Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle) chords by Nanci Griffith
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Verse 1
(G major) Oh, she was high up there in the air
Verse 2
Caught still (D major) by a soldier's stare (E minor) (E major)
(E minor) Whenev
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Verse 3
(C major) er it was men amongst (G major) men
Down upon the land
(D major)
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And she fol (C major) lowed those
Mothers' son (D major) s
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She felt the thunder (G major) of their guns
Verse 6
(E minor) From a pearl's (C major) eye view
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Just a camera (G major) in her hand
(D major)
Verse 8
She was (C major) born Georgette (G major)
but the name (C major)
Didn't suit (G major) her well
(D major)
Verse 9
So, she (C major) blew out of Wiscon (D major) sin
as Dickey Chapelle
(G major)
Verse 10
Oh, she flew with a pilot's pride
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The first wit (D major) ness to either side (E minor)
Verse 12
She car (C major) ried relief to the lost (G major) ones
Between the bombs
(D major)
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(C major) And we saw it all through her lens (D major)
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Well, she knew (G major) she'll go
back again (E minor)
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When the call (C major) rang out
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Once (G major) more from Viet (D major) nam
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(D major)
She's (C major) been through (G major) this before
(A minor) She'll tell you (G major) war is hell
(D major)
Verse 18
Her pearl (C major) earrings caught the light (D major)
On Dickey Chapelle
(G major)
Verse 19
Oh, that's the way it was (C major)
She was the (F major) only one to tell
(C major)
Verse 20
(F major)
In (C major) 1962, she blew the
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Whistle (F major) loud and clear
(G major)
Verse 22
And now, we trace (F major) her (C major) wings
Verse 23
In her (F major) footsteps without fear (C major)
Verse 24
To the front (F major) lines where she (C major) fell (F major)
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Where she lies still (B flat major) but she's still (D major) there
Interlude 1
(D major) (G major)
(D major) (E minor) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (D major) (G major) (E minor) (C major) (D major) (G major)
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Oh, it was (G major) 1965 over
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Chu (D major) Lai in a free fall (E minor) di ve
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In a dawn (C major) patrol to cov (G major) er
The dead zone ground
(D major)
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She (C major) tiptoed through the land (D major) mines
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All along (G major) the enemy lines (E minor)
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But she (C major) never saw the one (G major)
That took her down
(D major)
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Now, she cap (C major) tured
The (G major) bloody pearls
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(A minor) of war (G major) so well
(D major)
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That war was (C major) bound to steal the en (D major) d
Of Dickey Chapelle (E minor)
(C major) (From a
Verse 35
pearl's eye view)
Dickey Chapelle (E minor)
(From a pearl's eye (C major)
Verse 36
view)
Verse 37
Dickey Chapelle
(E minor) (From a pearl's eye (C major)
view)
Dickey Chapelle
(G major) (C major) (G major)
Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle)
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