# Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:23:19 +0000 (Z) From: "Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com> Subject: UPDATE : b/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd b/bragg_billy/spacerace_is_over.crd >From Willam Bloke / / / / / / / / / / E F#m E G#m F#m E B A x2

^EWhen I^F#m was ^Eyoung I ^G#mtold^F#m my ^Emum ^B gonna walk on the ^Amoon someday

^EArmstrong^F#m and ^EAldrin ^G#mspoke^F#m to ^Eme ^B through Houston and Cape K^Aennedy

C#m A E A E (arp.) and I watched the Eagle landing on a night when the moon was full

and as it t^Augged at the ^G#mtides I knew that ^Adeep i^Enside I ^Btoo could feel A $ its pull

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I l^Eie i^F#mn my ^Ebed and dre^G#mamed^F#m I w^Ealked ^B on the sea of tranq^Auillity I ^Eknew that someda^F#my soo^En we'd all sa^G#mil t^F#mo th^Ee moon ^B on the high tide of techn^Aology

C#m A E A E (arp.) but the dreams had all been taken and the window seats taken too

and two t^Ahousand &^G#mamp; one has almo^Ast come ^Eand gone wha^Bt am I supposed to do' [chorus]: now that the sp^Aace race is o^Ever its b^Aeen and its g^Eone and I'll n^Aever get to the m^Eoon now that the sp^Aace race is ov^Eer and I c^Aan't help but f^Eeel that we've ^Ball A $ grown up too soon

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now my d^C#mreams have ^Aall been sh^Eattered and my w^Aings are tattered ^Etoo and I c^Aan still ^G#mfly but not ha^Alf as ^Ehigh as o^Bnce I wanted to

now that the sp^Aace race is o^Ever its b^Aeen and its g^Eone and I'll n^Aever get to the m^Eoon now that the sp^Aace race is ov^Eer and I c^Aan't help but t^Ehink that we've ^Ball A $ grown up too soon

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my ^Eson and I s^F#mtand ben^Eeath the g^G#mreat ^F#mnight ^Esky ^B and we gaze up in w^Aonder ^EI tell him ^F#mthe t^Eale of^G#m apo^F#mllo ^E and he says ^Byeah but why did they ev^Aer go'

It may l^C#mook like s^Aome empty g^Eesture to go ^Aall that was just to come E (arp.) back

but don't ^Aoffer me a ^G#mplace out in ^Acyber sp^Eace coz w^Bhere in the hell's that at'

now that the sp^Aace race is o^Ever its b^Aeen and its g^Eone and I'll n^Aever get out of my r^Eoom now that the sp^Aace race is ov^Eer and I c^Aan't help but t^Ehink that we're ^Ball just going now^Ahere

The little bridging bit between verses ($) is : A 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

Billy Bragg - Spacerace is over