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David McEnery - Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight Chords

Chord reference G, C, B, A7, Cm, D
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[G]Well, a ship out on the water Just a [C]speck a[B]gainst the [A7]sky [D]Amelia Earhart’s flying out that [G]day [G]With her partner, Captain Noonan, on the [C]second [B]of [A7]July [D]They fell into the ocean far [G]away

[G]And [A]there’s [B]a [C]beautiful, [Cm]beautiful [G]field [G]Far away in a land that is [D]fair Happy [G]landings to you Amelia [C]Ear[B]har[A7]t Fare[D]well, first lady of the [G]air

[G]Twenty minutes later An [C]SOS was [A7]heard [D]The voice that came was weak but sounded [G]brave [G]In the shark infested waters Their [C]plane went down that [A7]night And our [D]heroes fell into a watery [G]grave

[G]And [A]there’s [B]a [C]beautiful, [Cm]beautiful [G]field [G]Far away in a land that is [D]fair Happy [G]landings to you Amelia [C]Ear[B]har[A7]t Fare[D]well, first lady of the [G]air

[G]Well, now you’ve heard the story the [C]awful trage[A7]dy we [D]pray that she might fly home safe [G]again [G]but in years to come though others blaze a [C]trail across the [A7]sky We’ll [D]ne’er forget Amelia and her [G]plane.

[G]And [A]there’s [B]a [C]beautiful, [Cm]beautiful [G]field [G]Far away in a land that is [D]fair Happy [G]landings to you Amelia [C]Ear[B]har[A7]t Fare[D]well, first lady of the [G]air

Artist David McEnery
Album Single
Genres Western
Year 1939
Key G

How to Play Amelia Earhart's Last Flight on Guitar?

David McEnery - Amelia Earhart's Last Flight can be played in the key of G using the G, C, B, A7, Cm, D chords.

  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.
  • For A7, To play A7, let low E, A, G, high E ring open, mute D, B.
  • For Cm, To play Cm, press fret 3 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 3 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 3 on the high E string with finger 3, let G ring open, mute B.
  • For D, To play D, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 2, let A, D ring open, mute B.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Amelia Earhart's Last Flight with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.