Chords for Pushin' the Speed of Light - Julia Ecklar & Anne Prather

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Now the big [Db] ships fly [Fm] to a hundred [Bbm]
suns by pushing [Ab] the [F] speed [Bbm] of light.
[Db] And they want [Ab] good event [Fm] for the deep [Bbm] space runs, [Db] pushing [Ab] the [Fm] speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Gb] And the pay [Fm] is good [Bbm] and you're [Eb] young [Ab] and strong [Bbm] and you tell [Ab] yourself [Bbm] that it won't be long.
So you sign [Db] on board, [Fm] hear the dry-as [Bbm]-heat song, pushing [Ab] the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Gb] [Abm] Pushing the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Gb] And you've left [Fm] behind [Eb] here the world [Ab] of men with no way in space [Bbm] to go home again.
When you're pushing [Ab] the speed [Gb] of light.
_ [Db] Pushing [Ab] the speed [Bbm] of light.
_ _ _ Now it's two [Db] months [Ab] out and it's two months [Bbm] back when you're pushing [Ab]
[Fm] the [Bbm] speed of light.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] Twenty [Fm] years on your [Bbm] homeworld's [Db] track, pushing [Ab] the [Fm] speed of [Bbm] _ light.
[Gb] And your [Fm] friends are [Bbm] gone and your [Ab] lovers too [Bbm] and there's [Ab] them all [Bb] left [Fm] and you [Bbm] can't do.
So you try to lie [Fm] but you know [Bbm] it's true.
Pushing [Ab]
the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
Pushing [Ab]
the [Bbm] speed of _ _ light. _
So you sign [Db] back [Ab] on for [Bbm] another run of [Ab] pushing [Fm] the speed of [Bbm] light.
[Db] And you [Ab] swear to [Fm] God that your pushing's [Bbm] done, [Db] pushing [Ab] the [Fm] [Bbm] speed of _ light.
[Gb] But that one [Fm] run [Bbm] turns into four [Ab] or five [Bbm] and your heart [Ab] beats trying [Fm] to overcome [Bbm] it's pride.
And there's nothing [Db] left [Fm] keeps you [Bbm]
alive but pushing [Ab] the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Eb] Pushing [Ab] the [Fm] speed [Bbm] of _ _ _ light.
_ Now you've spread [Db] your seed [Ab] with the star [Bbm] drives flame by pushing [Ab] the [Fm] speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Db] Left your [Ab] sons behind [Fm] you to carry [Bbm] your [Db] name, pushing [Ab] the [Fm] speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Gb] And you [Fm] watch them age [Bbm] and you [Ab] watch them die [Bbm] as you race [Ab] the light.
[Fm] Between the cross [Bbm] the sky and the gods are [Fm] silent when you ask [Bbm] them why.
Pushing [Ab] the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Ab] Pushing the speed [Bbm] of light. _ _ _
Now the [Db] speed of sea [Ab] is all [Bbm] they say when you're pushing [Ab] the [Fm] speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Db] That [Ab] cuts you off [Fm] from [Bbm] yesterday, _ pushing [Ab] the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Gb] But you know [Fm] someday you're [Bbm] gonna win [Ab] that race [Bbm] and fly back [Ab] for years [Fm] in your party [Bbm]
gear.
And you'll stay a [Ab] while before you're back [Bbm] in space pushing [Ab] the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
[Db] [Ab] Pushing the speed [Bbm] of _ light.
And you're left [Fm] behind [Bbm] in the world [Ab] of men with no way in hell [Fm] to go [Bbm] again.
When you're pushing [Ab] the speed [Gb] of _ _ [Ab] light.
Pushing the [Bbm] speed of light.
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