Hugh Blumenfeld - Shoot the moon

^F#mWhen I was young ^Eall I wanted was the ^Dmoon ^F#mHung that National ^EGeographic map in my r^Doom In ^Aseventh grade, ^EMythology ^F#m101 ^C#mThey called me Little Endy^Dmion ^DYou remember me now ^F#mSpace was the object ^Eof all my country's ^Ddesire ^F#mAnd the skies of my childhood ^Ewere laced with launching^D pad fire And ^AI was the boy who ^Estood under a streetlamp at ^F#mnight ^C#mWaiting for those strange blue ^Dlights ^DTo come take me away ^EShoot the ^Dmoon Set me down in the Sea of Tranq^Auillity Just the stars and ^Eme Shoot the ^Dmoon Give me a home in the 21st cen^Atury A little ^A/G#less ^F#mgravity ^EI could fall ^Dfree Shoot the ^F#mmoon ^{E D F#m E D F#m}If I'd been ten years older, ^EI might have been tripping on ^DYasgur's farm ^F#mBut I probably would have been a ^EPhantom flying over ^DViet Nam In a ^Adream of altitu^Edes where blue turns ^F#mblack ^C#mAnd never looking ^Dback

^C#mBut I saw the choppers rise out of ^F#mSaigon's fall ^C#mAnd my fingers traced the writing on the l^F#mong black wall ^C#mAnd I knew there'd be no spaceships in my fut^Gure I guess I was ^F#mborn a little late, or ^Eway too so^Bon. ^{F#m E E}Shoot the ^Dmoon Set me down in the Sea of Tranq^Auillity Just the stars and m^Ee Shoot the ^Dmoon Give me a home in the 21st cen^Atury A little ^A/G#less ^F#mgravity ^EWe could fall ^Dfree Shoot the ^F#mmoon ^{E D F#m E D F#m}Well, a quarter of a million ^Emiles isn't really that f^Dar ^F#mIt took me two Chevys, ^Ebut I've done it in a ^Dcar Driving ^Afrom town to ^Etown with this old g^F#muitar ^C#mBuilt in 1^D969

^EShoot the m^Doon Set me down in the Sea of Tranq^Auillity Just the stars and ^Eme Shoot the ^Dmoon Give me a home in the 21st cen^Atury A little ^A/G#less grav^F#mity ^C#mIt is my desti^Dny ^{F#m E D F#m E D F#m E D B}