Hawk chords by Chatham County Line

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Hawk
Bm 
D 
was just seventeen when he flew away for war
Bm 
Lied a little when he applied,
G 
A 
but what is his lying for
G 
Training in Arizona in the
D 
year of '42
Bm 
They all called him Hawk for
G 
the way that he flew
D 
Bm 

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Verse 2
A 
D 
It's been sixty years and most
G 
D 
he's been up in the air
Bm 
He spends his days now flying
G 
A 
a dusty old armchair
G 
That might be just a bore but
Em 
D 
he became my  friend
Bm 
For what is a story
G 
A 
D 
that he ever been

Verse 3
G 
A 
D 
Hawk, how you could fly
There's finally a road Hawk
Bm 
D 
couldn't be in
A 
D 
A 
Bm 
I told him all the things you will
G 
A 
never do again
G 
And his mind stayed sharp
Em 
D 
as a   plane
Bm 
Through the tales
G 
of his glory days
D 

Verse 4

Hawk, how you could fly

Rolling thunder through the sky

If there's a war to win

I hope you will take to the sky again

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
Bm 
Mourners a few as they laid him
D 
in the ground
Bm 
Decorated soldiers gathered
G 
A 
around
G 
They folded the flag and
D 
placed it in my hand
Bm 
Said, 'Hawk is in a place where
G 
D 
he'll never had to land'
Bm 
And that's the full meas
Em 
A 
D 
ure of a life of a man

Verse 6
G 
A 
D 
G 
Hawk, how you could fly
Em 
A 
D 
Rolling thunder through the sky
Bm 
G 
You found a war to win
Bm 
G 
A 
You will never leave the sky
D 
again