"Wop"" May" Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Fro[D]m[Em][G][D]
[G]out of all
the heroes of the land,
There comes a mighty Mantioba[D]man.
He left his home in Carberry for Edmonton,
Alberta
Where he went to school and
soon became [G]a man.
Now Orville and Wilbur Wright
had come to fame,
And every night he dreamt
about their [D]names,
And when for men there came
a cry he bid the folks goodbye
To join the war and fly and aero[G]plane

[Verse 2]
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
He [A]met the old Red Baron far [D]away
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
The [D]top Canadian pilot of the [G]day.
Wop May
[D]The top Canadian pilot of the [G]day.

[Verse 3]
[G]He played the old Red Baron for a clown,
Until the German chased him all [D]around.
Loop for loop and dive for dive,
The Baron was so occupied,
He never saw the plane
that shot him [G]down.
Of all the German planes
that ever flew,
The Wop had shot a dozen or more in [D]two.
And when they finally won the war,
Said the British Flying Corps,
The Flying Cross we now present [G]to you.

[Verse 4]
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
He [A]won the Flying Cross and took [D]it away.
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
You're the [D]top Canadian pilot of the [G]day.
Wop May
The [D]top Canadian pilot of the [G]day.

[Verse 5]
When [G]home again to
Edmonton he came,
He set the hearts all over the land [D]aflame,
To Fort Vermillion he was bound,
To stop the plague and save the town,
With medicine he flew in by aero[G]plane.
Then up along the old McKenzie Trail,
To Aquevic he flew the Northern [D]Mail,
And when he helped the
Mounties track,
The man they thought
they'd never catch,
Why even the King of England
heard the [G]tales.

[Verse 6]
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
Got a [A]medal from the King
and heard him [D]say,
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
You're the [D]top Canadian pilot of the [G]day
Wop May
The [D]top Canadian pilot of the [G]day.

[Verse 7]
Now [G]when the second war it did arrive,
From [D]1939 to '45,
He told the pilots everyone the proper
way to man the gun,
And he taught them how to
fly and stay [G]alive.
And when the States were
losing many planes,
Far across the Northlands [D]terrain,
They all came out from Washington
to see the man from Edmonton
Form the famous search and rescue [G]team.

[Verse 8]
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
Re[A]ceived a medal from [D]the U.S.A.
Wop [C]May
Wop [G]May
You're the [D]top Canadian
pilot of the [G]day[D][G]
Wop May
You're the [D]top Canadian
pilot of the [G]day
[C][D][G]