The Biplane Ever More chords by The Irish Rovers

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 4th

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C majorC A minorAm (x2)

Verse 1:
  C majorC   FF   C majorC
Way out at London Airport
  FF   G+G   C majorC
In hangar number four
 C majorC       E minorEm
A augmentedA lonely little biplane slept
   FF       G+G
Whose name was Ever More
  C majorC    FF     C majorC
His working days were over
FF    G+G    C majorC
No more would he sail
 FF       C majorC    A minorAm
Upon his wings above the clouds
FF     G+G   C majorC
Flyin' the Royal Mail

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Bye-bye biplane
FF      C majorC
Once-upon-a-sky plane
FF    C majorC  A minorAm
Bye-bye hushabye
Dm7Dm7  G+G C majorC  A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Lulla-biplane

Verse 2:
C majorC    FF   C majorC
All the mighty jet planes
   FF  G+G     C majorC
Would look down their nose
    C majorC          E minorEm
They'd laugh and say, "Oh, I'm so glad that
FF       G+G
I'm not one of those"
  C majorC  FF     C majorC
And Evermore would shake away
  FF     G+G    C majorC
The teardrops from his wings
  FF         C majorC  A minorAm
And dream of days when he again
   FF   G+G  C majorC
Could do heroic things

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Bye-bye biplane
FF      C majorC
Once-upon-a-sky plane
FF    C majorC  A minorAm
Bye-bye hushabye
Dm7Dm7  G+G C majorC  A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Lulla-biplane

Verse 3:
C majorC    FF    C majorC
Then one day the fog and rain
  FF     G+G    C majorC
Had closed the airport down
  C majorC       E minorEm
And all the mighty jet planes
   FF        G+G
Were helpless on the ground
    C majorC     FF   C majorC
When a call came to the airport
FF   G+G   C majorC
For a mercy flight
    FF         C majorC     A minorAm
'Twould be too late, they could not wait
  FF    G+G   C majorC
Someone must fly tonight

Bridge:
   A minorAm        E minorEm
They rolled the little biplane
    A minorAm      E minorEm
Out to runway number five
  FF          C majorC
And though he looked so small and weak
  D7D7        G+G
He knew he could survive

Verse 4:
  C majorC      FF   C majorC
And as he rose into the storm
  FF     G+G     C majorC
The jet planes hung their wings
     FF          C majorC  A minorAm
And they hoped someday, like Ever More
  FF   G+G  C majorC
To do heroic things

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Bye-bye biplane
FF      C majorC
Once-upon-a-sky plane
FF    C majorC  A minorAm
Bye-bye hushabye
Dm7Dm7  G+G C majorC  A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Lulla-biplane

Verse 2:
  C majorC   FF   C majorC
Ah so, me billy bundle
    FF   G+G    C majorC
I have spun a tale for you
C majorC           E minorEm
You must learn there's nothing
    FF          G+G
In this world that you can't do
  C majorC   FF   C majorC
Ah, do not be discouraged
  FF   G+G     C majorC
By circumstance or size
 FF      C majorC    A minorAm
Remember Ever More and set your
FF     G+G   C majorC
Sights up in the skies

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Bye-bye biplane
FF      C majorC
Once-upon-a-sky plane
FF    C majorC  A minorAm
Bye-bye hushabye
Dm7Dm7  G+G C majorC
Lulla-biplane

Chorus:
C majorC    G+G
Bye-bye biplane
FF      C majorC
Once-upon-a-sky plane
FF    C majorC  A minorAm
Bye-bye hushabye
Dm7Dm7  G+G C majorC  A minorAm C majorC A minorAm
Lulla-biplane