Intro: Em D A9 On solid fuel and wires C G Em Turn the key and light the fires D A9 (C G) Em We’re leaving earth today D A9 This rocket’s burning bright C G Em We’ll soon be out of sight D A9 (C G) And orbiting in space D A9 Pushed back in my seat Em Look out my window D C There goes home D A9 That ball of shiny blue Em D C Houses everybody anybody ever knew
Refrão: G D So sing your song I’m listening A9 G/B C D Out where stars are glistening I can Em D C (C C5 C) hear your voices bouncing off the moon G D If you could see our nation A9 G/B C D From the international space station Em D C You’d know why I want to get back soon Em D A9 Eighteen thousand miles an hour C G Em Fuelled by science and solar power D A9 C G Em The oceans racing past D A9 At half a thousand tons C G Em Ninety minutes moon to sun D A9 C G D A bullet can’t go half this fast A9 Floating from my seat Em Look out my window D C D There goes home A9 That brilliant ball of blue Em D C Is where I’m from, and also where I’m going to Refrão: G D So sing your song I’m listening A9 G/B C D Out where stars are glistening I can Em D C (C C5 C) hear your voices bouncing off the moon G D If you could see our nation A9 G/B C D From the international space station Em D C You’d know why I want to get back soon A9 E/A D All black and white just fades to grey A9 E/A D Where the sun rises sixteen times a day A9 E/A D You can’t make out borders from up here A9 E/A D Just a spinning ball within a tiny atmosphere (C C5 C) D A9 Pushed back in my seat Em Look out my window D C Here comes home D A9 What once was fuelled by fear Em D C Now has fifteen nations orbiting together here Refrão: G D So sing your song I’m listening A9 G/B C D Out where stars are glistening I can Em D C (C C5 C) hear your voices bouncing off the moon G D If you could see our nation A9 G/B C D From the international space station Em D C You’d know why I want to get back soon Em D C