The Great Airplane Strike:Paul Revere And The Raiders.
#17 Cash Box Top 100 and #45 in Canada in 1966.
INTRO: A5 G5 A5 (x4)
#1.
A5 G5 A5 G5
I was down in L.A. Town when our manager said, jump.
A5 G5 A5
I threw my clothes and my saxophone in a two by
G5
four-bit trunk.
A5 G5 A5 G5
I pushed it to the airport, and I ran to the ticket line..
A5 G5 A5
man said, 'Son, you could have saved the run, those aiplanes
just quit flyin.'
CHORUS:
A5 D5 E5
If I can't leave here, I just might stay..
B5 E5 A5 G5 A5 G5
and that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.
#2.
A5 G5 A5 G5
I ran through the terminal building to fly by my airline.
A5 G5 A5 G5
The man said I could ride the wing, and I said that was fine.
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He said, 'I'll confirm your reservation and put the plane on
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hold.'
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He come back and said, 'Sorry, but that wing space just been
sold.'
CHORUS:
A5 D5 E5
If I can't leave here, I just might stay..
B5 E5 A5 G5 A5 G5
and that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.
#3.
A5 G5 A5 G5
I walked into the washroom and I built myself a fire..
A5 G5 A5 G5
threw on lots of paper and the flames kept gettin' higher.
A5 G5 A5 G5
The janitor come runnin' in, so scared his face was white..
A5 G5 A5
so, I explained my situation, he said, 'That's all right.'
CHORUS:
A5 D5 E5
If I can't leave here, I just might stay..
B5 E5 A5 G5 A5 G5
and that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.
#4.
A5 G5 A5
Next day I thought that I would leave, so I packed
G5
my things again.
A5 G5 A5 G5
I waited fourteen hours for a taxi to come in.
A5 G5 A5 G5
I spotted one that wasn't full, and I threw myself in fast.
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The driver said, 'I'm sorry, but this taxi's out of gas!'
CHORUS:
A5 D5 E5
If I can't leave here, I just might stay..
B5 E5 A5 G5 A5 G5
and that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.
OUTRO: A5 G5 A5 G5 (x30) (Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
