Orbiting Jupiter Chords
Orbiting Jupiter by Cheryl Wheeler is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, Dm, G, C, Em and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Am Dm G (2x) Am
Dm G Am
Orbiting Jupiter with telescopic eyes
C G
Floating in the wonder of the weightless world
Am
Watching all the planets rise
Dm
Gazing through the asteroid belt
G Am
Out beyond night and day
Seeing with my own eyes
G Em Am
The cosmic ballet
F G
Ganymede and Io rising
Am
Talk about a haloed moon
F G
I am drifting wide-eyed listening
Am G-C
To the static in the solar tune
Am F
There's comfort in starlight
G C
In moonlight guiding my way home
Am F
I'm falling for midnight
G F
For lovely worlds of ice and stone
G F G
And I am alone tonight
Am Dm G Am
Orbiting Jupiter, sailing on my own
C
Headed for the heavens of the blue green world
G Am
I'm dreaming of home
Dm
Witness to the miracle
G Am
Oh, I could testify all night
Rolling in the blue tide
G Em Am
Howling in the moonlight
F G
Gazing on the gift we're given
Am
A mystery from a magic storm
F G
Turning to secret rhythm
Am G-C
Nestled in the spiral arm
Am F
There's comfort in starlight
G C
In moonlight guiding my way home
Am F
I'm falling for midnight
G F
For lovely worlds of ice and stone
G F G
And I am alone tonight
Bridge:
F
I want to see the world through other eyes
G
Some electron in the Milky Way
F
I want to meet a man Orion's size
G
I want to hear the giant lyre play
F
And Canis bay____
INTERLUDE: G F G C
Am F
There's comfort in starlight
G C
In moonlight guiding my way home
Am F
I'm falling for midnight
G Am
For lovely worlds of ice and stone
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
Am Dm G Am Dm G