Countdown Chords by Rush

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_ _ _ _ _ _ Coming up on 45-20 in our countdown.
Everyone, _ _ _ _ _ _ be on the 45- _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ About _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
minus 40 minutes.
[E] Minus 40 minutes in our countdown.
_ _ _ _ Get up with _ _ anticipation _ _
We arrive at the launching site
Sky is still dark, nearing dawn
On the Florida _ coastline _ _
Surfing choppers slash the night _
Roving _ searchlight beams _ _
Magic day when super _ science
Giggles with the bright stuff of dreams
No, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ it's all fake and blah, blah, blah _
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God-nip in a hazy distance
The star of this _ unearthly show
[Em] _
Venting vapors like the breath [E] of a
Sleeping white dragon _ _
Frightening speakers, voices tense _
[A] Resume the final count
_ All [Em] _
systems check, T minus 9
As the silent drama starts to mount
[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[E] Here is Charles _ _ _
[A] A grim emotion is passed _
[G] _ Crowds and the cameras _
[A] The stars and the spectators pass _
[E] Yes, I know something
_ _ You [A] can count it with a [E] knife _ _
[F] Technology _ high
_ On [C] the leading edge of life _ _
[D] T _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ minus 27 [D] seconds
_ [G] We've lost voltage on the test sequencer [F] start
[G] T minus [A] 20 [F] seconds in counting
[C] _ [F] T _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[F] minus _ [C] 15, [F] 14, _ [G]
[A] 13,
18, _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[G] _ [A] 18, 17, _ [E] 16,
5, 4, 1, and the start we have
_ _ _ _ _ The earth and the universe starts to [A] tremble
The spreading of a [E] low-dark cloud
A thunderous roar
Shades the air like the whole world _ exploding _ _
Starching glass, a golden fire
[A] As it slowly leaves the ground
And [G]
there goes _ _ _ _ the air, a shadow _ on the sky _
[D] _ _ _ [G] 11, 13 seconds
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [F] I hope you're listening, you're going [C] for it
_ [E] Yes, I know something
_ _ You [A]
can count it with a knife
_ _ [G] _
Technology high
_ _ [A] On the leading edge of life
[E] Like a pillar of cloud
_ _ [A] The starling fingers [Em] high [F#m] in the [A] air
_ [F] _
_ _ _ Fascination
_ [C] In the eyes of the world we _ [D] share
Columbia _ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
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[D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [G] is now [A] staring for a precise [F] window of space
from the eight-engine cutoff
5, [G] _ [A] 240 seconds
[F] Columbia now 39 nautical miles down
42 [G] nautical [A] miles downrange
[F] _ _ _ [B] _ [F] _
[G] Columbia, you're looking at [A] a _ [F] _ _ [B] lot [F] of_
Youngest trips [G] really moving out [A] now
Velocity now [F] reading 6200 feet per _ [G] second
_ [A] _ _
[F] What a view, what a view
I [G] hope you're enjoying [A] it
_ [F] J.I..H. We _ _ [G] _ _ [A] have [F] 40 seconds to LOS And because of LOS, you're looking good [G] We're going over the [A] hill to see if it's [F] good We're enjoying the music, Bob, thank you [G] Oh, [A] we're enjoying it _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _