Dr. H. Paul Shuch, aka "Dr. SETI", really likes this song! See if you can't figure out why. Inspired by the movie version of "Contact", with an homage or two to Sagan's book thrown in for good measure.
G C Am Dm7
Dooby-dooby down, bring a message down
G C Am Dm7
Dooby-dooby down, bring a message down
G C Am Dm7
Dooby-dooby down, bring a message down
G7 C Fmaj7 C
Making contact's hard to do
G C Am Dm7 G
The signals come across lightyears
C Am Dm7 G
Billions of frequencies to hear
C E7 A7 D7
It's Ellie-mentary, my dear
Dm7 Gsus
That making contact's hard to do
G7 C Am Dm7 G
To hear the Message's hiss and flow
C Am Dm7 G
Need a real huge radio
C E7 A7 D7
To ask and Arecibo
Dm7 G7 C
'Cause making contact's hard to do
C Bm Dm Bm Dm
They say that making contact's hard to do
F Eb F Eb
Funding can be hard to pursue
Dm Bm Dm Bm
Dreamers, don't fear to dare
Dm7
Although you'll need some luck and prayer
Gsus G
And just a bit of Foster care
Put on your phones, scan the Milky Way
Seeking needles in stacks of hay
Or calculate P on a Cray
'Cause making contact's hard to do.
You'll battle to get aboard the flight
Brass and bureaucrats you'll fight
As zealots claiming divine right
Keep making contact hard to do.
They say that making contact is hard to do
Until the day a signal comes through
Decode, you'll find within
The message that it's carryin'
Is from a Vega-tarian
Unite the world in a common goal
Don't let setbacks destroy your soul
When your ship worms down the hole
Then making contact's not hard to do.
So give the SETI league a look
Give your money to Dr. Shuch
Help Sagan's dream come true
Where making contact's not hard to do
Dooby-doo down down
Bring a message down dooby-doo down down
Bring a message down dooby-doo down down
Making contact's hard to -- one more iteration!
Down dooby-doo down down
Bring a message down dooby-do down down
Bring a message down dooby-do down down
Making contact's hard to do