The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey's Plane chords by Jimmy Dean

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 (D major) Me and Oliver and Virgil was down
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at the  (G major) drugstore killing time
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when my  (A major) eye fell upon this magazine.  (D major) 
And I got to reading this article
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about sky (G major) diving and parachutes
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and I said,  (A major) jumping out of an airplane,
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that's  (D major) a  thing.
Now being raised out on a farm
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and always  (G major) ready for adventure,
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I  (A major) knew that I could figure out a way.
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 (D major) Well, but Delmar Gill's
got a parachute,
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Uncle Harvey's got  (G major) a plane,
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so I said, Call  (A major) the boys together,
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today's  (D major) the day.
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Now  (A major) I found out too late
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that what Uncle Har (D major) vey
called an airplane
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wasn't  (E major) really nothing
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but an engine and a wing.  (A major) 
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And I could  (D major) feel my fear rising
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as Delmar  (G major) packed up my parachute,
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but he kep (A major) t on telling me,
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Oh, you're doing the right  (D major) thing.
Ron McLaughlin shook my hand
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and he strapped  (G major) me in the harness,
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and Tilden  (A major) brought a jug
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to pass around.  (D major) 
Well, I took one look at that parachute
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and the whis (G major) key and that airplane,
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and  (A major) I turned that bottle up
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and drank it down.  (D major) 
Oh, I was drunker than Cooter Jones
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when they boarded  (G major) me in the plane,
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and that old en (A minor) gine coughed
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and we headed for  (A major) the cloud (D major) s.
Boy, I was sober as a judge
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when Harvey opene (G major) d  up that door,
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and I ain't  (A major) never heard my
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heart beat quite so  (D major) loud.
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I  (A major) said, Harvey, I can't do it,
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 (D major) but he kicked me out the door,
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but  (E minor) I   wrapped my hand
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Em 
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 (E major) s around  (E minor) the landing  (A major) gear.
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And  (D major) I was holding on pretty good,
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and Harvey  (G major) stomped on my fingers,
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and Virgil  (A major) said he heard me scream
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from way  (D major) down there
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I  (B major)  (E major) thanked God and Delmar Gill
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when that para (A major) chute finally opened
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And I said,  (B major) well, hell,
there ain't no use to be afraid
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 (E major) Then I went crashing through
the hen house
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Scattering chick (A major) ens and breaking eggs
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And I kissed  (B major) the ground and
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fainted dead away  (E major) 
Now friends, I fought some battles
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I've  (A major) been shot at once or twice
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and  (B major) I  damn near got run over by a train.  (E major) 
But in my whole -born put -togethers,
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I ain't nev (A major) er been as scared
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as the  (B major) day I jumped from
Uncle Harvey's plane.