Key:
Introduction:
C G D2
Raise the bottle to the long-gone space cadet
Am/C
He's resting himself there
Em Bm D2
In the bottom of a glass boat
C G D2
Sweet William, in the valley of the rocket ship
Am/C
When the booster's blasting off
Em Bm D2
Don't you listen, don't worry
(Interlude)
Am Em D
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C G D
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Am Em Bm D
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C G D2
All the air in the long-gone atmosphere
Am/C
Draws the strangest colored lights
Em Bm D2
And the sun, she goes darkly now
C G D2
Oh, the starlight/sunlight, when you die
Am/C
Is so pretty in the sky
Em Bm D2
In the belly of the glass boat
(Bridge)
Am B7
Take good care of yourself
I wish you well
Em Am D
Darling William, when you're lonely
G7 C7
Think of us back on Earth
B7
And I will dig my hole
Em A() D2
Every time I think I can hear you
G7 C
Somewhere out in the dark
(Outro)
D G6
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