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