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A augmentedA D MajorD
Our New World is so close
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Mars has treasures we're only just starting to find
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD Gadd9Gadd9 A augmentedA
Frozen mountains and crimson dust waiting for footprints that will not be mine.
FF C majorC DmDm A augmentedA
A majorA hundred years to run the first tests
FF C majorC G+G
Another to raise the first dome.
C majorC F# minorF#m E minor 7Em7 A5A5
The moon, then Mars, then Titan next
G minorGm DmDm A augmentedA
a life time to touch each new home.
A augmentedA D MajorD
And I want it so much.
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Close my eyes
I can taste the Mars dust in the air.
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD Gadd9Gadd9 A augmentedA
In the darkness the space stations shimmer in orbits that I will not share.
G+G D MajorD
But I’ll teach the student
E minorEm D MajorD
Who’ll manage the fact’ry
G+G D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA
That tempers the steel that makes colonies strong.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
And I’ll write the program that runs the computer
G+G D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA
That charts out the stars where our rockets belong.
DmDm A augmentedA Bb majorBb FF
It will never get easy to wake from my dream
G minorGm DmDm E minorEm A5A5
When the future I dream of is so far away.
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
But I am willing to sacrifice
G+G D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m
something I don’t have For something I won’t have
GM7 A augmentedA AsusAsus D MajorD
but somebody will someday.
A augmentedA D MajorD
And it feels like a waste.
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
All this working and waiting and battling time
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD Gadd9Gadd9 A augmentedA
And all for a kingdom that none of my efforts will ever make mine
FF C majorC DmDm A augmentedA
But brick by brick the Pyramids rose
FF C majorC G+G
With most hidden under the sand
C majorC F# minorF#m E minor 7Em7 A5A5
So life by life the project grows
G minorGm DmDm A augmentedA
In ways I might not understand.
A augmentedA D MajorD
I am voyaging too
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD Gadd9Gadd9 A augmentedA
We will need the foundation as much as the dome for those worlds to come true
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
And I’ll clerk the office that handles the funding
G+G D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA
That raises the tower that watches the sky.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
And I’ll staff the bookstore that carries the journal
G+G D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA
That sparks the idea that makes solar sails fly.
DmDm A augmentedA Bb majorBb FF
It takes so many sailors to conquer an ocean
G minorGm DmDm E minorEm A5A5
And so many more when it’s light-years away
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
But I am willing to sacrifice
G+G D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m
Something I don’t have for something I won’t have
GM7 A augmentedA AsusAsus D MajorD
But somebody will someday.
A augmentedA D MajorD
It’s so easy to run.
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
Hide away in my books, games and fantasy plans
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD Gadd9Gadd9 A augmentedA
Let them call me a coward who can’t face reality’s grownup demands
FF C majorC DmDm A augmentedA
But if I love my fantasy worlds
FF C majorC G+G
It’s not fantasy love that I feel.
C majorC F# minorF#m E minor 7Em7 A5A5
And so much more I feel for this
G minorGm DmDm
The world that created them
G minorGm DmDm
World we create with them
G minorGm DmDm A augmentedA
One chance to make them all real.
A augmentedA D MajorD
And I know we won’t stop.
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
We’ve planned too many wonders for one little star.
A augmentedA D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD Gadd9Gadd9 A augmentedA
Though so often the present may seem too complacent to take us that far.
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
But I’ll tell the story and I’ll draw the picture
G+G D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA
And I’ll sing the anthem that banishes doubt
G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD
And host the convention that summons the family
E minorEm F# minorF#m G+G A augmentedA
That carries the fire that never burns out
DmDm A augmentedA Bb majorBb FF
There are so many chances to give up the journey
G minorGm DmDm E minorEm A5A5
Especially when it’s so easy to stay
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
But I am willing to sacrifice
G+G D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m
Something I don’t have for something I won’t have
GM7 A augmentedA
And not only me
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
But we are willing to sacrifice
G+G D MajorD E minorEm F# minorF#m
Something we don’t have for something we won’t have
GM7 A augmentedA
So somebody will
GM7 A augmentedA AsusAsus D MajorD
So somebody will someday.