{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2042853,"song":"Come From Away - Me And The Sky","artist":"Misc Musicals","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2042853-come-from-away-me-and-the-sky-chords-by-misc-musicals/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2042853?type=chord","rating":4.81569,"votes":96,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n My parents must have thought they had a crazy kid[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n'Cause I was one of those kids who always knew what I wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\n They took me down to the airport to see all the planes departing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]\r\nWatching them fly something inside of me was starting[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n I was eight when I told them that I'd be a pilot[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nBut I was too young and too short[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nAnd there were no female captains[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nAnd my dad said, \"be patient\" he said, \"just see what happens\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nBut I took my first lesson came down from the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C.\r\nAnd told my father I'd fly for the rest of my life[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nAnd I got my first job flying for a mortician[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nIn a tiny bonanza, just a corpse and me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nFive dollars an hour for flying dead bodies[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI had to climb over their faces just to get to my seat[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nAnd suddenly the wheels lift off[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nThe ground is falling backwards[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI am suddenly alive[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm in the cockpit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]\r\n Suddenly everything's changed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm not too young or too short[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C.\r\nAnd the passengers in the back don't complain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm flying company charters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]\r\n Suddenly everything's high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C. [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n American Airlines had the prettiest planes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nSo I applied as a flight engineer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nBut the World War II pilots, they all complained[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nThey said, \"girls shouldn't be in the cockpit\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\n\"Hey lady, hey baby, hey! Why don't you grab us a drink?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nAnd the flight attendants weren't my friends back then[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C.\r\nAnd they said, \"Are you better than us, do you think?\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch]\r\nBut I kept getting hired[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd the World War II crew, they retired[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C.\r\nAnd the girls all thought much higher of me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n1986 the first female American captain in history[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm in the cockpit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]\r\n Suddenly I've got my wings[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly all of those pilots protested me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C.\r\nWell they can get their own drinks![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly there's no one saying \"stay grounded\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch]\r\n Looking down, passing them by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bbm[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C. [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly there's nothing in between me and the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I've got an all female crew[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nThe news talked, it made headlines across the world[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nSuddenly it stopped[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nNo one saying, \"You can't\" or \"You won't\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOr \"You know you're not anything 'cause you're a girl\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm getting married[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd we're putting pins on the map where we've flown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I am a mother[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd suddenly shocked at how much they've grown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm wondering how my parents would feel[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSeeing me teaching men to be pilots[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\n'Cause suddenly I am a senior instructor and somehow I'm 51[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm flying Paris to Dallas[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAcross The Atlantic and feeling calm[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nWhen suddenly someone on air to air traffic says[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\n\"At 8:46 there's been a terrorist action\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] N.C. [ch]Bbm[/ch]\r\nAnd the one thing I loved more than anything was used as the bomb[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly I'm in a hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nSuddenly something has died[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nSuddenly there's something in between me and the sky[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["Db","Gb","Ab","C","Bbm"]}