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| The s | un is a mass of inc | andescant gas. a gi | gantic nuclear |
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| fu | rnace. |
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| Where hyd | rogen is built into he | lium at a temp | erature of |
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| mil | lions of deg | ree | s |
| Verse: |
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| The s | un is hot. the | sun is not a pl | ace where we could l | ive. |
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| But he | re on earth there'd | be no life with o | ut the light it gi | ves. |
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| We n | eed it's light we n | eed it's heat. The sun | light that we s | ee. |
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| The sun | light comes from | our own suns at | omic en | ergy. |
| Chorus: |
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| The s | un is a mass of inc | andescant gas. a gi | gantic nuclear |
| C | |
| fu | rnace. |
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| Where hyd | rogen is built into he | lium at a temp | erature of |
| C | F | Bb | F | |
| mil | lions of deg | ree | s |
| Bridge: |
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| The s | un is | hot.... |
| (The sun is so hot that everything on it is a gas. Aluminum, copper, iron, |
| and many others) |
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| The s | un is l | arge... |
| (If the sun were hollow a million earths would fit inside. and yet it |
| is only a middle sized star) |
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| The s | un is f | ar a | way... |
| (About ninty-three million miles away. And that's why it looks so small ) |
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| But e | ven when it's | out of site the s | un shines night and d | ay. |
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| We ne | ed it's h | eat. We n | eed it's l | ight. the sun | light that we s | ee |
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| The su | nlight comes f | rom our own suns at | omic en | ergy |
| ( Scientists have found that the sun is a huge atom smashing machine. The |
| heat and light of the sun are caused by nuclear reactions between hydrogen, |
| nitrogen, carbon, and helium.) |
| Chorus: |
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| The s | un is a mass of inc | andescant gas. a gi | gantic nuclear |
| C | |
| fu | rnace. |
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| Where hyd | rogen is built into he | lium at a temp | erature of |
| C | F | Bb | F | |
| mil | lions of deg | ree | s |
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