Laika chords by Wil Wagner

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

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   And now it's a flurry of lab coats and hurry.
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They talk about budgets and taxpayers' money.
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   And I wag my tail and I be a good girl,
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They forgot to walk me this morning they were too busy changing the world.
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   And I'm out from my cage and I'm trying to be brave,
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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.

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   And I look down on men's little earth, sitting there quietly, wondering what it's worth.
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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.
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And I don't understand, cause I'm not as smart as them,
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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
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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
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 I was born Little Curly and I'll die with that name.