Verse 1
  
                Am         Am/G              Fmaj7 
They're in the front seat,      he's got the radio low, 
         Am               Am/G          Fmaj7 
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes touch down, 
        Am      Am/G              Fmaj7 
He is talking,        she's not listening, 
        Am              Am/G      Fmaj7 
She is thinking of her father, who died when she was young! 
  
  
Verse 2
  Am    Am/G    Fmaj7 
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            Am         Am/G                 Fmaj7 
I'm in the back seat,       they think I'm sleeping, 
            Am             Am/G                  Fmaj7 
But I am listening for the cracks between their voices, in the dark, 
           Am     Am/G             Fmaj7 
We are a family,        we are a shipwreck, 
            Am            Am/G            Fmaj7          Am   Am/G  Fmaj7 
And we are picking up my Grandma, who is getting... very old! 
  
  
Verse 3
                      Dm           (F)          Am 
And they think she's dying, but I think she's laughing, 
 (Am/G)        Dm              (F)                  G 
I think she's riding 'Halley's Comet', from Fort Lauderdale to here,  
   (G/B)   Dm            (F)        Am    (Am/G) 
But when I see her, I'll keep her secret,      
Dm               (F)             G                     Gsus4  G 
We all have our secrets that we keep inside ourselves!  
  
  
Verse 4
  Am    Am/G    Fmaj7 
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                  Am     Am/G           Fmaj7 
They built this airport,        but in a few years... 
            Am            Am/G       Fmaj7 
...They'll name it after Kennedy, the one who died today, 
              Am        Am/G              Fmaj7 
And he will leave her,       and she will suffer, 
               Am          Am/G             Fmaj7    Am  Am/G  Fmaj7 
And they will never really know each other...    at---- all! 
  
  
Verse 5
                   Dm            (F)          Am 
They think we're driving,  but I know we're drifting, 
    (Am/G)       Dm                 (F)               G 
They think we're off on some ad - venture, where the hero saves the day,  
  (G/B)          Dm        (F)           Am 
We think we're special, we think we're golden,    
  (Am/G)         Dm           (F)                G                  Gsus4  G 
We think we're walking on the moon, but we are dancing in the dark!  
  
  
Verse 6
Am    Am/G     Fmaj7     Am     Am/G    Fmaj7 
Oo---, ooo----!        |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  / | 
  
               Am      Am/G                 Fmaj7 
We shoot our rockets,        we shoot our presidents, 
               Am              Am/G            Fmaj7 
We shoot the commies, and the n*****s, and the Viet Cong, 
             Am      Am/G             Fmaj7 
Everything changes,        everything stays the same, 
         Am               Am/G          Fmaj7           Am   Am/G  Fmaj7 
And the moon hangs over Idlewild as the planes... touch----- down! 
  
  
     Am    Am/G     Fmaj7     Am     Am/G    Fmaj7 
||:  OO---, ooo----!        |  /  /  /  /  |  /  /  /  /  :|| (Repeat) 
  
  
(Suggestion for coda) 
  Am     Am/G    Fmaj7          G6    Asus2 
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