Hugh Blumenfeld Shoot the Moon written by Hugh Blumenfeld Hugh Blumenfeld vocals/acoustic guitar Mark Dann bass/vocals/drums/electric guitar Shane Shanahan percussion F#m E D When I was young all I wanted was the moon F#m E D Hung that National Geographic map in my room A E F#m In seventh grade, Mythology 101 C#m D They called me Little Endymion D You remember me now F#m E D Space was the object of all my country's desire F#m E D And the skies of my childhood were laced with launching pad fire A E F#m And I was the boy who stood under a streetlamp at night C#m D Waiting for those strange blue lights D To come take me away E D Shoot the moon A Set me down in the Sea of Tranquillity E Just the stars and me D Shoot the moon A Give me a home in the 21st century A/G# F#m A little less gravity E D I could fall free F#m E D F#m E D Shoot the moon F#m E D If I'd been ten years older, I might have been tripping on Yasgur's farm F#m E D But I probably would have been a Phantom flying over Viet Nam A E F#m In a dream of altitudes where blue turns black C#m D And never looking back At the pieces on the ground C#m F#m But I saw the choppers rise out of Saigon's fall C#m F#m And my fingers traced the writing on the long black wall C#m G And I knew there'd be no spaceships in my future F#m E B F#m E I guess I was born a little late, or way too soon. E D Shoot the moon A Set me down in the Sea of Tranquillity E Just the stars and me D Shoot the moon A Give me a home in the 21st century A/G# F#m A little less gravity E D We could fall free F#m E D F#m E D Shoot the moon F#m E D Well, a quarter of a million miles isn't really that far F#m E D It took me two Chevys, but I've done it in a car A E F#m Driving from town to town with this old guitar C#m D Built in 1969 One small step for mankind E D Shoot the moon A Set me down in the Sea of Tranquillity E Just the stars and me D Shoot the moon A Give me a home in the 21st century A/G# F#m A little less gravity C#m D F#m E D F#m E D F#m E D B It is my destiny From Hygh Blumenfeld "Rocket Science" PRIME CD Copyright © 1997 Hugh Blumenfeld/Hydrogen Jukebox (ASCAP) http://primecd.com/hugh.htm