Gregory Alan Isakov - Astronaut
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Chords:
It sounds best if you add a base note of G to the C chords and C to the Fmaj7.
Gives a fuller sound.
G chord sounds better if you play as shown (technically a G6add11 or Cmaj9)
Listen to the song for strum pattern - best to give emphasis on base notes.
C/G G Am Fmaj7/C E7 Em
e|---0----0----0----0-------0-----0-|
b|---1----1----1----1-------0-----0-|
g|---0----0----2----2-------1-----0-|
d|---2----0----2----3-------0-----2-|
a|---3----2----0----3-------2-----2-|
e|---3----3----x----x-------0-----0-|
C/GI work mornings in the old yard
E7digging in the ground
Fmaj7but I moonlight as an astronaut
C/Gmostly just sit around and Ghowl
C/Gwon't you come to my house tonight
E7we could sleep on the floor
Fmaj7I got this window that looks out to Orion
C/GI paid extra forG
Amoh forget about the sun
Emhe's forgotten us by now
Fmaj7 C/G (quiet strum)
kiss me so I remember how
Amwe'll turn these sorrows into strangers
Fmaj7buy them a ticket on the train
C/Gdrop 'em off at the station
E7watch 'em ride far away
Fmaj7 Am C/G x3
far away . . .
Fmaj7 C/G G (end on C/G)
far away...