THE GALAXY SONG  (Eric Idle of Monty Python)

Am7-5                        Bb (x1333x@1)     Whenever life gets you down Mrs Brown
    Am7-5               BbAnd (x1333x@1)things seem hard or tough
    Am7-5                Bb (x1333x@1)       G7And (320001@1)people are stupid, obnoxious or daft
        Cm (x3101x@1)                        F7 (131241@1)    F6 (15xxxx@1)     FAnd (133211@1)you feel like you've had quite enou-ou-ou-ou-ough...

Bb (x1333x@1)               Dm (xx0231@1)          Gm (355333@1)           BbJust (x1333x@1)remember that you're standing on a planet that's evolving
                                       FAnd (133211@1)revolving at nine hundred miles an hour
       F7That's (131241@1)orbiting at nineteen miles a second, so it's reckoned
   F (133211@1)                              BbA (x1333x@1)sun that is the source of all our power

Bb (x1333x@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)           Gm (355333@1)              BbThe (x1333x@1)sun and you and me and all the stars that we can see
    G7 (320001@1)                        CmAre (x3101x@1)moving at a million miles a day
      Eb (x43121@3)         Ebm (xx4342@1)         Bb (x1333x@1)              Gm7
In an outer spiral arm, at forty thousand miles an hour
       Cm (x3101x@1)      F (133211@1)            BbOf (x1333x@1)the galaxy we call the Milky Way

Turnaround: |Eb Ebm|Bb Gm |Cm F  |Bb  F  |

Bb (x1333x@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)            Gm (355333@1)            BbOur (x1333x@1)galaxy itself contains a hundred billion stars
                                            FIt's (133211@1)a hundred thousand light years side to side
   F7It (131241@1)bulges in the middle, sixteen thousand light years thick
           F (133211@1)                                      BbBut (x1333x@1)out by us, it's just three thousand light years wide

Bb (x1333x@1)            Dm (xx0231@1)               Gm (355333@1)           BbWe're (x1333x@1)thirty thousand light years from galactic central point
      G7 (320001@1)                            CmWe (x3101x@1)go round every two hundred million years
        Eb (x43121@3)      Ebm (xx4342@1)       Bb (x1333x@1)        Gm7
And our galaxy is only one of millions of billions
         Cm (x3101x@1)         F (133211@1)        BbIn (x1333x@1)this amazing and expanding universe

Instrumental to verse chords, but in 6/8 Time:
|Bb Dm|Gm (xx0231@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)     |F     |
|F7    |      |F     |Bb    |
|Bb Dm|Gm (xx0231@1)Bb|G7 (x1333x@1)   |Cm    |
[Ritarduendo and Rubato]:
|Eb Ebm|Bb    |Cm F  |Bb F  |  [Fermata on last chord]

Back to Cut Common Time:
    Bb (x1333x@1)       Dm (xx0231@1)            Gm (355333@1)          BbThe (x1333x@1)universe itself keeps on expanding and expanding
                                FIn (133211@1)all of the directions it can whizz
   F7As (131241@1)fast as it can go, at the speed of light, you know
       F (133211@1)                                   BbTwelve (x1333x@1)million miles a minute, and that's the fastest speed there is

Bb (x1333x@1)                Dm (xx0231@1)         Gm (355333@1)          BbSo (x1333x@1)remember, when you're feeling very small and insecure
     G7 (320001@1)                      CmHow (x3101x@1)amazingly unlikely is your birth
    Eb (x43121@3)                Ebm (xx4342@1)          Bb (x1333x@1)            Gm7
And pray that there's intelligent life somewhere up in space
             Cm (x3101x@1)       F (133211@1)          Bb'Cos (x1333x@1)there's bugger-all down here on Earth

:Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com
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