Spaceman    (video)

 

     C - G - D - G ~

 

       G

    Bang bang, shoot-em-up destiny !

       A

    Bang bang, shoot-em-up to the moon !

       D                                                              - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    Bang bang, shoot-em-up, one-two-three. One two three four.

 

        G                                  F                                        G

1. I wanted to be a space man, that's what I wanted to be,

             G                                  F                                    G

    but now that I am a space man nobody cares about me.

 

   C                                           G                              D                  G

Hey, Mother Earth won't you bring me back down safely to the sea,

        C                                   G                              D                            G

but round and around and around and around is all she ever say to me.

 

         G                                  F                                         G

2. I wanted to make a good run, I wanted to go to the moon,

          G                              F                                                 G

    I knew that it had to be fun, I told them to send me real soon.

        G                                  F                                     G

    I wanted to be a space man, I wanted to be it so bad,

            G                                   F                                               G

    but now that I am a space man I'd rather to be back on the pad.

 

   C                                           G                              D                  G

Hey, Mother Earth won't you bring me back down safely to the sea,

        C                                    G                             D                       G

but round and around and around and around is just a lot of lunacy

 

   G            - G

+      Yeah.      Yeah.

 

       C                                                                         G

+ Round and around and around and around and around,

     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    so bring me back down !

        C                                                                          D

    Round and around and around and around and around,

      - - - - - - - - - - - -

    safe on the ground.

 

+  G ~ ~    G ~ ~   G ~ ~   G ~ ~

 

   C                                           G                              D                  G

Hey, Mother Earth won't you bring me back down safely to the sea,

         C                                   G                             D                            G

but round and around and around and around is all she ever say to me.

 

                          G                                  F                                        G

3. You know, I wanted to be a space man that's what I wanted to be,

            G                                  F                                     G

    but now that I am a space man nobody cares about me.

 

              C                                       G

+  Say, hey, Mother Earth, better bring me back down,

            D                                   G

    I've taken just as much as I can,

            C                                    G

    but round and around and around and around

                 D                                G

    is the problem of the space man.

 

+  C - G - D - G (6x) ….

 

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)    (Harry Nilsson)