.
G _ _ _ .
D _ _ Don't do business
G that don't make
Dm me smile.
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D And I _ love my _
G aeroplane cause she got
F style.
I'm a treetop
D _ flyer.
_ You
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wanna
F fly, you wanna
Bm fly, _
D yeah, _
G yeah.
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_ I usually
D work alone.
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Hey, hey, _
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I'll fly a whiskey, _
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everything
F but guns.
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Bush League pilots, they just
G can't get the
F job done.
G Cause you got to fly
D down in the canyon, you
G never _ see the sun.
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Am There's
G no such thing as an easy run.
F I'm a _ treetop
G _ flyer.
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I fly low, I'm
G in high
F demand.
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C I
D go _ 15 feet
G over the Rio Grande.
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D The 280 knots blow the
Bm mesquite right up
F off the
G sand.
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D _ And
G I'm seldom seen, especially when I land.
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F _ I'm a
Bm treetop _ _ .
D flyer.
_ Hey,
G _ yeah, _
F _ I'm a born
D Bm survivor.
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D _ _ I'm
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F G usually
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Things I am
Gm and there's things
F I'm not.
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I'm a smug little man and I
G could get
F shot.
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D I ain't going to die.
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Bm I ain't
F going to get caught.
C Cause I'm a _
C#m.
flying _ fool in
G an aeroplane.
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F I'm
D hot, I'm a
Bm treetop
D _
G flyer.
Hey, _ yeah, _ .
F _ I'm a
D born survivor.
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G I'm usually, _ .
F usually
D working _ alone.
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N _ _ I'm not _ _ having a break in the law, I'm just telling the story.
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