Misc Traditional – The A25 Song (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

The blessed song of the Fleet Air Arm. There have been many different verses over the years (over 25). Here are some of the more ‘family friendly’ ones… [Verse 1]
G                      D          G
They say in the Air Force a landing's OK

                                         F
If the pilot gets out and can still walk away,

    G                        C           G
But in the Fleet Air Arm the prospect is grim

                                   D           G
If the landing's piss-poor and the pilot can't swim.
[Chorus]
         C          G
Cracking show, I'm alive,

                              D G
But I still have to render my A25.
[Verse 2]
  G                    D            G
I fly for a living and not just for fun,

                                    F
I'm not very anxious to hack down a Hun,

    G                       C            G
And as for deck landings at night in the dark,

                                    D          G
As I told Wings this morning, 'Blow that for a lark.'
[Chorus]
         C          G
Cracking show, I'm alive,

                              D G
But I still have to render my A25.
[Verse 3]
     G                           D         G
When the batsman gives "lower" I always go higher,

                                          F
I drift o'er to starboard and prang my Seafire.

    G                         C              G
The boys in the "Goofers" all think that I'm green,

                            D      G
But I get a commission from Supermarine.
[Chorus]
         C          G
Cracking show, I'm alive,

                              D G
But I still have to render my A25.
[Verse 4]
    G                      D       G
The moral of this story is easy to see,

                                       F
A Fleet Air Arm pilot you never should be,

    G                         C            G
But stay on the shore and get two rings or three

                               D              G
And go out every night on the ‘drink’ down at Lee.
[Chorus]
         C          G
Cracking show, I'm alive,

                              D G
But I still have to render my A25.