I LIVE UNDER THE FLIGHTPATH

Transcribed by David Lane

INTRO

D / D  

VERSE 1

  D
I live under the flightpath
    Bm
And it don't get me down
            G
It's just a regular interruption
                       D
On the western side of town
          D
They send Boeings and Dakotas
        Bm
Near on 50 times a day
         G
But they sure can help me out when I've got
                D
Nothing left to say

CHORUS

F#                                   G
   Come over and watch them come all day
                        D
Someone's daddy's gone away
F#                               G
   Calling out from the flashing light
                        D
Someone's baby's home tonight

VERSE 2
          D
I wear an earplug to hear TV
       Bm
'Coz I miss all the good lines now
       G
When a KLM airliner comes in
                D
From Copenhagen town
  D
I sit under the clothesline
  Bm
I watch their stomachs white
       G
Like a body surfing city kid
                       D
The trail they leave behind

CHORUS

F#                                   G
   Come over and watch them come all day
                        D
Someone's daddy's gone away
F#                               G
   Calling out from the flashing light
                        D
Someone's baby's home tonight

SLIDE SOLO

D D/C# / Bm E / Gm / D 

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VERSE 3

      D
I can often watch it dissipate
   Bm
As if it never was
      G
And I almost could believe it
                                 D
Except for that black shit on my lawn
  D
I live under the flightpath
        Bm
Getting birds from the inner-west
         G
I'd sure miss them if they weren't around
                            D
But will those fuckers ever rest?

CODA

 D / Bm / G / D

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