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Destination Moon
Words & Music by Roy Alfred & Marvin Fisher
Recorded by The Ames Brothers, 1956
ACome and tD9ake a Dm6trip in my rAoc Fdim- ket    sF#mhip 
We'll have a lD9ove - ly Fdimaf - E7ter - C#m7-5noon F#7  
Kiss the wD9orld gDmood - Dm6bye and a - wAay C#7we  F#mfly --
D9Des - ti - Dm6na - tE7ion mAoon. 
ATravel fD9ast as lDm6ight 'til we're lAost  Fdimfrom   sF#might 
The eD9arth is Dm6like a Fdimtoy E7bal - C#m7-5loon F#7  
What a thD9rill you Dmget Dm6ri - din' Aon  C#7a  F#mjet --
D9Des - ti - Dm6na - tE7ion mAoon.
Bridge:
D9We'll go E7up,  Bm7-5up, D9up, E7up, stD9raight to the mE7oon, D9we tAwo;
B7High in the Cdimstar - ry Dblue  I'll be B7out of this F#mworld with E7you 
ASo a - wD9ay we stDm6eal in a sApace Fdim-  mo  -  F#mbile 
A D9su - per - Dm6son - ic Fdimhon - E7ey - C#m7-5moon F#7  
Leave your cD9ares Dmbe - Dm6low, pull the swAitch, C#7let's F#mgo! 
D9Des - ti - Dm6na - tE7ion mAoon.
AInto the mD9ilky way we'll Dmwander wDm6hile we waAtch thFdime folks down F#myonder
Oh, we're D9gonna hDmave a Dm6lovely E7af - ter - C#m7-5noon.F#7  
(Instrumental Interlude -- last two lines of verse)
AUp on the D9highest constelDmlation Dm6we'll look Aout a Fdim- cross the nF#mation
'Cause the eD9arth is lDmike a Dm6tiny E7toy bal - C#m7-5loonF#7  
(Instrumental -- last two lines of verse)
Repeat Bridge:
ASo a - wD9ay we stDm6eal in a sApace Fdim-  mo  -  F#mbile 
A D9su - per - Dm6son - ic Fdimhon - E7ey - C#m7-5moon F#7  
Leave your cD9ares Dmbe - Dm6low, pull the swAitch, C#7let's F#mgo! 
D9Des - ti - Dm6na - tE7ion mAoon.AM7  D9  Bm7-5  A  

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Destination Moon

by Dinah Washington

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Dm6

Fdim

F#m

C#m7-5

F#7

C#7

Bm7-5

Cdim

AM7

Destination Moon

Words & Music by Roy Alfred & Marvin Fisher

Recorded by The Ames Brothers, 1956

A D9 Dm6 A Fdim F#m

Come and take a trip in my roc - ket ship

D9 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7

We'll have a love - ly af - ter - noon

D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m

Kiss the world good - bye and a - way we fly --

D9 Dm6 E7 A

Des - ti - na - tion moon.

A D9 Dm6 A Fdim F#m

Travel fast as light 'til we're lost from sight

D9 Dm6 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7

The earth is like a toy bal - loon

D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m

What a thrill you get ri - din' on a jet --

D9 Dm6 E7 A

Des - ti - na - tion moon.

Bridge:

D9 E7 Bm7-5 D9 E7 D9 E7 D9 A

We'll go up, up, up, up, straight to the moon, we two;

B7 Cdim D B7 F#m E7

High in the star - ry blue I'll be out of this world with you

A D9 Dm6 A Fdim F#m

So a - way we steal in a space - mo - bile

D9 Dm6 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7

A su - per - son - ic hon - ey - moon

D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m

Leave your cares be - low, pull the switch, let's go!

D9 Dm6 E7 A

Des - ti - na - tion moon.

A D9 Dm Dm6 A Fdim F#m

Into the milky way we'll wander while we watch the folks down yonder

D9 Dm Dm6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7

Oh, we're gonna have a lovely af - ter - noon.

(Instrumental Interlude -- last two lines of verse)

A D9 Dm Dm6 A Fdim F#m

Up on the highest constellation we'll look out a - cross the nation

D9 Dm Dm6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7

'Cause the earth is like a tiny toy bal - loon

(Instrumental -- last two lines of verse)

Repeat Bridge:

A D9 Dm6 A Fdim F#m

So a - way we steal in a space - mo - bile

D9 Dm6 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7

A su - per - son - ic hon - ey - moon

D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m

Leave your cares be - low, pull the switch, let's go!

D9 Dm6 E7 A AM7 D9 Bm7-5 A

Des - ti - na - tion moon.

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