Chords for Minus Ten and Counting 13 - Fire in the Sky

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Prometheus, [Bb] they say, [Gm] brought God's fire [C] down to man,
And [Bb] we've caught it, [Gm] tamed it, trained it, [Ab] since our [Dm] history [Cm] began.
_ [Eb] Now we're going [Bb] back to heaven [Cm] just to look him [Gm] in the eye,
And [Cm] there's a thunder [Bb] across the [Dm] land and a fire [Cm] in the _ sky. _ _
_ _ Gagarin [Bb] was the first, [Gm] back in [Cm]
1961,
When, [Bb] like Ingeris, [Gm] on dawn's day he climbed to reach [Cm] the sun.
[Eb] And he knew [Bb] he might not make it, for [Ab] it's never hard [Bb] to die,
[Cm] But he lifted off [Bb] the pad [Dm] and wrote a fire in [Cm] the sky. _
_ _ _ Yet a higher goal [Bb] was calling, and [Gm] we vowed [Cm] to reach it soon,
And [Bb] we gave ourselves [Gm] a decade to put fire on [Cm] the moon.
And Apollo told [Bb] the world, we [Ab] can do [Bb] it if we try,
[Cm] And there was one [Bb] small [Dm] step and a fire [Cm] in the sky.
_ _ _ Now two decades [Gm] since Gagarin, twenty [Cm] years to the day,
[Bb] We've a shuttle [Gm] named [C] Columbia [Dm] to open up [Cm] the way. _
[Eb] Though they say she's [Bb] just a truck, [Ab] she's a truck that's [Bb] aiming high.
[Cm] See her big [Bb] jets [Dm] burning, see her fire [Cm] in the sky. _ _ _ _
Now the rest is [Bb] up to us, [Gm] there's a future [Cm] to be won,
[Bb] We must turn our [Gm] faces outward, we will do what [Cm] must be done.
[Eb] For no cradle [Bb] lasts forever, [Ab] every bird must [Bb] learn to fly.
And [Cm] we are going [Bb] to the stars, [Ab] see our [Bb] fire [Cm] in the sky.
Yes, we're going [Bb] to the [Ab] stars, see our [Bb] fire in [Cm] the [Bb] sky.
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