Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Introduction: Gdim G Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown Gdim G And things seem hard or tough Gdim G E7 And people are stupid, obnoxious or daft A7 D7 And you feel that you've had quite enough.... Verse 1: G Gm7 G6 Gm7 Just remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving G6 G7 D7 And revolving at nine hundred miles an hour D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 That's orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned, D7 G D7 A sun that is the source of all our power G Gm7 G6 Gm7 The sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see E7 Am Are moving at a million miles a day C Eb G E7 In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour A7 D7 G Of the galaxy we call the 'Milky Way' Verse 2: G Gm7 G6 Gm7 Our galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars. G6 G7 D7 It's a hundred thousand light years side to side D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 It bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick D7 G D7 But out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide G Gm7 G6 Gm7 We're thirty thousand light years from galactic central point E7 Am We go 'round every two hundred million years C Eb G E7 And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions A7 D7 G In this amazing and expanding universe Instrumental: G Gm7 G6 Gm7 G6 G7 D7 D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 D7 G D7 G Gm7 G6 Gm7 E7 Am C Eb G D7 G D7 Verse 3: G Gm7 G6 Gm7 The universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding G6 G7 D7 In all of the directions it can whizz D7 D7sus4 D7 D7sus4 As fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know D7 G D7 Twelve million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is G Gm7 G6 Gm7 So remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure E7 Am How amazingly unlikely is your birth C Eb G E7 And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space A7 D7 G 'Cause there's bugger-all down here on Earth!
Galaxy Song Ukulele by Monty Python guitar playing instructions.