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