Princes Of The Clouds Cifras

[Introduction]
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[Verse 1]
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I am a flyer, one of those wind-in-the-wires boys
           A                                     E
At the country fairs, you may have heard my name
                    E
And I have flown where only wind and wild men go
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In the skies of France, or west across the plains
 
 
[Chorus 1]
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When war was done, I couldn't go back to the farm
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There were Curtis Fours and Avros for a song
                   E       G#m         A
It seemed like single and free was the only way to be
            B                                      A     E
I bought a good old craft and I named her Southern Star
 
 
[Verse 2]
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We drew crowds; they called us "Princes of the Clouds"
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In the railway towns across the Great Divide
            E
We'd come in low, then stage a dogfight for a show
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Then take the brave ones up for fifty cents a ride
 
 
[Chorus 2]
                        A                     G#m
Just Bob and me; we didn't need no company
            C#m                                   B
And those farm girls made us welcome when we came
                   E            G#m            A
It seemed like single and free was the only way to be
            B                             A     E
And we swore those glory days would never end
 
 
[Verse 3]
            E
We had it planned; we were gonna fly the Rio Grande
            A                              E
When I met her at a show near Calgary
            E
Becky Ann, she could have had her any man
            A                                              E
But I bought a ring; she said she'd marry me
 
 
[Chorus 3]
        A                G#m
Bob went on; he headed south toward the sun
          C#m                                    B
I couldn't look him in the eye when the time had come
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He just said, "Single and free, man, it's the only way to be
            B                                   A   E
Southern Star got parked behind the old man's barn
 
 
[Verse 4]
            E
Six years ago, Bob was flying mail in Mexico
            A                                                              E
When his plane went down; the wreck was never found
            E
The thirties came, we went two years without the rain
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Now I've a factory job, and room and board in town
 
 
[Chorus 4]
            A                  G#m
Becky knew that the glory days were through
            C#m                              B
I got a letter from New Orleans the other day
                   E                  G#m         A
And she said, "Single and free is the only way to be
                    B                       A       E
Now, Southern Star, take me back and let me dream
                    B                   A     E
Oh, Southern Star, I got lost along the way.
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