Spaceman chords by Phil Ochs

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Capo 1

D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
Way high, so high:
G+G     C majorC    D MajorD
Travelin' fast and free.
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD
Spaceman, look down:
G+G    C majorC    D MajorD
Tell me what you see.


verse 1
C majorC           G+G
Can you see the hunger there
C majorC        G+G
Strike without a sound?
C majorC            G+G
Can you see the food you burn
C majorC       D MajorD
As you circle round?

D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
Way high, so high:
G+G     C majorC    D MajorD
All the world will cheer.
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD
Spaceman, look down:
G+G    C majorC    D MajorD
Tell me what you hear.

verse 2
C majorC          G+G
Can you hear a child cry,
C majorC        G+G
Body filled with pain?
C majorC              G+G
Deadly sores when cures are there--
C majorC       D MajorD
How much fuel remains?


D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
Way high, so high:
G+G     C majorC    D MajorD
Spaceship made of steel.

D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD
Spaceman, look down:
G+G    C majorC    D MajorD
Tell me what you feel.


verse 3
C majorC           G+G
Can you feel the money gone
C majorC          G+G
As you sail through space?
C majorC           G+G
Can you feel how many die
C majorC        D MajorD
When you win the race?


D MajorD  G+G   D MajorD G+G  D MajorD
Way high, so high:
G+G     C majorC    D MajorD
Travelin' fast and free.
D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD
Spaceman, look down:
G+G    C majorC    D MajorD
Tell me what you see.