Dan Dare chords by Elton John

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

F F F/A F/C
F  F/A F/C
G  G/G# Am
   Cm/B C

Verse 1:
C            E
Can you tell me how old Dan might have done it

F7/A          Cm Cm Cm
If he'd been here now, holy cow

                   C
My stars might have been read on the planet Mars

E                 Am
Because I don't have foresight to see

                Cm
If we still be together in the twenty first

             C
In the twenty first century

Verse 2:

C          E
He's our flying ace, pilot of the future

F7/A         Cm Cm Cm
In an endless space, holy cow

                  C
My eyes never saw a rocket that was quite that size

E            Am
Because I don't have the energy

              Cm
To be cat and mouse for the champions

             C
For the champions of destiny

Chorus:

  F7  F7/A  F7/C F7/A
So long captain Dan

     F7      F7/A    F7/C
I fail to see what motivates your hands

F7/A C
Goodbye restless night

      D
You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight

  C  F/C C  Fm
So long,   so long

Bridge:
F            F F/A
Dan Dare doesn't know it

F/C        F F/A
He doesn't know it

F/C        G G/G# Am
He doesn't know it

   Cm/B   C
But I liked the Mekon

Interlude:
C     E     F7/A    Cm Cm Cm
C     E     Am     Cm   C
C     E     F7/A    Cm Cm Cm
C     E     Am     Cm   C

Chorus:

  F7  F7/A  F7/C F7/A
So long captain Dan

     F7      F7/A    F7/C
I fail to see what motivates your hands

F7/A C
Goodbye restless night

      D
You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight

  C  F/C C  Fm
So long,   so long

Outro:
F            F F/A
Dan Dare doesn't know it

F/C        F F/A
He doesn't know it

F/C        G G/G# Am
He doesn't know it

   Cm/B   C
But I liked the Mekon