Ballad To A Spaceman

Simplificar Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste [Intro] Em D Em [Verse 1] Em Born in the belly of a rocket ship, Em D Em As from Terra it did fly. Em His first cries drowned by the engines' roar, Em D Em In no cradle did he lie. Em D He'd hit Santarra by the time he was four, Em D GalHydin when he was nine. Em Born as a spaceman in a spaceman's bed, B7 Em And as a spaceman he would die. [Verse 2] Em He learned every course that a ship could take, Em D Em Found a few more on the side. Em He learned new tricks every stop they'd make; Em D Em With the engines he would ride. Em D A spacer's pride was his swagger stick, Em D And his pride knew that he could survive. Em He lived as a spaceman since the day he was born B7 Em And as a spaceman he would die. [Verse 3] Em They headed for Diversa in his trading years Em D Em When he'd just turned thirty-four. Em The captain planned on a mighty pay Em D Em After running a load of ore. Em D The engine room gave him all they had, Em D But the captain ordered more. Em They pumped 'em up to their hottest gain B7 Em Just to hear the rockets roar. [Verse 4] Em Five hundred miles 'bove the planet's ground, Em D Em The engines died away. Em The captain called, "We need power now Em D Em Or we'll all die today!" Em D The spaceman said, "All the boys are dead Em D And I'm not far behind. Em We've pulled much more than she's meant to take, B7 Em And the baffles have blown wide." [Verse 5] Em The captain said, "Well, do something man!" Em D Em And the Spaceman smiled wide/ Em "'cept hold the plates down with my bare hands, Em D Em We can't do nothing but enjoy the ride." Em D But the ground flew up with destructive speed, Em D And the Spaceman knew his mind Em He couldn't sit in the engine room B7 Em And wait for his friends to die [Verse 6] Em So he turned and he put his hand inside Em D Em Where the engines used to glow Em He found the plates and he held 'em fast: Em D Em "To quit's no way to go!" Em D And the rocket shook with a mighty roar Em D And the engines they did cry. Em And the Spaceman smiled in the engine's glow. B7 Em For as a spaceman he would die. [Verse 7] Em They found the boys in the engine room; Em D Em By their stations they did lie. Em The spaceman with his hands on a baffle plate Em D Em Was still sitting where he'd died. Em D They took them out, gave them to the stars; Em D Not a single spaceman cried. Em For spacemen in the stars do live, B7 Em And in the stars they long to die [Outro] Em D The Spaceman's life for his men did give, Em D And the stars would let him lie Em He lived as a spaceman from the day he was born, B7 Em And as a spaceman, he did die. B7 Em