IntroF#mC#DEF#m
In the skies above the isle
BmC#
Aces In Exile prevail
F#mDF#mEF#mDDAEF#mDF#mEF#mDDF#mAEF#mEF#mVerseF#mE
From near and far they arrived, joined the force
F#mE
Ready to serve the Allied command
F#mE
Sent in the training, though they already earned their wings
F#mEAE
They were ready to fly they were fit for the fight
Pre-ChorusAEF#m
Once in the air the battle begins
AEC#
They've proven their worth now they fight for revenge
ChorusF#mDAE
Fighter pilots in exile fly for foreign land
ADDAE
Let their story be heard tell of three-hundred-and-third
F#mDAE
Fighter pilots of Poland in the battle of Britain
ADC#
Guarding the skies of the isle
InterludeF#mDF#mEF#mDDAEF#mDF#mEF#mDDF#mAEF#mEF#mVerseF#mE
Even at night shadows cover the ground
F#mE
The fighting goes on from dusk till dawn
F#mE
We fall on the Reich with the claws of the eagle!
F#mEAE
They were ready to fight, they were ready to die
Pre-ChorusAEF#m
Up in the air, the battle goes on
AEC#
They've proven their worth they have their revenge
ChorusF#mDAE
Fighter pilots in exile fly over foreign land
ADDAE
Let their story again tell of three-hundred-and-ten
F#mDAE
Men from Czechoslovakia, in the battle of Britain
ADC#F#m
Guarding the skies of the isle
BridgeF#mC#mDAE
Over the battlefield brave men long way from home
F#mC#mDAE
You are the chosen ones sent to the sky to die
F#mC#mDAE
Over the battlefield brave men long way from home
F#mC#mDEF#m
Few are the chosen ones sent to the sky to die
[Guitar Solo]
F#mE (x4)
Pre-ChorusAEF#m
(Ooo) fly - it echoes in history
AEC#
Turning the tides in the heavens above
ChorusF#mDAE
Fighter pilots in exile fly over foreign land
ADDAE
When the battle's been won, tell of four-hundred-and-one
F#mDAE
Fighter pilots from Canada, in the battle of Britain
ADC#F#m
Guarding the skies of the isle
BridgeF#mBmAE
On wings of history they turned from home
F#mBmEF#m
To live eternally sky bound they roam
DAEF#m
In all of history, never before
AEF#m
Was more owed to so few
OutroF#mDF#mEF#mDDAE
Fighter pilots in exile!
F#mDF#mEF#mDDF#mAEF#mEF#m
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.