Spaceman

Words & Music:

Harry Nilsson

 

INTRO:

C                                Bb  C

Bang!  Bang!  Shoot-em-up, destiny!

D                                    C  D

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

G

Bang!  Bang!  Shoot-em-up, one, two, three! [Spoken:  1, 2, 3, 4!]

 

  C                    Bb                           C

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

    Bb                                             C

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

 

CHORUS:

F                           C                  G             C

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

     F                     C                   G                   C

But around 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 last line]

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

 

BRIDGE:

F                                            C [stop chord - n.c.]

'Round and around and around and around and around.   So, bring me back down

F                                            G                   C

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

 

CHORUS:

 

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 around and around and around and around is the problem of the space man.

 

F      C     G      C

Aaahhhh---.  Aaahhhh---.  [repeat and out]