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If I built a rocket in the garden
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A budget way of public travelling
A            E5/G#         F#m         E
Maybe there’s a vacancy at NASA with a salary
    D              E             A
For singers losing confidence to sing

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And I scavenged for fuel for ideal velocity
    D               A           E
and 50 miles up I earned my wings
    A            E5/G#          F#m      E
I built a helmet from an unused fishbowl
    D              E9           A
And a duvet for my parachute landing

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I promise that I won’t be gone for too long
D               A           E
I just wanna feel the loss of gravity
A              E5/G#            F#m
Is there any way to feel this weightless
          E         D
Without a ticket to Israel
           E             A
And go and swim in the Dead Sea

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So I built a rocket in the garden
D                    A           E
And I scheduled the launch for Sunday eve
A              E5/G#        F#m
Experience one beautiful orbit
          E         D
With the optimism that
        E             A
I’d still make it home for tea

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If all goes well I’ll be the first of many

D               A       E
Pioneers of DIY astronomy
A           E5/G#            F#m
Adventurers of the great beyond
               E         D
I can hear the slogan in the song
           E      A
The sky’s no limit for me

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       E  D  E  A

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I think I need to build a bigger rocket
D                   A                 E
One with a second seat right next to me
A             E5/G#       F#m   E
You can be my lovely navigator
    D          E                      A9
And I can offer you the world for free