Intro
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[Verse]
D# A#/D
Went to buy me a paper at the local news-stand
Cm Ab
And then I heard them laugh and say
D# A#/D
Look, they're gonna go flying way up to the moon now
Ab D#
Hey, what's it good for anyway?
[Bridge]
Ab
So I said, Fellas
F
Like to ask you a thing if I may
[Chorus]
A#
What about Livingstone?
F
What about all those men?
Gm D#
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
A#
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
F
Travelling up the Nile
D#
Putting themselves on test
A#
Didn't that help the rest?
D#
Wasn't it worth it then?
A#
What about Livingstone?
[Verse]
D# A#/D
And all of those fellas at the local news-stand
Cm Ab
Didn't know what to answer or what to say
D# A#/D
So I told them about him, that he was just like
Ab D#
One of those spacemen in his way
[Bridge]
Ab
And if you laugh at them
F
Then there's only a thing I can say
[Chorus]
A#
What about Livingstone?
F
What about all those men?
Gm D#
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
A#
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
F
Travelling up the Nile
D#
Putting themselves on test
A#
Didn't that help the rest?
D#
Wasn't it worth it then?
A#
What about Livingstone?
[Chorus]
A#
What about Livingstone?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
F
What about all those men?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
Gm D#
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
A#
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
F
Travelling up the Nile
(Didn't he do it?)
D#
Putting themselves on test
A#
Didn't that help the rest?
(Didn't that help them? Well, didn't it?)
D#
Wasn't it worth it then?
[Chorus]
(fade out)
A#
What about Livingstone?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
F
What about all those men?
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
Gm D#
Who have sacrificed their lives to lead the way
A#
Tell me, wasn't it worth the while
(Didn't he do it, well didn't he?)
F
Travelling up the Nile
(Didn't he do it?)
D#
Putting themselves on test
A#
Didn't that help the rest?
(Didn't that help them? Well, didn't it?)
D#
Wasn't it worth it then?