Amanda Palmer – Astronaut (Ukulele)

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Chords

This is a Ukulele Chord adapation created using the Piano Companion from the Who Killed Amanda Palmer album. I have altered the provided Guitar Chords found in the sheet music to fit a Ukulele. Anywhere there is Dsus2 Chord you can Substitute Esus4 if you're that fancy or perhaps using a Baritone Uke. The easiest way to play Dsus2 and Esus4 on the Standard/Concert Ukulele are the exact same. [Intro][Instrumental Breakdown] Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G [Verse 1]
F               G             Am
    Is it enough to have some love,

F               G             Am
small enough to slip inside a book,

F               G               Am
small enough to cover with your hand, because

F             G              Am
everyone around you wants to look?
[Verse 2]
F               G             Am
    Is it enough to have some love,

F               G              Am
small enough to fit inside the cracks?

F               G                Am
The pieces don't fit together so good

F                          G             Am
with all the breaking and all the gluing back.
[Verse 3]
F                  G              Am
And I am still not getting what I want.

F                   G                  Am
I want to touch the back of your right arm.

F                  G             Am
I wish you could remind me who I was, because

F               G              Am
every day I'm a little further off.
[Chorus A]
F                Am        G
But you are, my love, the astronaut,

F               C       Bb
flying in the name of science.

F             Am      G
I will gladly stay an after thought

F                    C      Bb
Just bring back some nice reminders.
[Instrumental Breakdown] Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G [Verse 4]
F             G             Am
Is it getting harder to pretend that

F                G              Am
life goes on without you in the wake? And

F               G                 Am
can you see the means without the end, in the

F              G              Am
random frantic action that we take? And
[Verse 5]
F             G           Am
is it getting easy not to care

F                G                 Am
despite the many rings around your name? It

F               G        Am
isn't funny and it isn't fair; you've

F                 G                Am
traveled all this way and it's the same.
[Chorus a]
F                Am        G
But you are, my love, the astronaut,

F               C       Bb
crashing in the name of science.

F             Am      G
I will gladly stay an after thought

F                    C      Bb
Just bring back some nice reminders.
[Instrumental Breakdown] Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G [Bridge]
Dm                 Dsus2          F               G
I would tell them anything to see you split the evening, but

Dm              Dsus2         F          G
as you see I do not have an awful lot to tell.

Dm               Dsus2              F                G
Everybody's sick for something that they can find fascinating;

Dm               Dsus2        F              G
everyone but you and even you aren't feeling well.
[Instrument Solo] F Am G F C Bb F Am G F C Bb [Chorus B]
F                Am        G
Yes! you are, my love, the astronaut,

F               C       Bb
crashing in the name of science.

F                  Am        G
Just my luck, they found you upper half,

F           C      Bb
It's a very nice reminder.

F           C      Bb
It's a very nice reminder.
[Instrumental Breakdown] Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G Dm Dsus2 F G Dm Dsus2 A G [Verse 6][Outro]
F           G                  Am
you may be acquainted with the night, but

F               G               Am
I have seen the darkness in the day, and you must

F           G          Am
know it's a terrifying sight, because

F             G               Am
you and I are living the same way.