Tom: G
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[Verse 1]
A D
You take it or you leave it but I’m telling anyhow
G A
There’s a story you should know
G D
Amelia was a hero in all of your hearts
C D
And that’s all we want you to know
[Verse 2]
A D
She landed in the headlines on the first day of July
G A
When Electra hit the ocean bed
G D
And flying fifteen hundred miles from her alloted course
C D
Was not what all the newsstands said
[Verse 3]
A D
She left with Captain Noonan her navigating force
G A
From New Guinea to the Howland Isle
G D
With thirty minutes fuel left no landfall came the cry
C D
And all of us believed him for awhile
[Chorus]
G
Oh Amelia its true
Am
You’re the lady of the air
D G
This I’m not disputing anyhow
C Em
But if what Mr. Goerner said was only half the truth
C
Then Amelia
[Verse 4]
A7 D
For thirty days the Lexington and others searched the sea
G A
Before pronouncing “Earhart lost”
G D
And all was going smoothly and the senator’s relaxed
C D
Amelia and Noonan paid the cost
[Verse 5]
A D
Then a CBS man Goerner was confused by all the facts
G A
He said there’s someone telling lies
G D
Amelia’s plane was not the one they detailed in the news
C D
The fuel tanks alone were twice that size
[Chorus]
G
Oh Amelia its true
Am
You’re the lady of the air
D G
This I’m not disputing anyhow
C Em
But if what Mr. Goerner said was only half the truth
C
Then Amelia
[Guitar Solo]
A7 D G A G
D C D
[Verse 6]
A7 D
Jesus Salas, one of many, he had no call to lie
G A
He was working in the harbor that day
G D
And Saipan was a wartime stronghold of the Japanese
C D
And Jesus saw the fliers land away
[Verse 7]
A7
So who’s to point the finger more so
D
Whose to say what’s right
G A
Me, I just wanted you to hear
G D
How brave Amelia Earhart, first lady of the air
C D
And Frederick Noonan ended their careers
[Out-Chorus]
G
Oh Amelia its true
Am
You’re the lady of the air
D G
This I’m not disputing anyhow
C Em
But if what Mr. Goerner said is only half the truth
C
Then Amelia, oh Amelia
