Old Number Nine Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]It was[C]
[G]a d[D]ark[G] and stormy night,
not [C]a star was there in sight.
All the [G]mustangs were tied
down to the [D]line.
When a [G]lonely volunteer
stood with [C]mud up to his ear,
he'd [G]or ders to fly [D]old number [G]nine.
Well, [D]his back was racked with pain
as [G]he climbed into the plane
A lonely tear was forming in [D]his eye
And he [G]offered up a prayer
as [C]he climbed into the air
He knew [G]this would [D]be his
night to [G]die[C][G]
[D][G]
As he flew o 'er Haggaroo,
he let loose [C]a bomber too,
and he [G]figured that he ought to call it [D]quits.
But [G]how was he to know,
that he'd fly [C]so doggone low,
that the bom[G]b blast would
[D]blow his plane to [G]bits?
In the [D]wreckage he was found,
thinly [G]spread around the ground,
the crunchies they raised his weary [D]head.
With his life[G]time almost spent,
here's the mes[C]sage that he sent
To the bud[G]dies who'd
[D]be sad to see him [G]dead
I used an [D]8 -2 -10 delay,
but it [G]didn't work that way
Without a tail, a Mustang doesn't [D]fly
Tail skip[G]per now for me,
he's got [C]only 23
He can [G]roll up the lad[D]der,
Semper [G]Fi[C][G]
[Dm][G]
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