Blitzen Trapper – Astronaut chords
Chords:
(Some help from http://www.blitzentrapper.net/forum/astronaut) Capo 3 Verse 1:E ANow if you're gonna play your games with meA A/G E DLike a leaf in the the top of the treeA E DYou better watch your step when you're coming back downG CFrom the city on out to the seaVerse 2:E AAnd if your brothers come after meA A/G E DWith their horses so wild and so freeA E DI'll be waiting at the gate in a terrible stateG CWith the man who holds the keyG CAnd he'll treat you quite carelesslyPrechorus:A E DFor he knows my face from a previous placeG CFrom a country in a foreign landG C G/BThrowing dice in a game of chance on the sandA E DBut I lost my cool, and fate loves a foolG CNow I'm standing on the edge of the pastG D/F# Em D A CIn my spacesuit hoping that this woman will call me at lastChorus:E D A G C A7'Cause I'm an astronaut on the shores of this grand illusionE D A G C And I'm falling down at the sound of this beating heartA7 CYeah, this beating heartA7 D B7,Em,D/F#, G,A Yeah, this beating heartBridge: E,D,A A,G,EE D AYour friends all tell you that you gotta make a changeA G EGotta make this break in so many kind of waysE D AThe sky to the trees, from the trees to the earth'A G EFrom the earth to your grave, from the grave to your birthE D AYour heart's been heavy with the silver and the goldA G EBut the gold ain't yours 'cause his heart's been soldC DFor to pay your lover's wayG G/F# A7And the ship it sails today EE D AOh my, my now we're rollin' by and byA G EGot my children to light the wayE D AOh my, my now we're rollin' by and byA G EGot my brothers to light the wayE D AOh my, my now we're rollin' by and byA G EGot my sisters to light the wayC DYou gotta pay your lover's wayG G/F# A7And the ship it sails todayVerse 3:E ASo if you're gonna play your games with meA A/G EBetter use some real trickeryA E DYou better get smart 'cause that lock on your heartG CIt ain't as heavy as it used to beG CIn a land without no gravityA E DIn this windless place, on the edge of spaceG CWhere the saints and the sinners have passedG CWith the dead satellites and the trashG D/F# Em D/F# AIn my spacesuit hoping that this woman will call me at lastE D A G C A7'Cause I'm an astronaut on the shores of this grand illusionE D A G C And I'm falling down at the sound of this beating heartA7 CYeah, this beating heartA7 D B7,Em,D/F#, G,A Yeah, this beating heartE