• Song:

    Spacerace Is Over

  • Artist:

    Billy Bragg

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:23:19 +0000 (Z)
From: "Boulton, Nic" 
Subject: UPDATE : b/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd

b/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd


>From Willam Bloke


/ / /  /   /    /   /  /          /         /
E (022100@1)   F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1) G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m E (022100@1)        B (x2444x@1)       A (x02220@1)    x2


E (022100@1)   F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)     G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m E (022100@1)   B (x2444x@1)                AWhen (x02220@1)I was young I told my mum    gonna walk on the moon someday


E (022100@1)      F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)    G#m (133111@4)F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E     B (x2444x@1)                        AArmstrong (x02220@1)and Aldrin spoke to me     through Houston and Cape Kennedy


       C#m (x13321@4)       A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)                      E(arp.) (022100@1)and I watched the Eagle landing  on a night when the moon was full


           A (x02220@1)          G#m (133111@4)              A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)     Band (x2444x@1)as it tugged at the tides  I knew that deep inside I too could feel

    A (x02220@1)      $
its pull


E (022100@1)  F#m (244222@1)name="chord_022100@1">E   G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m E (022100@1)   x2


   E (022100@1) F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)        G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m E (022100@1)     B (x2444x@1)                  AI (x02220@1)lie in my bed and dreamed I walked     on the sea of tranquillity

  E (022100@1)             F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)            G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m E (022100@1)    BI (x2444x@1)knew that someday soon we'd all   sail to the moon  on the high tide of
                                                                   A (x02220@1)                                                             technology

         C#m (x13321@4)     A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)          A (x02220@1)                 E(arp.) (022100@1)but the dreams had all been taken and the window seats taken too

         A (x02220@1)      G#m (133111@4)            A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)         Band (x2444x@1)two thousand & one has almost come and gone what am I supposed to do?

[chorus]:
               A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)           Anow (x02220@1)that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get
        Eto (022100@1)the moon
               A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)             Bnow (x2444x@1)that the space race is over and I can't help but feel  that we've all
              A (x02220@1)   $
grown up too soon


E (022100@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m  E (022100@1) G#m (133111@4)F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)   x2


        C#m (x13321@4)      A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)             A (x02220@1)               Enow (022100@1)my dreams have all been shattered and my wings are tattered too

       A (x02220@1)      G#m (133111@4)         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)      Band (x2444x@1)I can still fly but not half as high as once I wanted to


               A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)           Anow (x02220@1)that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get
        Eto (022100@1)the moon
               A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)             Bnow (x2444x@1)that the space race is over and I can't help but think that we've all
              A (x02220@1)      $
grown up too soon


E (022100@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m  E (022100@1) G#m (133111@4)F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)   x2


   E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)   E (022100@1)       G#m (133111@4)F#m (244222@1) E (022100@1) B (x2444x@1)                 Amy (x02220@1)son and I stand beneath the great night sky  and we gaze up in wonder

E (022100@1)        F#m (244222@1)E (022100@1)   G#m (133111@4)name="chord_244222@1">F#m E (022100@1)          B (x2444x@1)                     AI (x02220@1)tell him the tale of apollo  and he says yeah but why did they ever go?

        C#m (x13321@4)     A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)          AIt (x02220@1)may look like some empty gesture to go all that was just to come
    E(arp.) (022100@1)back

          A (x02220@1)        G#m (133111@4)        A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)       Bbut (x2444x@1)don't offer me a place out in cyber space  coz where in the hell's
                                                               that at?

               A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)      A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)           Anow (x02220@1)that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get
           Eout (022100@1)of my room
               A (x02220@1)           E (022100@1)       A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)             Bnow (x2444x@1)that the space race is over and I can't help but think that we're all
              Ajust (x02220@1)going nowhere


The little bridging bit between verses ($) is :
     A (x02220@1)As9
e ------------0-----------|
B ---2--0--2--2--2--0-----|
G ---2--2--2-----2--2-----|
D ---2--2--2--------------|
A ---0--------------------|
E ------------------------|


EADGBe
022100 - E
577655 - A
799877 - B
244222 - F#m
466444 - G#m
x46654 - C#m

arp. is arpeggiate the E

Nic

Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com

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