Pearl's Eye View (The Life Of Dickey Chapelle)

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[Verse 1]
[G]Oh, she was high up there in the air

[Verse 2]
Caught [D]still by a soldier's [Em]stare[E]
[Em]Whenev

[Verse 3]
[C]er it was men amongst men[G]
Down upon the land
[D]

[Verse 4]
And she fol[C]lowed those
Mothers' son[D]s

[Verse 5]
She felt [G]the thunder of their guns

[Verse 6]
[Em]From a pea[C]rl's eye view

[Verse 7]
Just [G]a camera in her hand
[D]

[Verse 8]
She was [C]born Geor[G]gette
but [C]the name
Didn't [G]suit her well
[D]

[Verse 9]
So, she [C]blew out of Wiscon[D]sin
as Dickey Chapelle
[G]

[Verse 10]
Oh, she flew with a pilot's pride

[Verse 11]
The first wit[D]ness to either [Em]side

[Verse 12]
She car[C]ried relief to [G]the lost ones
Between the bombs
[D]

[Verse 13]
[C]And we saw it all through her [D]lens

[Verse 14]
Well, she knew [G]she'll go
back [Em]again

[Verse 15]
When [C]the call rang out

[Verse 16]
Once [G]more from Viet[D]nam

[Verse 17]
[D]
She's [C]been through [G]this before
[Am]She'll tell you [G]war is hell
[D]

[Verse 18]
[C]Her pearl earrings caught [D]the light
On Dickey Chapelle
[G]

[Verse 19]
Oh, that's the way it [C]was
She was the [F]only one to tell
[C]

[Verse 20]
[F]
[C]In 1962, she blew the

[Verse 21]
[F]Whistle loud and clear
[G]

[Verse 22]
And now, [F]we trace her [C]wings

[Verse 23]
In her [F]footsteps without [C]fear

[Verse 24]
To [F]the front lines where she [C]fell[F]

[Verse 25]
Where she lies [Bb]still but she's still [D]there

[Interlude 1]
[D][G]
[D][Em][C][G][D]
[C][D][G][Em][C][D][G]

[Verse 26]
Oh, it [G]was 1965 over

[Verse 27]
[D]Chu Lai in a free fall [Em]di ve

[Verse 28]
In [C]a dawn patrol to cov[G]er
The dead zone ground
[D]

[Verse 29]
She [C]tiptoed through the [D]land mines

[Verse 30]
All [G]along the enemy [Em]lines

[Verse 31]
But she [C]never saw the [G]one
That took her down
[D]

[Verse 32]
Now, she cap[C]tured
The [G]bloody pearls

[Verse 33]
[Am]of war so we[G]ll
[D]

[Verse 34]
That war was [C]bound to steal the en[D]d
Of Dickey [Em]Chapelle
[C](From a

[Verse 35]
pearl's eye view)
Dickey [Em]Chapelle
(From a pearl's [C]eye

[Verse 36]
view)

[Verse 37]
Dickey Chapelle
[Em](From a pear[C]l's eye
view)
Dickey Chapelle
[G][C][G]