David Bowie - African Night Flight: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "African Night Flight" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn African Night Flight Guitar Chords and Lyrics by David Bowie

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "African Night Flight" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

D
African night flight one-time Mormon
More men fall in Hullabaloo men
I slide to the nearest bar
Undermine chairman, I went too far
Bent on a windfall, rent a Sony
Wonder how the dollar went down
Got to get a word to Elizabeth's father
Hey ho, he wished me well
Seemed like another day I could fly
Into the eye of God on high

Chorus:
Bm   Cm     Bm        Am
His burning eye will see me through
G
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days

D
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na

 D                         G
Getting in the mood for a Mombasa night flight
 F
Pushing my luck, going to fly like a mad thing
Bare strip takeoff, skimming over Rhino
Born in slumber, less than peace
Struggle with a child, whose screaming, dreaming
Drowned by the props all steely sunshine
Sick of you, sick of me
Lust for the free life, quashed and maimed
Like a valuable loved one left unnamed
Seems like another day I could fly
Into the eye of God on high
Seems like another day I could fly
Into the eye of God on high
Over the bushland, over the trees
Wise like orangutan, that was me

Chorus:
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days
His burning eye will see me through
One of these days, one of these days
Got to get a word through one of these days

D G       F
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na
Asante habari habari ha
Asante nabana nabana na


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "African Night Flight" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "African Night Flight" by David Bowie.

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