G D G Am G D G D G C D

[Verse]
G            D             Em
If I built a rocket in the garden
Am       G                   D
A budget way of public travelling
G               D           Em          D
Maybe there's a vacancy at NASA with a salary
C                   D           G
For singers losing confidence to sing

[Verse]
G                   D         G         Em
And I scavenged for fuel for ideal velocity
Am      G                  D
50 miles up I earned my wings
G                D              Em
I built a helmet from an unused fishbowl
C                    D        G
And a duvet for my parachute landing


[Verse]
G              D                       G
I promise that I won't be gone for too long
G      C                G            D
I just want to feel the loss of gravity
G             D                     Em
Is there any way to feel this weightless?
D                   C
Without a ticket to Israel
D                     G
And go and swim in the Dead Sea

[Verse]
G             D            G
So I built a rocket in the garden
G      Am           G          D
And I scheduled the launch for Sunday eve
G                        D   Em
Experience one beautiful or  bit
G
With the optimism that
G   C             D        G
I'd still make it home for tea

[Verse]
G                     D               Em
If all goes well I'll be the first of many
Em   Am       G         D
Pion eers of DIY astronomy
D  G                     Em
Adventurers of the great beyond
Em             G
I can hear the slogan in the song
C            D        G
The sky's no limit to me

[Instrumental as intro]
Am G Am G D G D   G C D G D

[Verse]
G         D               Em
I think I need to build a bigger rocket
Am         G                        D
One with a second seat right next to me
G             D       Em          D
You can be my lovely navigator
C                       D          G
And I can offer you the world for free