Standard Tuning Capo on the 2nd fret [Verse 1] G5 B5 C5 There was darkness, there was light D5 G5 There was day and there was night B5 C5 D5 There was wrong and there was right [Chorus] ( D5 ) G5 And then there was me B5 C5 D5 You didn't even know me but you treated me like dirt G5 And then there was me B5 C5 D5 You didn't even know me but you called me a jerk G5 B5 C5 D5 And then there was meeeeeee [Verse 2] I'm from a planet near a star You wouldn't know, it's very far They're calling me the man from Mars [Chorus] But I think they're insulting me They tried to take my special suit (Insulting me) They say my head looks like fruit (What is fruit?) (Insulting me) Put your hands up or I'll shoot! [Bridge] E5 I don't have hands D5 C5 Across the galaxy, I flew G5 B5 E5 Heard a peaceful message sent by you D5 C5 Now I find you're judged by color and size D5 I can't believe what you called my... [Verse 3] I'm the guy who sailed the sky, but I think I'd like to live here Like to share your mountains, share your trees and share your rivers I've never seen so many beings of so many colours I'd like one day for you to say that I could call you brothers [Chorus] (And then there was we) I'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather (And then there was we) Then we could learn about how beings live together (And then there was we) [Coda] A5 So if you're thinking about being a spaceman C5 G5 It won't matter if you're black or white B5 C5 D5 G5 Or purple or green or blue or red B5 C5 D5 G5 Or yellow with polka dots on your head B5 C5 D5 G5 Or made of snow, or made of wheat B5 C5 D5 G5 Or looking like something that's kind of a treat B5 C5 I like your hat... [It fades out here, but you can just play the B5 , C5 , D5 , G5 progression a couple times until the end.]