the GBV's songbook

name: Not Behind the Fighter Jet
album: Mag Earwhig!
date: 1997
author(s): Robert Pollard
© 1997 Needmore song (BMI)

chords:
F    133211
C    x35553
G    355433
G/F# 255433
Dm   x57765
A    577655

riff:
   F                    C        G   G/F#
D----0---0---0---0---0----2---2--0---0----
A---3---3---3---3---3----3---3----2---0---
E--1---1---1---1---1--1-3---3------3---2--

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F
                         C
Militant babies came to me
              G          G/F#     F
And tole me "Don't be afraid to try"
                               C
Phenomenal stuntkids in the street
            G        G/F#       F
Popping out of the black ghost pie
                                   C
Fearless ones-cracked up Jack and Jill
                   G       G/F#    F
They're down there in the bunker still
                           C   G
You look like a sniper anyway
     Dm
I'm not behind the fighter jet
     F                         C   G
I'd much rather back a simple girl
      Dm                              C
I've seen your plan and it's all wet
                A                Dm*  G
A noseload of prophecies coming to me


F
                                   C
Caught in the trap where bravery steps
           G    G/F#  F
A wounded mercenary bleeds
                                    C
In the hall of fantastically fine things
           G        G/F# F
Where the path of glory leads
                               C
Lately I think it's grown too hard
       G            G/F#    F
Coming up with the winning card
                                   C        G
But who's gonna beat them in their own backyard
     Dm
I'm not behind the fighter jet
     F                         C   G
I'd much rather back a simple girl
      Dm                              C
I've seen your plan and it's all wet
                A                Dm*  G
A noseload of prophecies coming to me


F C G G/F#  a few times to the end

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note:
During the verses you can either play the riff or the
chords.
The * mean that after you have strum the Dm you can
play this little riff:
   *
A--3-2-0-

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originally tabbed by: Mike Ingenthron & John Van Atta.