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Song title:      The Space Race Is Over
Original Album:	 William Bloke

Words and Music by Billy Bragg
Copyright © 1996 Cooking Vinyl Records
Published by ???

Transcribed by Gavin Chart (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Chords:
E    022100
F#5  244xxx
G#5  466xxx


[play Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]


Guitar Figure 1
  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-----------1-----------|-------------1-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-0---0---0---2-------0-------4---|-----2-------0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |



VERSE1:
Notes:
Guitar Figure 1 is the basis for the verse chords as shown below.

Fill1
  A
|---------------------------------|
|-2---0---0-------2---------------|
|-2---2---2-------2---------------|
|-2---2---2-------2---------------|
|-0---------------0---------------|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |

Chords:
E    022100    Badd11  099800    A  x02220
F#5  244xxx    Aadd9   077600    B  x24442
G#5  466xxx    C#m     x46654


  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-----------1-----------|-------------1-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-0---0---0---2-------0-------4---|-----2-------0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
  When I was  young,  I       told      my      mum,



  Badd11                            Aadd9
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  Badd11                            Aadd9
             "I'll walk on the      Moon some   day."



  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-----------1-----------|-------------1-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-0---0---0---2-------0-------4---|-----2-------0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E             F#m   E       G#5       F#5     E
  Armstrong and Al  - drin    spoke     to      me



  Badd11                            Aadd9
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  Badd11                            Aadd9
              from Houston and Cape Kennedy



    | C#m         A   | E          | A                     | E
And I watched the Eagle landing on a night when the Moon was full

        | A             C#m               | A        E  
And as it tugged at the tides, I knew that,   deep inside,

 | B                 | A    [Fill1]
I, too, could feel its pull



[play Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]



VERSE2:
Chords:
E    022100    Badd11  099800    A  x02220
F#5  244xxx    Aadd9   077600    B  x24442
G#5  466xxx    C#m     x46654


  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-----------1-----------|-------------1-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-0---0---0---2-------0-------4---|-----2-------0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
I lie in my   bed     and     dreamed   I       walked



  Badd11                            Aadd9
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  Badd11                            Aadd9
              the Sea of      Tran -quilli -ty          I  knew that



  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-----------1-----------|-------------1-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-0---0---0---2-------0-------4---|-----2-------0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
  some day    soon    we'd all sail to  the     moon



  Badd11                            Aadd9
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  Badd11                              Aadd9
              On the high-tide of technology.


      | C#m        A      | E           | A                 | E
But the dreams had all been taken and the window-seats taken, too

      | A            G#m          | A        E
And two thousand and one has almost come and gone

      | B
What am I supposed to do?



CHORUS1:
Notes:

Fill2
  A
|---------------------------------|
|-2---0---0-h-2---2---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---------------|
|-0-----------0---0---------------|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


Chords:
A  x02220 or 577655    F#m  244222
E  022100              G#m  466444
B  x24442 or 799877    C#m  x46654


           | A             E
Now that the space-race is over,

   | A             E           | A              | E
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the Moon


           | A             E
Now that the space-race is over,

    | A              E             | B              | A   [Fill2]
And I can't help but feel that we've all grown up too soon



[play Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]



     | C#m         A      | E              | A                 | E
Now my dreams have all been shattered and my wings are tattered, too

    | A         E         | A       E     | B
And I can still fly but not half as high as once I wanted to



[repeat CHORUS1]

[play Guitar Figure 1]  [x2]



VERSE3:
Chords:
E    022100    Badd11  099800    A  x02220
F#5  244xxx    Aadd9   077600    B  x24442
G#5  466xxx    C#m     x46654


  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-----------1-----------|-------------1-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-0---0---0---2-------0-------4---|-----2-------0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
   E          F#5     E         G#5     F#5     E
My son and I  stand beneath the great   night   sky



  Badd11                            Aadd9
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  Badd11                            Aadd9
              and gaze up in        wonder 



  E           F#5     E       G#5       F#5     E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-----------1-----------|-------------1-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-2---2---2---4-------2-------6---|-----4-------2-------------------|
|-0---0---0---2-------0-------4---|-----2-------0-------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  E            F#5    E      G#5        F#5     E
I tell him the tale   of  A - pol   -   lo              and he  says, 



  Badd11                            Aadd9
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|
|-8-------------------------------|-6-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |
  Badd11                            Aadd9
             "Why did I ever go?"


     | C#m       A        | E             A                       | E
It may look like some empty gesture to go all that way just to come back

        | A          G#5        | B     E
But don't offer me a place out in cyber-space,

   | B
'cos where in the hell's that at?



CHORUS2:
Notes:

Fill3
      E5  A5      E5  A5
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-----4---2-------4---2-----------|
|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
|-------------0-----------0---0---|
|---------------------------------|

| 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - |


Chords:
A  x02220 or 577655
E  022100
B  x24442 or 799877


           | A             E
Now that the space-race is over,

   | A             E           | A                 | E
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get out of my room


           | A             E
Now that the space-race is over,

    | A              E              | B            | A       [Fill3]
And I can't help but think that we're all just going nowhere


[play Fill3 to fade]