Sam Jones
Leslie Fish
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Em D Now I met Sam Jones on dock-sideG D night in a rundown Viking bar,Em Am A kid of maybe fifteen years atEm D Em that purely nowhere starG D He had no ship, he had no skills,C D No name or family,Em Am And he looked at me like a thirstyEm D Em soul at a boundless salty sea [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 2]Em D G "Captain take me with you CaptainD I'll work for free,Em Am I was spacer born and strandedEm D Em here, dock-side’s not for me"G D Now that tale sure is an old one.C D Some stationer unwise,Em Am Had slept with some spacer loveEm D Em and got herself this prize [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 3]Em D And the kid grows up all restlessG D and dreams of fairing free,Em Am The stars and worlds and foreignEm D Em docks and things he'll never seeG D "A Spacer's more than born" IC D said, "He's trained from infancyEm And you, you've grown upAm Em D station-side boy you're no use toEm me" [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 4]Em D Well I saw him take that hope ofG D his and turn his face away,Em Am Not give up, no he'd never quitEm D Em just try further down the wayG D "Hey kid," I said "you'reC D stubborn, If you work with half that will,Em Am Well our engineer could use a handEm D Em we've got a berth to fill" [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 5]Em D He stood there with that scowlingG D look as if he hadn't heard,Em Am And then the tears ran down hisEm D Em face but he didn't say a wordG D Now he never was much for talkin'C D after we took him on board,Em Am Yes Sir, yes Ma'am, no Sir wereEm D Em all the words that he'd afford [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 6]Em D Now the engineer Kate Meachum,G D well her eyes were going badEm Am She knew I knew and that kid IEm D Em sent drove old Kate raving mad,G D "Out" she'd yell and he'd lie lowC D until old Kate got cool,Continúa después del anuncioEm Am Then back he'd go and he'd do theEm D skut, while Kate would call him aEm fool [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 7]Em D In time Kate's eyes got muchG D worse, and every crewman knew,Em Am But Kate herself, well her heartEm D would stop the day she left thatEm crewG D That close-mouthed kid would neverC talk, He just covered Kate'sD mistakesEm Am "Kate," He'd say "Check theEm D number four" or "Kate that'sEm nine-point-eight" [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 8]Em D Now we made our rounds on theG D ports we used from Haleys to Almar,Em Am And one jump all of our luck ranEm D Em out at a little K-class starG D C D We hit a rock, a vane went down the ship went kiting through,Em Am Em D No way to stop and no damn thingEm that a rescue ship could do [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 9]Em "It's the number three bar" KateD G Meachum said, "That's broken onD that vane"Em Am "I'll send a man up," I said then,Em D Em first hope I'd entertainedG D "No way," said Kate "It's outsideC D work, we can't fix that from here,Em Am And to pull that thing with aEm D Em high-V charge is the job for the engineer" [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 10]Em D Now we rode in dust at threeG quarters sea with our shields allD down and null,Em Am "Kate" I said "It's hell outEm D Em there, dust is chewing up our hull"G D "It'll chew a hard suit fasterC still, Ten minutes is all you'llD last,"Em Am "Die now or later" Old Kate said,Em D Em "I'll just work a little fast" [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 11]Em D Well Old Kate put that hard suitG D on, she went out in the driving hailEm Am Of High V gas that scoured ourEm D hull, with the shriek like a bansheeEm wailG D Her voice came back so thin andC D weak that we could hardly hear,Em Am "I'm on it now, I'm at the vane,"Em D Em I've got the cover clear [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 12]Em D And silence then a long long whileG D all drowned in static hiss,Em Am "Damn this thing, my face plate'sEm D Em fogged my sight's gone all to mist"G D "Kate" I said "Get back insideC D someone else will go,"Em Am But then I heard that aft-lockEm D Em work two levels down below [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 12]Em D "Steady, Kate" said the kid's lowG D voice then while the minutes ran,Em Am "Easy Kate, my suit's brand newEm D Em keep low as ever you canG D I'll find the pins, you tell meC D how and I'll get this bastard free,"Em Am Kate's voice then, we listenedEm D Em hard but about one word in three [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 13]Em D "Ten minutes gone," we heard KateG say, then we heard the kid's hardD breath,Em Am "I got her, shove the other inEm D Em hold on for life and death"G D Said the kid, "My arm's goneC numb, Oh that's it now there, Kate,D she's in"Em Am "Get inside fast, get outta here"Em D Em he went to static then [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEm [Verse 14]Em D "Boy hang on" we heard Kate say,G D then we heard Kate Meachum swearEm Am And quiet then, just the staticEm D Em hiss and the stillness in the airG D Ten minutes more "Power up" I saidC D for we heard no sound back there,Em Am It was my hand shoved the leverEm D Em home and the power surged and flared [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG DEmG DEm [Verse 15]Em D Our speed ebbed down and ebbedG again, as we turned for thatD K-class sunEm But Kate and the kid went onAm Em together on the trip they'd bothD Em begun,G D Old half blind Kate and young SamC D Jones made a hell of an engineerEm So turn down a glass for such asAm Em they … … … and thank god we'reD Em sitting here [Chorus]G D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too fewG D For Space is wide and good friendsEm are too few