Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: C majorC
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
C majorC
Our new world is so close
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Mars has treasures we’re only just starting to find
G+G C majorC
Frozen mountains and crimson dust
G+G C majorC C majorC G+G
Waiting for footprints that will not be mine
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb C minorCm G+G
A augmentedA hundred years to run the first tests
C minorCm Bb majorBb FF
Another to raise the first dome
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
The Moon, then Mars, then Titan next
AbAb G+G
A augmentedA lifetime to touch each new home
C majorC
And I want it so much
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Close my eyes, I can taste the Mars dust in the air
G+G C majorC G+G
In the darkness, the space stations shimmer
C majorC C majorC G+G
In orbits that I will not share
FF C majorC
But I’ll teach the student
FF C majorC
Who’ll manage the factory
FF C majorC
That tempers the steel
C majorC G+G
That makes colonies strong
FF C majorC
And I’ll write the program
FF C majorC
That runs the computer
FF C majorC
That charts out the stars
C majorC G+G
Where our rockets belong
Eb MajorEb G minorGm AbAb Eb MajorEb
It will never get easy to wake from my dream
AbAb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
When the future I dream of is so far away
Chorus:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
But I am willing to sacrifice
FF C majorC
Something I don’t have
FF C majorC
For something I won’t have
FF G+G C majorC FF G+G C majorC
But somebody will someday…. somebody will someday
Verse 2:
G+G C majorC
And it feels like a waste
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
All this working and waiting and battling time
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
And all for a kingdom that all of my efforts
C majorC G+G
Will never make mine
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb C minorCm G+G
But brick by brick the Pyramids rose
C minorCm Bb majorBb FF
With most hidden under the sand
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
So life by life the project grows
AbAb G+G
In ways I might not understand
C majorC
I am voyaging too
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
We will need the foundation as much as the dome
C majorC G+G
For those worlds to come true
FF C majorC
And I’ll clerk the office
FF C majorC
That handles the funding
FF C majorC
That raises the tower
C majorC G+G
That watches the sky
FF C majorC
And I’ll staff the bookstore
FF C majorC
That carries the journal
FF C majorC
That sparks the idea
C majorC G+G
That makes solar sails fly
Eb MajorEb G minorGm AbAb Eb MajorEb
It takes so many sailors to conquer an ocean
AbAb Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
And so many more when it’s light-years away
Chorus:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
But I am willing to sacrifice
FF C majorC
Something I don’t have
FF C majorC
For something I won’t have
FF G+G C majorC FF G+G C majorC
But somebody will someday…. somebody will someday
Verse 3:
G+G C majorC
It’s so easy to run
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
Hide away in my books, games, and fantasy plans
G+G C majorC
Let them call me a dreamer
G+G C majorC C majorC G+G
Who can’t face reality’s grown-up demands
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb C minorCm G+G
But if I love my fantasy worlds
C minorCm Bb majorBb FF
It’s not fantasy love that I feel
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
And so much more I feel for this
AbAb
The world that created them
AbAb
World we create with them
AbAb G+G
One chance to make them all real
C majorC
And I know we won’t stop
G+G C majorC G+G C majorC
We’ve planned too many wonders for one little star
G+G C majorC
Though often the present
G+G C majorC C majorC G+G
May seem too complacent to take us that far
FF C majorC
But I’ll tell the story
FF C majorC
And I’ll draw the picture
FF C majorC
And I’ll sing the anthem
C majorC G+G
That banishes doubt
FF C majorC
And host the convention
FF C majorC
That summons the family
FF C majorC
That carries the fire
C majorC G+G
That never burns out
Eb MajorEb G minorGm AbAb Eb MajorEb
There are so many chances to give up the journey
AbAb Eb MajorEb Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Especially when it’s so easy to stay
Chorus:
FF C majorC FF C majorC
But I am willing to sacrifice
FF C majorC
Something I don’t have
FF C majorC
For something I won’t have
C majorC G+G
And not only me
FF C majorC FF C majorC
We are willing to sacrifice
FF C majorC
Something we don’t have
FF C majorC
For something we won’t have
FF G+G FF G+G FF G+G C majorC
But somebody will… somebody will… somebody will someday