Royal Republic — Everybody Wants to Be an Astronaut
Corrected some Cs to Es.
And if you play A5 C5 F5 C5-E5
A5E5F5A5
A5 at fifth fret
C5 at eight fret
F5 at second string eight fret etc.
it sounds great
Intro: Am C F C-E
AEFAmAm
Got out of bed this morning, I didn?t sleep at all
CEAm
Today I'm makin? history I'm pickin' up my call,
I'm going into space, man, don't know when I'm comming down
CEAm
But I'll send you all a message when I'm passing my ole town.
F E F E E-Dm-C-B (or: E5-D5-C5-B5)
So tell me, why is it, we're never happy?
AmC
Everybody wants to be an astronaut
FCE
And take the long tall trail into the stars.
AmE
Everybody wants to show a brother what they got.
FEAm
Everybody wants to be an astronaut.
Am
I can feel my body shiver, the lights are everywhere,
CEAm
They marvel at my heartbeats inside the atmosphere.
And I'm looking at the world, in a way you never could
CEAm
I knew I'd be a traveling man, but I misunderstood.
F E F E E-Dm-C-B (or: E5-D5-C5-B5)
So tell me, why is it, we're never happy?
AmC
Everybody wants to be an astronaut
FCE
And take the long tall trail into the stars.
AmE
Everybody wants to show a brother what they got.
FEAm
Everybody wants to be an astronaut.
break: Dm Bb A
DBADBAGFEDmBbA
Don't you tell me that I never
DmBbA
I will show you what I?m made of
DmBbA
Ready for the easy hey come on, let's go outside and play
GFE
What you say?
AmC
Everybody wants to be an astronaut
FCE
And take the long tall trail into the stars.
AmE
Everybody wants to show a brother what they got.
FE
Everybody wants to be?
(same as chorus)
AmCFCE
La la la la la la la?
AmEFEAm
La la la la la la la?
AmC
Everybody wants to be an superstar
FCE
Rock the world and make the cover at The Times
AmE
?Cause everybody 's happy when they?re playing the guitar.
FE
Everybody wants to be
FE
Everybody wants to be
FEAm
Everybody wants to be an astronaut.