Chords for Minus Ten and Counting 21 - The Mass-Driver Engineer
Tempo:
162.3 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
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[G] I'm a mass driver [Bm]
engineer, [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter captain [Em] in the high [A] frontier, [D] running [G] three months [Bm] out of series.
Three months [D] out of series.
My ship is a [Em]-hauling lazy [G] and slow, [A] acceleration [D] takes time.
A little thrust [G] and we're [A] underway, [G] heading out from the [D] asteroid mines.
The engine's ten [G] kilometers long, [A] a sphere of coils and solar [D] arrays.
Our reaction mass [G] is a rock [A] and slag, out here we don't throw [D] nothing away.
I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] engineer, [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter [G]
captain in the [A] high frontier, [Bm] running three months out of series.
Three [G] months [D] out of series.
Casting [G] off from Port O'Neill, bound [A] for an [D] L5 colony.
With a load of [G] chemicals to [A] supply [G] their industrial [D] economy.
Hydrogen, [G] carbon and [Bm] nitrogen, [A] the asteroid's [D] processed plenty.
We're the only closed [G] source beyond [A] old Earth, cause the moon it [D] hasn't any.
[G] I'm a mass [Em] driver [Bm] engineer, [G] on course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter captain [G] in the [C#] high frontier, [D] running three [G] months [Bm] out of series.
[D] Three [G] months [D] out of series.
Velocity [G] changes, completed and true, we're [A] approaching [D] cargo target.
Then the payload's [G] dropped and on [A] its own, [D] falling into L5 orbit.
Do a job well [G] done and we're going [A] home.
Come about, turn your tail [D] to the sun, I got three months leave [G] before [A] I'm gone.
On another L5 [D] colony run, I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] engineer.
[G] On course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter captain [G] in the high frontier, running three months [Bm] out of series.
[D] Three [G] months [D] out of series.
A freighter [G] captain in the high frontier, running three months [D] out of series.
[G]
[G] I'm a mass driver [Bm]
engineer, [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter captain [Em] in the high [A] frontier, [D] running [G] three months [Bm] out of series.
Three months [D] out of series.
My ship is a [Em]-hauling lazy [G] and slow, [A] acceleration [D] takes time.
A little thrust [G] and we're [A] underway, [G] heading out from the [D] asteroid mines.
The engine's ten [G] kilometers long, [A] a sphere of coils and solar [D] arrays.
Our reaction mass [G] is a rock [A] and slag, out here we don't throw [D] nothing away.
I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] engineer, [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter [G]
captain in the [A] high frontier, [Bm] running three months out of series.
Three [G] months [D] out of series.
Casting [G] off from Port O'Neill, bound [A] for an [D] L5 colony.
With a load of [G] chemicals to [A] supply [G] their industrial [D] economy.
Hydrogen, [G] carbon and [Bm] nitrogen, [A] the asteroid's [D] processed plenty.
We're the only closed [G] source beyond [A] old Earth, cause the moon it [D] hasn't any.
[G] I'm a mass [Em] driver [Bm] engineer, [G] on course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter captain [G] in the [C#] high frontier, [D] running three [G] months [Bm] out of series.
[D] Three [G] months [D] out of series.
Velocity [G] changes, completed and true, we're [A] approaching [D] cargo target.
Then the payload's [G] dropped and on [A] its own, [D] falling into L5 orbit.
Do a job well [G] done and we're going [A] home.
Come about, turn your tail [D] to the sun, I got three months leave [G] before [A] I'm gone.
On another L5 [D] colony run, I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] engineer.
[G] On course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
A freighter captain [G] in the high frontier, running three months [Bm] out of series.
[D] Three [G] months [D] out of series.
A freighter [G] captain in the high frontier, running three months [D] out of series.
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[G] I'm a mass driver _ [Bm] _
_ engineer, [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of _ space.
A freighter captain [Em] in the high [A] frontier, [D] running [G] three months [Bm] out of series.
