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Spacerace Is Over

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
/ / /  /   /    /   /  /          /         /
     E    F#m     E   G#m   F#m            E           B        Ax2
EWhen I F#mwas Eyoung I G#mtold F#mmy Emum    Bgonna walk on the Amoon someday
EArmstrong F#mand EAldrin G#mspoke F#mto Eme     Bthrough Houston and Cape KAennedy
                C#m       A              E                          A   E(arp.)
and I watched the Eagle landing  on a night when the moon was full
and as it tAugged at the G#mtides  I knew that Adeep iEnside I Btoo could feel
            A$
its pull
    E   F#m     E   G#m   F#m       Ex2
I lEie iF#mn my Ebed and dreG#mamed F#mI wEalked     Bon the sea of tranqAuillity
I Eknew that somedaF#my sooEn we'd all   saG#mil tF#mo thEe moon  Bon the high tide of
                                                              technAology
                C#m           A              E                     A   E(arp.)
but the dreams had all been taken and the window seats taken too
and two tAhousand & G#mone has almost cAome and Egone what am BI supposed to do?
[chorus]:
now that the spAace race is oEver its bAeen and its gEone and I'll nAever get
to the mEoon
now that the spAace race is ovEer and I cAan't help but fEeel  that we've Ball
                   A$
grown up too soon
 E    F#m     E    G#m    F#m       Ex2
now my dC#mreams have Aall been shEattered and my wAings are tattered Etoo
and I cAan still G#mfly but not haAlf as Ehigh as oBnce I wanted to
now that the spAace race is oEver its bAeen and its gEone and I'll nAever get
to the mEoon
now that the spAace race is ovEer and I cAan't help but tEhink that we've Ball
                      A$
grown up too soon
 E    F#m     E    G#m    F#m       Ex2
my Eson and I sF#mtand benEeath the gG#mreat F#mnight Esky  Band we gaze up in wAonder
EI tell him F#mthe tEale of G#mapoF#mllo  Eand he says Byeah but why did they evAer go?
It may lC#mook like sAome empty gEesture to go Aall that was just to come
    E (arp.)
back
but don't Aoffer me a G#mplace out in Acyber spEace  coz wBhere in the hell's
                                                               that at?
now that the spAace race is oEver its bAeen and its gEone and I'll nAever get
out of my rEoom
now that the spAace race is ovEer and I cAan't help but tEhink that we're Ball
just going nowAhere
The little bridging bit between verses ($) is :
       AAs9
e ------------0-----------|
B ---2--0--2--2--2--0-----|
G ---2--2--2-----2--2-----|
D ---2--2--2--------------|
A ---0--------------------|
E ------------------------|
022100 - E
577655 - A
799877 - B
244222 - F#m
466444 - G#m
x46654 - C#m  
arp. is arpeggiate the E

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Spacerace Is Over

by Billy Bragg

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

G#m

C#m

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

/ / / / / / / / / /

E F#m E G#m F#m E B A

When I was young I told my mum gonna walk on the moon someday

E F#m E G#m F#m E B A

Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me through Houston and Cape Kennedy

C#m A E A E

(arp.)

and I watched the Eagle landing on a night when the moon was full

A G#m A E B

and as it tugged at the tides I knew that deep inside I too could feel

its pull

E F#m E G#m F#m E

E F#m E G#m F#m E B A

I lie in my bed and dreamed I walked on the sea of tranquillity

E F#m E G#m F#m E B

I knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the moon on the high tide of

technology

C#m A E A E

(arp.)

but the dreams had all been taken and the window seats taken too

A G#m A E B

and two thousand & one has almost come and gone what am I supposed to do?

[chorus]:

A E A E A

now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get

to the moon

A E A E B

now that the space race is over and I can't help but feel that we've all

grown up too soon

E F#m E G#m F#m E

C#m A E A E

now my dreams have all been shattered and my wings are tattered too

A G#m A E B

and I can still fly but not half as high as once I wanted to

A E A E A

now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get

to the moon

A E A E B

now that the space race is over and I can't help but think that we've all

grown up too soon

E F#m E G#m F#m E

E F#m E G#m F#m E B A

my son and I stand beneath the great night sky and we gaze up in wonder

E F#m E G#m F#m E B A

I tell him the tale of apollo and he says yeah but why did they ever go?

C#m A E A

It may look like some empty gesture to go all that was just to come

E (arp.)

back

A G#m A E B

but don't offer me a place out in cyber space coz where in the hell's

that at?

A E A E A

now that the space race is over its been and its gone and I'll never get

out of my room

A E A E B

now that the space race is over and I can't help but think that we're all

just going nowhere

The little bridging bit between verses ($) is :

As9

e ------------0-----------|

B ---2--0--2--2--2--0-----|

G ---2--2--2-----2--2-----|

D ---2--2--2--------------|

A ---0--------------------|

E ------------------------|

022100 - E

577655 - A

799877 - B

244222 - F#m

466444 - G#m

C#m

x46654 -

arp. is arpeggiate the E

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