Floating Away

Em Dsus2/F# G Am
Em Dsus2/F# G Am

[Verse 1]
Em           Dsus2/F#             
    The baby won't stop screaming,
G            Am
   there are holes in the ceiling.
Em            Dsus2/F#         G
    We're all running on empty, 
            Am                  Em
  all I can think about is leaving.
             Dsus2/F#    G        
The lift's beyond repair,    screw
        Am                   Em
 faces, head down, take the stairs
                      Dsus2/F#     
And soon I'm gonna be floating 
  G
away.
         Am                 C/G
Do you remember you used to say...

[Chorus 1]
C/G                               
     What'll it be like when we 
  G
get older?
          D             Em        
We can be far away from here, 
        Dsus2/F#       C/G
we're going to the moon my dear.
C/G                           
     I see the spaceman over my 
  G                 D     
shoulder, wave to earth and 
        Em       Dsus2/F#
disappear.
 G        Am
Floating away.
Em  Dsus2/F#  G        Am
             Floating away.

[Verse 2]
Em          Dsus2/F#        G   
   I got a job in a kitchen,  
         Am
till I got sick of their bitching.
Em          Dsus2/F#           G
   Future seemed like fiction.  
            Am          Em
I'm on an intergalactic mission
                      Dsus2/F#   
but back on earth the time ticked 
    G                            
on.  I looked around and wondered 
  Am                    Em
where had my spaceman gone?
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               Dsus2/F#   
Like all those promises of 
           G                       
childhood,  if I could find a way 
   Am
to keep them like I should, you know
 I would,
Instead of floating away every time 
  C/G
I could.

[Chorus 2]
C/G                               
     What'll it be like when we 
  G
get older?
          D             Em        
We can be far away from here, 
        Dsus2/F#       C/G
we're going to the moon my dear.
C/G                           
     I see the spaceman over my 
  G                 D     
shoulder, wave to earth and 
        Em
disappear.
                Dsus2/F#     C/G
I can't breathe at this atmosphere.
                            G      
Is it just me or did it get colder?
           B
 We can be far away from...

[Bridge]
D Em D A
Here.
D Em B
Here.
D Em D A
Here.
D Em B
Here.
[bass walkdown A, G, F#]

[Break]
Em Dsus2/F# G Am
Em Dsus2/F# G Am

[Verse 3]
Em          Dsus2/F#              
   The baby stopped it's 
 G        Am
screaming,   am I awake or dreaming?
Em             Dsus2/F#          
   The time is different up here 
G                        Am
  and even though you're gone I feel
 you near.
Em            Dsus2/F#        G 
   And so for what it's worth,  
                 Am                
 there's nothing left for me down 
  Em
on earth.
              Dsus2/F#         G  
I didn't even notice you went 
          Am                 C/G
away, but I remember you used to 
say...

[Final Chorus]
What'll it be like when we get 
G
older?
          D             Em        
We can be far away from here, 
        Dsus2/F#       C/G
we're going to the moon my dear.
C/G                           
     I see the spaceman over my 
  G                 D     
shoulder, wave to earth and 
         C/G
disappear,
C/G                               
     If I could have one more 
           G               D   
chance to just hold her, maybe I 
              Em
could face this fear,
                Dsus2/F#     C/G
I can't breathe at this atmosphere.
C/G                              
     And is it just me or did it get
G
 colder?
       D                 B        
Lying alone it's all so clear, and
 from up here, I love how tiny down 
                  Em  Dsus2/F#
there everything appears.

 G         Am  Em Dsus2/F#
Floating away.
 G         Am  Em Dsus2/F#
Floating away.
 G         Am  Em Dsus2/F#
Floating away.
 G         Am  Em
Floating away...