Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

There was darkness, there was light

There was day and there was night

There was wrong and there was right

Chorus

And then there was me

You didn't even know me but you treated me like dirt

And then there was me

You didn't even know me but you called me a jerk

And then there was meeeeeee

Verse 2

I'm from a planet near a star

You wouldn't know, it's very far

They're calling me the man from Mars

Chorus

But I think they're insulting me

They tried to take my special suit

(Insulting me)

They say my head looks like fruit

(What is fruit?)

(Insulting me)

Put your hands up or I'll shoot!

Bridge

I don't have hands

Across the galaxy, I flew

Heard a peaceful message sent by you

Now I find you're judged by color and size

I can't believe what you called my...

Verse 3

I'm the guy who sailed the sky, but I think I'd like to live here

Like to share your mountains, share your trees and share your rivers

I've never seen so many beings of so many colours

I'd like one day for you to say that I could call you brothers

Chorus

(And then there was we)

I'd like to learn about your pizza and your weather

(And then there was we)

Then we could learn about how beings live together

(And then there was we)

Coda

So if you're thinking about being a spaceman

It won't matter if you're black or white

Or purple or green or blue or red

Or yellow with polka dots on your head

Or made of snow, or made of wheat

Or looking like something that's kind of a treat

I like your hat... [It fades out here, but you can just play the , , ,

progression a couple times until the end.]