The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey's Plane Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Me and Oliver and Virgil was down
at the [G]drugstore killing time
when [A]my eye fell upon this [D]magazine.
And I got to reading this article
about sky[G]diving and parachutes
and I said, [A]jumping out of an airplane,
that's [D]a thing.
Now being raised out on a farm
and always [G]ready for adventure,
I [A]knew that I could figure out a way.
[D]Well, but Delmar Gill's
got a parachute,
Uncle Harvey's got [G]a plane,
so I said, [A]Call the boys together,
today's [D]the day.
Now [A]I found out too late
that what Uncle Har[D]vey
called an airplane
wasn't [E]really nothing
but an engine and a [A]wing.
And I could [D]feel my fear rising
as Delmar [G]packed up my parachute,
but he kep[A]t on telling me,
Oh, you're doing the right [D]thing.
Ron McLaughlin shook my hand
and he [G]strapped me in the harness,
and [A]Tilden brought a jug
to pass [D]around.
Well, I took one look at that parachute
and the whis[G]key and that airplane,
and [A]I turned that bottle up
and drank [D]it down.
Oh, I was drunker than Cooter Jones
when they [G]boarded me in the plane,
and that old en[Am]gine coughed
and we headed for [A]the cloud[D]s.
Boy, I was sober as a judge
when Harvey opene[G]d up that door,
and I ain't [A]never heard my
heart beat quite so [D]loud.
[A]I said, Harvey, I can't do it,
[D]but he kicked me out the door,
but [Em]I wrapped my hand
[E]s around [Em]the landing [A]gear.
And [D]I was holding on pretty good,
and Harvey [G]stomped on my fingers,
and Virgil [A]said he heard me scream
from [D]way down there
[B]I t[E]hanked God and Delmar Gill
when that para[A]chute finally opened
And I said, [B]well, hell,
there ain't no use to be afraid
[E]Then I went crashing through
the hen house
Scattering chick[A]ens and breaking eggs
And I kissed [B]the ground and
fainted dead [E]away
Now friends, I fought some battles
I've [A]been shot at once or twice
and [B]I damn near got run over by a t[E]rain.
But in my whole -born put -togethers,
I ain't nev[A]er been as scared
as the [B]day I jumped from
Uncle Harvey's plane.