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Spacerace Is Over

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Billy Bragg (Stephen William Bragg, Barking, Essex, England, 20 December, 1957) is an English singer, songwriter and left-wing activist. His music blends elements of folk music, punk rock and protest songs, and his lyrics mostly deal with political or romantic themes.

In 1977, Bragg formed the punk rock/pub rock band Riff Raff, and toured London's pubs and clubs. The band released a series of singles, which did not receive wide exposure. He also worked in Guy Norris Records in Barking.

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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 21:23:19 +0000 (Z)
From: "Boulton, Nic"
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

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

A $
its pull

E F#m E G#m F#m E x2

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
A
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
E
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
A $
grown up too soon

E F#m E G#m F#m E x2

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
E
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
A $
grown up too soon

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
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
E
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
A
just going nowhere

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

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