Space Man

Words & Music:

Harry Nilsson

 

B                          F     G

Bang!  Bang!  Shoot-em-up, destiny!

A                          G      A

Bang!  Bang!  Shoot-em-up, to the moon!

D

Bang!  Bang!  Shoot-em-up, one-two-three!

[n.c.]

[spoken]  One, two, three, four!

 

  G                    F                            G

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

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

 

CHORUS:

C                            G                  D             G

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

     C          G          D          G                     F      G

But 'round and around and around and around is all she ever say to me.

 

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

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

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

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

 

CHORUS:  [new words]

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

Around and around and around and around is just a lot of lunacy.

C                                           G         [n.c.]

Round and around and around and around and around, so bring me back down

C                                           D      G    F      G

Round and around and around and around and around, safe on the ground

 

CHORUS:

 

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

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

 

CHORUS:  [new words]

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

I've taken just as much as I can.

But 'round and around and around and around

Is the problem of the space man.

C   G   D   G

Ahhhh--------!  [repeat and out]

 





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