Air Mail Special
Retrograss
Grisman Hartford Seeger
Banjo tuned E, Capo 3, Key of F

 
 	 
    F          C            F  
Left New York this morning early
              C             F
Traveling south so wide and high
             C                F
Sailing through the wide blue yonder
                              Bb   F
It's that air mail special on the fly

Listen to the motors humming
She is streaking through the sky
Like a bird that's flying homeward
It's that air mail special on the fly

Over plains and high dark mountains
Over rivers deep and wide
Carrying mail to California
It's that air mail special on the fly

Watch her circle for the landing
Hear her moan and cough and sigh
Now she's coming down the runway
It's that air mail special on the fly