Be An Astronaut chords by Declan Mckenna

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice

Recommended Chord Fingerings:
A minorAm   x02210
Asus2Asus2  x02200
G+G    355433
FF    133211
E minorEm   022000
DmDm   xx0231
C majorC    x32010
Cmaj7Cmaj7  x32000
C7C7   x32310
C6C6   x32210

Intro:
A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2
A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2


Verse 1:
A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2  A minorAm Asus2Asus2  A minorAm Asus2Asus2
          Darling, do you   remember?
A minorAm Asus2Asus2 A minorAm Asus2Asus2  A minorAm Asus2Asus2  G+G
     You were in such a  state
   FF  FF  FF E minorEm  DmDm  C majorC
Boys that wait outside your house
       DmDm
I've got your number
       G+G    FF   C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C7C7
And I'm not afraid to use it


Verse 2:
DmDm         A minorAm
 They'll probably give it up
  DmDm        A minorAm     C majorC  C6C6 C majorC
To anyone listening, including me
FF         E minorEm      DmDm
 They'll probably make up your mind
     C majorC      G+G
As if you want them to


Chorus:
  FF
Oh, you
    G+G     A minorAm         C majorC
They're trying to tell you what to do
      DmDm  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
All of the time
G+G      FF
Oh, later on
     G+G    A minorAm       C majorC
They said I could be just what I want
     DmDm      C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
They said you're lying
       G+G       FF
That you were born to be an astronaut
  C majorC         DmDm
So ?: that's all I'm trying
G+G     FF       A minorAm
 Run away, as soon as I
        G+G      FF
Then you wonder why the boys will cry
       C majorC        DmDm   G+G FF
Boys will be boys, you should listen ?:

Verse 3:
DmDm          A minorAm
  If you know what's good for you
DmDm      A minorAm        C majorC  C6C6 C majorC
Behave yourself this time, for me
FF          E minorEm
 If you know what's good for you
   DmDm      C majorC    G+G
Don't lay around in bed all day
  FF    G+G     A minorAm        C majorC
Oh my, the boys that wait along the line
      DmDm   C majorC DmDm  C majorC DmDm
They're not crying


Chorus:
G+G     FF
Oh later on they'll say
   G+G    A minorAm       C majorC
That I could be just what I want
     DmDm      C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
They said you're lying
       G+G       FF
That you were born to be an astronaut
  C majorC         DmDm
So ?: that's all I'm trying
G+G       FF         A minorAm Bb majorBb  G+G FF
 There'll be nothing wrong with it----, I---


Solo:
C majorC

E minorEm DmDm E minorEm DmDm E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC
E minorEm DmDm E minorEm DmDm E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC
E minorEm DmDm E minorEm DmDm E minorEm DmDm G+G C majorC

G+G  FF  C majorC


Chorus:
G+G  FF      G+G  A minorAm       C majorC
 Oh my, the boys that wait along the line
      DmDm   C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
They're not crying
G+G       FF
Oh, there you are
         A minorAm         C majorC
You don't have to tell them what went wrong
        DmDm      C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm
And they'll say you're lying
     G+G       FF
You were born to be an astronaut
  C majorC  DmDm
So ?: I try
G+G       FF         A minorAm Bb majorBb  G+G FF
 There'll be nothing wrong with it----, I---


Outro:
G+G  FF   G+G A minorAm  C majorC
DmDm  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm

G+G  FF   G+G A minorAm  C majorC
DmDm  C majorC DmDm C majorC DmDm

G+G FF C majorC DmDm
FF F minorFm C majorC

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