Laika chords by Wil Wagner

D          A6          Bm
  From here in my cage I see them make plans,
            G              D
Hear them reassure investors, shake presidents' hands.
D          A6         Bm
  The men with machines put tubes into me,
           G              D
They measure my vital signs, my flight trajectory.
D          A6           Bm
  They taught me to sit, taught me to lie down.
          G                 D
Told me that a thousand years of wondering would end now.
D             A6           Bm
  They fed me my last meal, was the same as my first.
         G           D
From here in my cage, I watch the men work.

D    A6

D         A6            Bm
  And now it's a flurry of lab coats and hurry.
        G            D
They talk about budgets and taxpayers' money.
D        A6          Bm
  And I wag my tail and I be a good girl,
              G                    D
They forgot to walk me this morning they were too busy changing the world.
D            A6            Bm
  And I'm out from my cage and I'm trying to be brave,
          G             D
But the men they are sweating and now they're injecting,
D      A6
  And as I awake
        Bm
I'm shocked and amazed.
  G
  At the sheer, crushing empty.

G       Asus        Bm   A6      G               G
  And I look down on men's little earth, sitting there quietly, wondering what it's worth.
      Asus A       Bm      Asus    G              D
And I drift away, but that's okay, there's more room to play out here than back in my cage.

A5(xxx225)    Bm
And I know I will die, but that is fine,
         G         D
Cause in some way I am helping mankind.
         A5(xxx225)            Bm
And I don't understand, cause I'm not as smart as them,
        G                D
But even a parachute would have shown that they cared.

D         A6       Bm
  And so I float on, space's only dog.
        G        D
Friend to the stars, pet of the sun.
        A6        Bm
From my little ship I dream of my bone,
       G               G
A walk in the park, something comfy to sleep on.

Asus            Bm
And they call me Laika but I'd just like to say
   A      G                 G
That I was born Little Curly and I'll die with that name.
        Asus            Bm
Yeah they call me Laika but I'd just like to say
    A      G                  D(x00235)
 I was born Little Curly and I'll die with that name.