_ _ Three months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _
My ship is a [Em]-hauling lazy [G] and slow, [A] acceleration _ [D] takes time. _
A little thrust [G] and we're [A] underway, [G] heading out from the [D] asteroid mines. _
The engine's ten [G] kilometers long, [A] a sphere of coils and solar [D] arrays.
Our reaction mass [G] is a rock [A] and slag, out here we don't throw [D] nothing away.
I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] engineer, _ _ [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of _ space.
A freighter [G]
captain in the [A] high frontier, [Bm] running three months out of series.
_ _ Three [G] months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Casting [G] off from Port O'Neill, bound [A] for an [D] L5 colony.
With a load of [G] chemicals to [A] supply [G] their industrial _ [D] _ economy. _
Hydrogen, [G] carbon and [Bm] _ nitrogen, [A] the asteroid's [D] processed plenty.
We're the only closed [G] source beyond [A] old Earth, cause the moon it [D] hasn't any.
[G] I'm a mass [Em] driver _ [Bm] engineer, _ _ [G] on course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
_ A freighter captain [G] in the [C#] high frontier, [D] running three [G] months [Bm] out of series.
_ [D] Three [G] months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _
_ Velocity [G] changes, completed and true, we're [A] approaching [D] cargo target.
Then the payload's [G] dropped and on [A] its own, [D] falling into _ L5 orbit.
Do a job well [G] done and we're going [A] home.
Come about, turn your tail [D] to the sun, I got three months leave [G] before [A] I'm gone.
On another L5 [D] colony run, I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] _ engineer.
_ [G] On course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
_ A freighter captain [G] in the high frontier, running three months [Bm] out of series.
_ _ [D] Three [G] months [D] out of series.
_ _ A freighter [G] captain in the high frontier, running three months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] I'm a mass driver _ [Bm] _
_ engineer, [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of _ space.
A freighter captain [Em] in the high [A] frontier, [D] running [G] three months [Bm] out of series.
_ _ Three months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _
My ship is a [Em]-hauling lazy [G] and slow, [A] acceleration _ [D] takes time. _
A little thrust [G] and we're [A] underway, [G] heading out from the [D] asteroid mines. _
The engine's ten [G] kilometers long, [A] a sphere of coils and solar [D] arrays.
Our reaction mass [G] is a rock [A] and slag, out here we don't throw [D] nothing away.
I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] engineer, _ _ [G] off [A] course through the vacuum motion [D] of _ space.
A freighter [G]
captain in the [A] high frontier, [Bm] running three months out of series.
_ _ Three [G] months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Casting [G] off from Port O'Neill, bound [A] for an [D] L5 colony.
With a load of [G] chemicals to [A] supply [G] their industrial _ [D] _ economy. _
Hydrogen, [G] carbon and [Bm] _ nitrogen, [A] the asteroid's [D] processed plenty.
We're the only closed [G] source beyond [A] old Earth, cause the moon it [D] hasn't any.
[G] I'm a mass [Em] driver _ [Bm] engineer, _ _ [G] on course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
_ A freighter captain [G] in the [C#] high frontier, [D] running three [G] months [Bm] out of series.
_ [D] Three [G] months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _
_ Velocity [G] changes, completed and true, we're [A] approaching [D] cargo target.
Then the payload's [G] dropped and on [A] its own, [D] falling into _ L5 orbit.
Do a job well [G] done and we're going [A] home.
Come about, turn your tail [D] to the sun, I got three months leave [G] before [A] I'm gone.
On another L5 [D] colony run, I'm [G] a mass [A] driver [Bm] _ engineer.
_ [G] On course [A] through the vacuum motion [D] of space.
_ A freighter captain [G] in the high frontier, running three months [Bm] out of series.
_ _ [D] Three [G] months [D] out of series.
_ _ A freighter [G] captain in the high frontier, running three months [D] out of series. _ _ _ _ _
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