The Astronaut chords by Candi Carpenter

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: G

♫ Intro:

G    C    G

♫ Verse 1:
        G
What if Jesus came back years ago
And this is hell and we don’t know
CM7
That’s where we’ve been?
     D
Oh, and what if the dinosaurs
Really died of hate and holy wars
     G
And we’re no better than them?

♫ Pre-Chorus 1:
C
And what the hell is consciousness?
How did we end up like this?
G                  D              Em
Staring wide eyed at the endless sky?

♫ Chorus 1:
Am  Bm  C  D
All I know is
I will never know why

♫ Interlude:
G   C

♫ Verse 2:
     G
What would I do, who would I be
If I had more faith in me
C
And I got back all the time I wasted?
    D
Oh, trying to be someone else
Every time I left my house
G
What if I’d never learned to fake it?

♫ Pre-Chorus 2:
      C
Do I serve a greater purpose?
Or am I just nervous?
   G            D          Em
I’m gonna disappear when I die

♫ Chorus 1:
Am  Bm C    D
All I know is
                      G
I will never know why

♫ Bridge:
    C
Oh, where are you God?
Are you listening?
   G
I still believe in you
                      C
Do you believe in me too?
                      D
Do you believe in me too?

♫ Verse 3:
   G
I wish I was an astronaut
                                C
So I could just blast off into Heaven
And see behind the curtain
    D
Oh, touch the hand that spins the stars
Find out where my wishes are
    G
And ask if anybody every heard ‘em

♫ Pre-Chorus 3:
      C
Maybe I’m too small to understand
Just how small I really am
    G                 D             Em
But I think there’s a reason we’re alive

♫ Chorus 2:
Am  G  C
All I know
G        Am7 G C    G
Darling, all I know
Am  G C    D
All I know is
                     G
I will never know why

♫ Outro:
   G
An astronaut is what I’d be
If I had more faith in me
Cm7            C               Cm7   C
And I got back all the time I wasted