Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C majorC
(hammer on the note on the D-string)
Verse 1:
C majorC
It’s a pretty good view on the moon tonight
FF C majorC
As the sun’s going down on the satellite
FF C majorC A minorAm
And the earth hangs around, my old friend in the sky
G+G C majorC
‘Cause she knows I’m an old castaway
Verse 2:
C majorC
I weep to think what I’ve become
FF C majorC
Since I crashed landed down in the calcium
FF
I had reached for the stars
C majorC A minorAm
but I couldn’t choose one
G+G C majorC
So it’s here I am bound to remain
Chorus:
FF C majorC
I was looking for Cassiopeia
FF G+G
I was searching for gold in the sky
E minorEm A minorAm
Through my telescope I hope to see her
G+G C majorC
If only to wish her goodnight
Verse 3:
C majorC
It’s dinner time on the moon again
FF C majorC
But the candles won’t light without oxygen
FF C majorC A minorAm
So I eat by the glow of the world that I left
G+G C majorC
And wonder it’s still the same
Verse 4:
C majorC
Now that’s not to say I’m alone out here
FF C majorC
There are hunters and archers and charioteers
FF
They’re flung through the night
C majorC A minorAm
Like I’m flung through the years
G+G C majorC
I hear them all calling my name
pre-chorus:
FF C majorC
I’m still looking for old Ursa Minor
FF G+G
I’ve been tracking her prints in the sky
E minorEm A minorAm
Through my telescope I hope find her
G+G C majorC
If only to wish her goodnight
Chorus:
FF C majorC
Yes and where’d you go, Cassiopeia?
FF G+G
All I found were your tears in the sky
E minorEm A minorAm
In my dreams I know I’m gonna meet ya
G+G E minorEm C majorC
If only to tell you I tried