Harvey Andrews – Able Baker chords
Chords:
Able Baker Harvey Andrews Capo:III This was recorded by Harvey Andrews on his 1980 vinyl album Margarita (Beeswing Records). There is a YouTube video of him singing this song at Acoustic Routes Cambridge in 2007 (search for 'Harvey Andrews Acoustic Routes' as the song title is not in the video title). He plays it with the capo at fret 3 and uses the chords of the key of G but in the video recording his tuning seems to be about a quarter tone down. Watch out for the slight change of pattern in the second lines of verses 6 and 7. Intro: play the chords of the first verseG DThere hasn't been much to do for a long timeC G D GSomeone won the war they sayC G EmBut he won't give thanks to you for thinkingA7 D We're far better off that wayG DFor he wore the wings and the runway waitedC G D GSpitfire flies like a bird of preyC G EmHeinkels come again for huntingA7 D As they did that far off MayG DAnd he rummages through all the books in viewC G D GThe belts, the badges, after something newC G EmHe reads the novels to remind him whenA7 D He fought beside the best of menG DGhosts and shades that haunt the memoryC G D GWords he hears but can't recallC G EmA place that brings a face before himA7 D Names upon a billet wallG DOne more year and the boys reunionC G D GFinds another face not thereC G Em Still he wears the faded ribbonA7 D Of the Cross and the Croix de GuerreG DAnd he flies again with the boys in blueG C GThe Few remaining of the very fewC G EmHe tells the tales that he's told beforeA7 DAnd he feels again the esprit de corpsG DWith his victory roll and a mounting tollG C GHe's a fighter pilot with an aces soulC G EmHe drinks with boys who will soon be menA7 DAnd he wakes at dawn, he flies againG C G DAnd he flies......... againG D G D GAble Baker, Charlie Two and Angels Ten,G D GAnd the fields of England pass beneath the menD G Who fly again, who fly againD G Who fly again, who fly againD G D G Who fly again, who fly again