Misc Traditional – I Wanted Wings (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G                     C                 G
I wanted wings 'til I got the God Damn things

D7        Am           G
I don't want them any more

G                                    C               G
They taught me how to fly, then they sent me off to die

D7          Am            D7
I've had a belly full of war

         G                         D7
You can save your zeros, for your god damn heros

   C                                 D7
Distiguiished Flying Crosses do not compensate for losses, Buster

G                     C                  G
I wanted wings 'til I got the god damn things

D7         Am
I don't want them anymore
[Verse 2]
G                              C                 G
I'll take the dames while the rest go down in flames

D7        Am           G
I got no desire to be burned

G                                C               G
Aircombat spells romance but it make me wet my pants

D7          Am            D7
I'm no a fighter I have learned

        G                                  D7
You can save those Mitsubishis, for those other sons-of-bitches

           C                            D7
Cause I'd rather lay a woman, then get shot down in a Gruman, Buster

G                     C                  G
I wanted wings 'til I got the god damn things

D7         Am
I don't want them anymore
[Verse 3]
G                          C              G
I don't care to tour over Berlin of the Ruhr

D7            Am                G
Flak makes me want to park my lunch

G                                   C             G
For me there's no Hay Hay when they holler bombs away

D7            Am             D7
I'd rather be home with the bunch

             G                                    D7
For there's one thing you can't laugh off, That's when they shot your ass off

     C                               D7
I'd rather come home buster with my ass on than a cluster, buster

G                     C                  G
I wanted wings 'til I got the god damn things

D7         Am
I don't want them anymore
[Verse 4]
G                              C          G
Now, I'm to young to die in a damned old PBY

D7              Am           G
That's for the eager not for me

G                            C             G
I don't trust my luck to be picked up by a Duck

  D7            Am           D7
After I've crashed into the sea

         G                           D7
For I'd rather be a bellhop, than a flyer on a Flattop

         C                            D7
With my hands around a bottle, not a god damn throttle, buster

G                     C                  G
I wanted wings 'til I got the god damn things

D7         Am
I don't want them anymore
[Verse 5]
G                              C          G
They feed us losy chow, but we stay alive somehow

    D7              Am           G
On Dehydrated eggs and milk and stew

     G                            C           G
the rumor has it next they'll be dehydrating sex

  D7             Am                   D7
That's the day I tell the coach I'm through

       G                            D7
I've managed all the dangers, the shooting back at strangers

     C                      D7
But when I get home, I want my woman, buster

G                     C                  G
I wanted wings 'til I got the god damn things

D7         Am
I don't want them anymore
[Verse 6]
    G                        C          G
The day we bombed Metz I ran out of cigarettes

D7          Am               G
I always smoke one just for luck

 G                                C             G
They make them by the ton, but I haven't got a one

  D7         Am             D7
Oh what I'd give to have a butt

     G                                  D7
The home front may be pitching, But I'll still do my bitching

         C                               D7
Til I find a real sharp cookie, who can mass produce some nookie, buster

G                     C                  G
I wanted wings 'til I got the god damn things

D7         Am
I don't want them anymore