I Was A Kamikaze Pilot Chords

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I Was A Kamikaze Pilot by Hoodoo Gurus is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, C, F, E, D and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro- A 
AI was a was a kamikaze pilot 
They Dgave me a plane 
GI couldn't fly it A 
ATaught how to take off 
I don't know how to land 
They Dsay it doesn't matter and GI just cannot Aunderstand 
EI was a kamikaze pilot 
They Ggave me a plane  
CI couldn`t Ffly it Ahome 

ALeft my happy homeland in a Zero 
DI got engine trouble so I Gcouldn't be a hero A (Do you think I care?) 
ANow I ll keep my two feet on the ground 
DCause when you're in the clouds 
GEverybody tries to shoot you down A 
EI was a kamikaze pilot 
They Ggave me a plane  
CI couldn't Ffly it Ahome 
CI couldn't Ffly it Ahome 
(I gotta go) 

Solo- C   F x4   E   (Solo in Cminor) 

AOn an island there ain't too much to do 
DLook after number one Gbecause I think AI can see 
Lee Marvin chasing after you 
ATake me, wake me 
Tell me when it's over 
I've been waiting fourty years 
I can't wait any longer 
No, no, no no no, not for you 

repeat Chorus 

AI was a was kamikaze D   G   A(Uh, uh  uh)  
AI was (I was) 
I was (I was) 
I was (I was) 
DUh Guh Auh 
DUh Guh Auh 

ACherry blossoms falling down x4 

Outro-   A 
    	

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