Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Intro:
A|-0---------0--1-0--1-3--5-3--1----0--|
E|-----0-1--3-------------------3--3---|
C|--2----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
A|-0-----0------------|
E|--------3--1-0-----0|
C|--2-2----------0-2--|
G|--------------------|
A|------------------0--5-3--2----0---|
E|-1--0----1-3--5------------3--3----|
C|-----2-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
A|-0--------------0--0---0-------------|
E|---------0-1--3---------3--1-0-------|
C|----2-2-------------2-----------0-2--|
G|-------------------------------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0-|
C|-2---------------|
G|-----------------|
Verse 1:
Dm
A wiser man than I once spoke
C
That life at heart is all a joke
Gm
But he was not embroiled in smoke
Dm
So it’s pump, me boys, before we choke
Chorus:
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Interlude:
A|----------------|
E|-----0---1---0--|
C|-2--------------|
G|----------------|
Verse 2:
Dm
The image of my sweetheart’s face
C
It fires the heart and sets the pace
Gm
Whate’er the time, whate’er the place
Dm
I’ll find him through the depths of space
Chorus:
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Interlude:
A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|
Verse 3:
Dm
I long to lie atop my bed
C
With pleasant dreams inside my head
Gm
But pumping’s all I get instead
Dm
I’ll only sleep among the dead
Chorus:
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Interlude:
A|----------------|
E|-----0---1---0--|
C|-2--------------|
G|----------------|
Verse 4:
Dm
My blood is pooling on the floor
C
And every second I lose more
Gm
But there’s so many meds in store
Dm
I’ll do the work of three or four
Chorus:
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Interlude:
A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|
Verse 5:
Dm
The engine fumes will scorch your lungs
C
The smog is thick, your eyes are stung
Gm
But there’s no clean air left to run
Dm
This pumping business ain’t much fun
Chorus:
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Interlude:
A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|
Verse 6:
Dm
The outer hull is shot to hell
C
The thrust has just one plasma cell
Gm
My joints and muscles ache and swell
Dm
So fuck the Rose, and you as well!
Chorus:
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Interlude:
A|----------------|
E|-----0---1---0--|
C|-2--------------|
G|----------------|
Verse 7:
Dm
A transport mission gone awry
C
Attacked by Cole and left to fry
Gm
Is no excuse, boys, let us cry:
Dm
“Today is not the day we die!”
Chorus:
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Intrumental:
A|------------------|
E|-----0---1-0-1-0--|
C|-2----------------|
G|------------------|
A|-0---------0--1-0--0---------0--1-0--|
E|-----0-1--3------------0-1--3--------|
C|--2-----------------2----------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
A|-1-3--5-3--1----0--0----0-------------|
E|------------3--3---------3--1-0-------|
C|---------------------2-----------0-2--|
G|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------0---0--5-3--2----0---|
E|-0-1--0----1-3---------------3--3----|
C|--------2----------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
A|-0-------------0--0---0------------------|
E|---------0-1--3--------3--1-0------------|
C|----2-2------------2-----------0-2-------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
1,2,3,4!
Chorus: (faster)
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home
Chorus: (even faster)
Dm
Pump, me boys, let her fly
C
Down to hell and up to the sky
Gm
Bend your backs and break your bones
Dm
We’re just a million miles from home