The Great Airplane Strike:Paul Revere And The Raiders.
#17 Cash Box Top 100 and #45 in Canada in 1966.
 
INTRO: A G A (x4)

#1.
A (x02220@1)                G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)           GI (320003@1)was down in L.A. Town when our manager said, jump.
  A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)            
I threw my clothes and my saxophone in a two by 
         Gfour-bit (320003@1)trunk.
  A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)               GI (320003@1)pushed it to the airport, and I ran to the ticket line..
A (x02220@1)                            G (320003@1)                  Aman (x02220@1)said, 'Son, you could have saved the run, those aiplanes

just quit flyin.'

CHORUS:        
A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                      EIf (022100@1)I can't leave here, I just might stay..
         B7 (x21202@1)           E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)  GA Gand (320003@1)that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.

#2.
A (x02220@1)                        G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)          GI (320003@1)ran through the terminal building to fly by my airline.
    A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)             GThe (320003@1)man said I could ride the wing, and I said that was fine.
          A (x02220@1)               G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)
He said, 'I'll confirm your reservation and put the plane on
Ghold.' (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)             G (320003@1)             AHe (x02220@1)come back and said, 'Sorry, but that wing space just been

sold.'

CHORUS:
A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                      EIf (022100@1)I can't leave here, I just might stay..
         B7 (x21202@1)           E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)  GA Gand (320003@1)that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.
                   
#3. 
  A (x02220@1)                      G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)            GI (320003@1)walked into the washroom and I built myself a fire..
A (x02220@1)              G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)                 Gthrew (320003@1)on lots of paper and the flames kept gettin' higher.
    A (x02220@1)                  G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)                 GThe (320003@1)janitor come runnin' in, so scared his face was white..
    A (x02220@1)            G (320003@1)        Aso, (x02220@1)I explained my situation, he said, 'That's all right.'

CHORUS:        
A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                      EIf (022100@1)I can't leave here, I just might stay..
         B7 (x21202@1)           E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)  GA Gand (320003@1)that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.

#4.
     A (x02220@1)                        G (320003@1)         A (x02220@1)   
Next day I thought that I would leave, so I packed 
           Gmy (320003@1)things again.
  A (x02220@1)                   G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)          GI (320003@1)waited fourteen hours for a taxi to come in.
  A (x02220@1)                     G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)       GI (320003@1)spotted one that wasn't full, and I threw myself in fast.
A (x02220@1)                          G (320003@1)      AThe (x02220@1)driver said, 'I'm sorry, but this taxi's out of gas!'

CHORUS:        
A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)                      EIf (022100@1)I can't leave here, I just might stay..
         B7 (x21202@1)           E (022100@1)            A (x02220@1)  GA Gand (320003@1)that L.A. flyway is goin' to be my home.

OUTRO: A G A G (x30) (Fade.)

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