Spaceman chords by
Harry Nilsson
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Key: Bb major
Intro 1
E
E

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

B
B

B
B

Bang! Bang! Shoot em' up, destiny
C#
C#

Bang! Bang! Shoot em' up to the moon
F#
F#

Bang! Bang! Shoot em' up one, two, three
One, two, three, four
Verse 1
B
B

A
A

I wanted to be a spaceman
B
B

That's what I wanted to be
A
A

But now that I am a spaceman
B
B

Nobody cares about me
Chorus 1
E
E

Hey, Mother Earth
B
B

Won't ya bring me back down
F#
F#

B
B

Safely to the sea?
E
E

But 'round and around,
B
B

and around and around
F#
F#

B
B

A
A

B
B

A
A

B
B

Is all she ever say to me
Verse 2
B
B

A
A

I wanted to make a good run
B
B

I wanted to go to the moon
A
A

I knew that it had to be fun
B
B

I told 'em to send me real soon
A
A

I wanted to be a spaceman
B
B

I wanted to be it so bad
A
A

But now that I am a spaceman
B
B

I'd rather be back on the pad
Chorus 2
E
E

Hey, Mother Earth
B
B

Won't ya bring me back down
F#
F#

B
B

Safely to the sea?
E
E

But 'round and around,
B
B

and around and around
F#
F#

B
B

Is just a lot of lunacy
Bridge 1
E
E

'Round and around
B
B

and around and around and around
(So bring me back down)
E
E

'Round and around
F#
F#

and around and around and around
Interlude 1
Safe on the ground
B
B

B
B

B
B

B
B

B
B

B
B

B
B

B
B

Chorus 3
E
E

Hey, Mother Earth
B
B

Better bring me back down
F#
F#

B
B

Safely to the sea
E
E

But 'round and around,
B
B

and around and around
F#
F#

B
B

A
A

B
B

A
A

B
B

Is all she ever say to me, yeah
Verse 3
B
B

A
A

You know I wanted to be a spaceman
B
B

That's what I wanted to be
A
A

But now that I am a spaceman
B
B

Nobody cares about me
Chorus 4
E
E

Say, hey! You, Mother Earth
B
B

You better bring me back down
F#
F#

B
B

I've taken just as much as I can
E
E

But 'round and around,
B
B

and around and around
F#
F#

B
B

Is the problem of a spaceman
Outro 1
E
E

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

E
E

B
B

F#
F#

B
B

[Repeat and fade]

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B F# C# A

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