• Song:

    A Spaceman Came Travelling

  • Artist:

    Chris De Burgh

  • Album:

    Gold

Spaceman Came Travellin'

Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1)       AmA (x02210@1)spaceman came travelling on his ship from afar,
      C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)            F (133211@1)               FG
'twas light years of time since his mission did start,
    Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)       F (133211@1)        AmAnd (x02210@1)over a village he halted his craft,
       C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)          F (133211@1)G  Am
And it hung in the sky like a star, just like a star.

Am (x02210@1)       C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)       AmHe (x02210@1)followed a light and came down to a shed,
        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)              F (133211@1)        F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Where a mother and a child were lying there on a bed,
  Am (x02210@1)            Em (022000@1)   F (133211@1)             AmA (x02210@1)bright light of silver shone round his head,
    C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)        F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G    
   AmAnd (x02210@1)he had the face of an angel, and they were afraid.

Am (x02210@1)     C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)     AmThen (x02210@1)the stranger spoke, he said "Do not fear,
  C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)           F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
I come from a planet a long way from here
    Am (x02210@1)      Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)        AmAnd (x02210@1)I bring a message for mankind to hear",
    C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)   F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G        AmAnd (x02210@1)suddenly the sweetest music filled the air.

F (133211@1)G (320003@1)  Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1)            F (133211@1)     
  AmAnd (x02210@1)it went la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)         F (133211@1) F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
La, la, la, la, la, la, la,
Am (x02210@1)        Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)         AmLa, (x02210@1)la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)      F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)
     AmPeace (x02210@1)and good will to all men, and love for the child.

Am (x02210@1)   C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)                   AmThis (x02210@1)lovely music went trembling through the ground,
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)          F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
And many were wakened on hearing that sound,
    Am (x02210@1)              Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)          AmAnd (x02210@1)travellers on the road, the village they found,
       C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)         FBy (133211@1)the light of that ship in the sky,
      F (133211@1)   G (320003@1) AmWhich (x02210@1)shone all around

Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)           AmAnd (x02210@1)just before dawn at the paling of the sky,
    C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)         F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
The stranger returned and said "Now I must fly,
     Am (x02210@1)         Em (022000@1)          F (133211@1)           AmWhen (x02210@1)two thousand years of your time has gone by,
     C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)        F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G   
 AmThis (x02210@1)song will begin once again, to a baby's cry".

Chorus x2 end w/ "To a baby's cry"

Note: This is not the entire song, but I couldn't find any versions that had this layout 
with the chords
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