The Immelman Turn

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[Verse]

  A                               
I always was the reckless kind, I 
D              A
do what I must do
  Em                              
I put the danger out of mind, and 
D   C
go  on
  A                                
I joined the barnstorm fliers back 
   D               A
in Nineteen Twenty-Two
      Em                           
And a-bove those dusty farms, we 
    D    C
put a show on


[Chorus]

D               G       D
Fly, fly to the western sky
          A                       
Where the fog bank shifts and the 
D      A
danger lies
D                  G     D
Why, why would you never learn
         Em                       
That you won't come back from the 
A
Immelman Turn?

D               G       D
Fly, fly to the red sun-rise
          A                       
Where the cloud-banks shift under 
D      A
copper skies
D                  G     D
Why, why would you never learn
         Em                       
That you won't come back from the 
A
Immelman Turn?


[Bridge]

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[Verse]

       A                         
From a-board a Curtiss Jenny, oh, 
     D                    A
you see things different-ly
        Em                         
And the farm boys wait for joyrides
        D     C
 in the clear-ing
  A                               
I went out walking on the wing in 
D               A
Nineteen Twenty-Three
      Em                           
And a-bove the engine noise I heard
      D     C
 them cheer-ing


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[Chorus]

D               G       D
Fly, fly to the western sky
          A                       
Where the fog bank shifts and the 
D      A
danger lies
D                  G     D
Why, why would you never learn
         Em                       
That you won't come back from the 
A
Immelman Turn?

D               G       D
Fly, fly to the red sun-rise
          A                       
Where the cloud-banks shift under 
D      A
copper skies
D                  G     D
Why, why would you never learn
         Em                       
That you won't come back from the 
A
Immelman Turn?



[Bridge]

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[EDD LE]

Em                         
You won't come back from the 
  F              G         C
Immelman Turn. Why, why, why?

Em                         
You won't come back from the 
  F              G         A
Immelman Turn. Why, why, why?

A                                  
There never was a one like you who 
D                A
knew that way to fly

        Em                      
But you won't come back from the 
 F              G
Immelman Turn. Why, why,



[Bridge]

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Why?


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[Bridge]

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[Verse]

       A                         
The frost was on your aieleron's, 
         D                A
and the wind was in your hair
         Em                        
When you went into the climb I saw 
    D     C
you laugh-ing
         A                         
When the engine stalls and you 
               D                A
start to spin, you won't get out of 
there
      Em                           
And a hush comes on the crowd as 
     D    C
you go fall-ing


[Chorus]

D               G       D
Fly, fly to the western sky
          A                       
Where the fog bank shifts and the 
D      A
danger lies
D                  G     D
Why, why would you never learn
         Em                       
That you won't come back from the 
A
Immelman Turn?

D               G       D
Fly, fly to the red sun-rise
          A                       
Where the cloud-banks shift under 
D      A
copper skies
D                  G     D
Why, why would you never learn
         Em                       
That you won't come back from the 
A
Immelman Turn?



[Bridge]

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Riff


[EDD LE]

Em                         
You won't come back from the 
  F              G         C
Immelman Turn. Why, why, why?

Em                         
You won't come back from the 
  F              G         A
Immelman Turn. Why, why, why?

A                                  
There never was a one like you who 
D                A
knew that way to fly

        Em                      
But you won't come back from the 
 F              G         A
Immelman Turn. Why, why, why?


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