F          Dm
I told you I'd hold you
Bb                C
Hold you till the mornin' light
F            Dm
You save me, I'll save you
Bb                  C       F
Save ourselves from our own plight

[Spoken]
(Roger that, Commander Walter...preparations for a system's check)
I'll come back just as I left!
       F
I love you!

[Sung]
F
I will return (10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1) (start ignition, we're in the green)
Dm
I will return (9, 8, 7, 6, 5) (start ignition)
N.C.
I will return.. (4, 3, 2, 1) (we're in the green) (kiss)

       F         Dm
I will wager misery
       F              Dm
I will wait, just you see
       F          Dm
I will live for tomorrow
        F          C
I won't set myself free
       F           Dm
I will be first to confess
       F          Dm
I will stray into darkness
       F          Dm
I will not lay it to rest
       F            C
I will not remember light

[Chorus]
F              Bb     F
Burning in the Stratosphere
F              Bb     F
Burning in the Stratosphere
F         Bb        F      Dm
Waited so long I no longer care
    F              Bb     F
I'm burning in the Stratosphere
F              Bb     F
Come and smash all my stars
F              Bb     F
Come and smash all my stars
  F          Bb           F       Bb
I prayed too hard and I'm back to it
     F              Bb    F
Just burning in the Stratosphere
               F              Bb        F
We're all just burning in the Stratos...phere

[Spoken]
N.C.
(Commander Walter, this is mission control, there are... energy sources escaping...)