Spaceman chords by Harry Nilsson

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Intro 1
Eb 
Bb 
F 
Bb 
Bb 
 (E flat major)  (B flat major)  (F major)  (B flat major)  (B flat major) 
Bb 
 (B flat major) Bang! Bang! Shoot em' up, destiny
C 
 (C major) Bang! Bang! Shoot em' up to the moon
F 
 (F major) Bang! Bang! Shoot em' up one, two, three
One, two, three, four

Verse 1

I wanted to be a spaceman

That's what I wanted to be

But now that I am a spaceman

Nobody cares about me

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Chorus 1

Hey, Mother Earth

Won't ya bring me back down

Safely to the sea?

But 'round and around,

and around and around

Is all she ever say to me

Verse 2
Bb 
Ab 
I  (B flat major) wanted to make a good  (A flat major) run
Bb 
I wanted to go to the  (B flat major) moon
Ab 
I knew that it had to be  (A flat major) fun
Bb 
I told 'em to send me real  (B flat major) soon
Ab 
I wanted to be a space (A flat major) man
Bb 
I wanted to be it so bad  (B flat major) 
Ab 
But now that I am a space (A flat major) man
Bb 
I'd rather be back on the  (B flat major) pad

Chorus 2
Eb 
 (E flat major) Hey, Mother Earth
Bb 
Won't ya  (B flat major) bring me back down
F 
Bb 
 (F major) Safely to the sea?  (B flat major) 
Eb 
But  (E flat major) 'round and around,
Bb 
and a (B flat major) round and around
F 
Bb 
Is just  (F major) a lot of lunacy  (B flat major) 

Bridge 1
Eb 
 (E flat major) 'Round and around
Bb 
and around and around and a (B flat major) round
(So bring me back down)
Eb 
 (E flat major) 'Round and around
F 
and around and around and a (F major) round

Interlude 1

Safe on the ground

Chorus 3
Eb 
 (E flat major) Hey, Mother Earth
Bb 
Better  (B flat major) bring me back down
F 
Bb 
 (F major) Safely to the sea  (B flat major) 
Eb 
But  (E flat major) 'round and around,
Bb 
and a (B flat major) round and around
F 
Bb 
Ab 
Bb 
Ab 
Bb 
Is all  (F major) she ever say to  (B flat major) me, yeah  (A flat major)  (B flat major)  (A flat major)  (B flat major) 

Verse 3

You know I wanted to be a spaceman

That's what I wanted to be

But now that I am a spaceman

Nobody cares about me

Chorus 4
Eb 
Say,  (E flat major) hey! You, Mother Earth
Bb 
You better  (B flat major) bring me back down
F 
Bb 
I've  (F major) taken just as much as I can  (B flat major) 
Eb 
But  (E flat major) 'round and around,
Bb 
and  (B flat major) around and around
F 
Bb 
Is the  (F major) problem of a space (B flat major) man