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