THE SPACERACE IS OVER
WILLIAM BLOKE- 1996
WORDS and MUSIC:  Billy Bragg - 1996

Notes
From OLGA. Chords: "Boulton, Nic" <Nic.Boulton@bn.cwplc.com>

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
 

Chords:

Intro

/ / /  /   /    /   /  /          /         /
E     F#m  E   G#m F#m E          B         A      x2

Verse
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                  A      $(fill)
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     x2

Verse

   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                         A
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                E
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
    A     $
too soon

E F#m  E   G#m  F#m  E     x2

Verse

        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

Chorus
               A            E        A            E             A                E
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
    A        $
too soon

Verse

E F#m  E   G#m  F#m  E     x2
 

   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                              E (arp.)
It may look like some empty gesture to go all that was just to come 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?

Chorus

               A            E        A            E             A                   E
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
  A
nowhere