Charles Kingsford Smith

A C A C Ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 I can’t help thinking of Charles Kingsford Smith This observation deck could use a facelift C9 Bm#5 G The railings are rusty and stained C9 Bm#5 G The benches could use some paint C9 Bm#5 G And you can’t see the runway Asus4 Cause there’s buildings in the way G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 I got you to your flight at three G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 And now I don’t have any-where to be C9 Bm#5 G No-one know’s I’m here C9 Bm#5 G I can watch the planes appear C9 Bm#5 G Asus4 They lift bank and turn from out of nowhere C9 A7sus4 G D They pass so near so loud C9 A7sus4 G D As they roar up to the clouds C9 A7sus4 G Bm And I can read the numbers on the tails C/G G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 Then it’s like they were never there at all G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 Never there at all G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 He didn’t like flying over water G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 He got liquoured up disobeyed orders C9 Bm#5 G But it got him eventually C9 Bm#5 G Lost over the Andaman Sea C9 Bm#5 G Asus4 And still they named this airport after him G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 I wish I could split myself in two G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 So one of me could do what I’m supposed to do C9 Bm#5 G And the other could fly away C9 Bm#5 G But I can’t so I’ll stay here Asus4 Watching the planes C9 A7sus4 G D They pass so near so loud C9 A7sus4 G D As they roar up to the clouds C9 A7sus4 G Bm And I can read the numbers on the tails C/G G G7/F# Em7 D/A5 C9 Then it’s like they were never there at all C9 A7sus4 G D They pass so near so loud C9 A7sus4 G D As they roar up to the clouds C9 A7sus4 G Bm And I can read the numbers on the tails C/G Then it’s like they were never A Charles Kingsford Smith C/G Flying under a bridge A Touching down in a field C/G With a crowd on a ridge A Charles Kingsford Smith C/G A Flying under a bridge A Touching down in a field C/G A With a crowd on a ridge