Misc Musicals – Ghost Quartet - The Astronomer (Guitar)

                                          G
But when I do, I stand, and I sing loud, I sing loud

G     D      G
I am the astronomer,

            Am              G
And when I look through my telescope,

      D7             G
I am certain of the universe

      D7          D               Em
I am filled with wonder from the stars,

       D         D7
And I never saw anything

   Am                   D
I couldn't blame on my mind,

   C          D7        G
So I don't believe in ghosts

    G          Em
But I like to sing,

C          D
I like to sing,

C           Am               Em
And when I hear the call to prayer

D                    D7              D
Buzzing through the speakers of the mosques,

            D7               D
There's a shock, there's a stillness

        D7                 D
As the melodies twist and zap,

        D7                  D
And the air is filled with diamonds,

       C                 D7        Em
And I wish that I could sing like that,

 D           D7        G
But I don't practice enough

        G          C
I'm confounded by music

     Am          D7
And babies and laughter

     G           C
And stories and goodness,

   Am         D7
Infinity and luck

        G            C
I'm confused by the notion

      Am        D7
That somebody loves me,

     D7             G
And drugs make me crazy,

       Am          D7                     D          Am
And a clairvoyant told me once that I've got an old soul

             D7                     Em
Oh, lord, I wish I could sing like that,

D            D7        G
But I don't practice enough

 Em               G
There's a man in Iran

     Em               G
Who says he talks to ghosts,

         G           C
And the way that he does it

       G                      Em           D7
Is he hasn't spoke to anyone alive in 42 years

              Am             D
He turns his mind off every day,

        D7            Am
And he stares at the wall,

                        D7
And he is one with the universe,

        D                         D7
And he says that every soul that ever died

    Am            D              G
Is living in the shadows of the sky

        D7            Em
But if that's the experiment,

    Am            D7              Em
If that's what a scientist would have to do,

                   Am              D7  C
I'm afraid I just haven't got the time,

C           G
So I'll go home,

 D7         D
Pour some whiskey,

 Am       D7
And I'll sigh,

               D             D7
And when it's time to go to bed,

 D             D7        G
I'll keep the nightlight on.