F  F F/A F/C
F    F/A F/C
G    G/G# Am
     Cm/B  C

[Verse 1]
C                       E
Can you tell me how old Dan might have done it

F7/A                   Cm Cm Cm
If he'd been here now, holy cow

                                     C
My stars might have been read on the planet Mars

E                                 Am
Because I don't have foresight to see

                               Cm
If we still be together in the twenty first

                         C
In the twenty first century

[Verse 2]

C                    E
He's our flying ace, pilot of the future

F7/A                 Cm Cm Cm
In an endless space, holy cow

                                    C
My eyes never saw a rocket that was quite that size

E                        Am
Because I don't have the energy

                            Cm
To be cat and mouse for the champions

                          C
For the champions of destiny

[Chorus]

   F7   F7/A    F7/C F7/A
So long captain Dan

          F7           F7/A       F7/C
I fail to see what motivates your hands

F7/A C
Goodbye restless night

           D
You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight

   C   F/C C    Fm
So long,     so long

[Bridge]
F                       F F/A
Dan Dare doesn't know it

F/C               F F/A
He doesn't know it

F/C               G G/G# Am
He doesn't know it

      Cm/B      C
But I liked the Mekon

[Interlude]
C          E          F7/A        Cm Cm Cm
C          E          Am          Cm     C
C          E          F7/A        Cm Cm Cm
C          E          Am          Cm     C

[Chorus]

   F7   F7/A    F7/C F7/A
So long captain Dan

          F7           F7/A       F7/C
I fail to see what motivates your hands

F7/A C
Goodbye restless night

           D
You know I loved Dan Dare, but I couldn't make his flight

   C   F/C C    Fm
So long,     so long

[Outro]
F                       F F/A
Dan Dare doesn't know it

F/C               F F/A
He doesn't know it

F/C               G G/G# Am
He doesn't know it

      Cm/B      C
But I liked the Mekon