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Verse: Db Gb Ab Db My parents must have thought they had a crazy kid Gb Ab Db 'Cause I was one of those kids who always knew what I wanted Ab Gb They took me down to the airport to see all the planes departing Db Watching them fly something inside of me was starting Gb Ab I was eight when I told them that I'd be a pilot Gb But I was too young and too short Gb And there were no female captains
Db And my dad said, "be patient" he said, "just see what happens" Gb But I took my first lesson came down from the sky Ab N.C. And told my father I'd fly for the rest of my life Gb And I got my first job flying for a mortician Db In a tiny bonanza, just a corpse and me Gb Five dollars an hour for flying dead bodies Db Ab I had to climb over their faces just to get to my seat Pre-Chorus: Gb Db And suddenly the wheels lift off Gb The ground is falling backwards Ab I am suddenly alive Chorus: Bbm Ab Suddenly I'm in the cockpit Gb Suddenly everything's changed Bbm Ab Suddenly I'm not too young or too short Gb Ab And the passengers in the back dN.C.on't complain Bbm Ab Suddenly I'm flying company charters Gb Suddenly everything's high Bbm Ab Db Gb Ab Suddenly there's nothing in between Verse: Db Gb Ab Db American Airlines had the prettiest planes Gb So I applied as a flight engineer Ab But the World War II pilots, they all complained Gb They said, "girls shouldn't be in the cockpit" Db "Hey lady, hey baby, hey! Why don't you grab us a drink?" Gb And the flight attendants weren't my friends back then Db Ab And they said, "Are you better than us, do you thinN.C.k?" Pre-Chorus: Gb But I kept getting hired Ab And the World War II crew, they retired Gb Ab And the girls all thought much higher of me N.C. Gb Ab 1986 the first female American captain in history Chorus: Bbm Ab Suddenly I'm in the cockpit Gb Suddenly I've got my wings Bbm Ab Suddenly all of those pilots protested me Gb Ab Well they can get their own driN.C.nks! Bbm Ab Suddenly there's no one saying "stay grounded" Gb Looking down, passing them by Bbm Ab Db Gb Ab Suddenly there's nothing in between Bridge: Ab Suddenly I've got an all female crew Gb Ab The news talked, it made headlines across the world Bbm Suddenly it stopped Ab No one saying, "You can't" or "You won't" Gb Ab Or "You know you're not anything 'cause you're a girl" Outro: Gb Ab Suddenly I'm getting married Gb Ab And we're putting pins on the map where we've flown Gb Ab Suddenly I am a mother Gb Ab And suddenly shocked at how much they've grown Gb Ab Suddenly I'm wondering how my parents would feel Gb Ab Seeing me teaching men to be pilots Gb Ab Bbm 'Cause suddenly I am a senior instructor and somehow I'm 51 Gb Ab Suddenly I'm flying Paris to Dallas Gb Ab Across The Atlantic and feeling calm Gb Ab When suddenly someone on air to air traffic says Gb Ab "At 8:46 there's been a terrorist action" Gb Ab Bbm And the one thing I loved more than anything was used Gb Ab Suddenly I'm in a hotel Gb Ab Suddenly something has died Gb Ab Db Suddenly there's something in between me and the sky
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