Chords for Billy Bragg - "The Space Race is Over" - San Francisco - 2008
Tempo:
101.3 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
When I was young I [F#m] told [E] my mom
To walk [A] on moon some [E] day
I'm trying hard and you spoke [F#] to [E]
me
[B] [E] To gooseneck cake and [A]
candy
And a wild beagle [E] and you
On [B] a night when the moon [E] was full
And [A] bad eggs on the [B] side
I'm losing [E] sight
[B] I too can feel it's fall
[A] [E] [F#]
[F#] [E]
Lying in my bed and dreamed of all
[B] [E] Sea of tranquillity
[Em] Out in the mistle mason
We all sail [E] to the moon
[C#] From [E] the heights I've been on [E] the cheap
[G#] The trees [A] that are being [E] taken
And [F#] the windows seats taken [E] too
Now [A] [B] 2001
[E] Come come, am [B] I supposed to do
Now [A] that the state race [E] is over
[A] We had a [E] star and I'll never [B] get to the moon
Now that [A] the state race [B] is over
I [A] can't even feel the grief
All I want to do is sing
[A] [E]
[A] [F#m] [E]
[F#m] [E]
Now [A] my dreams [F#m] have [E] all been shattered
[F#] And my wings untied [E] too
And [A] I can't [G#m] still [F#] fly
When [E] I'm half as high [B] as once I wanted to
Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
[A] We [E] had a star and [A] I'll never get [E] to [B] the moon
Now [Em] that [A] the state race is over
I can't [E] even feel the grief
[B] All I want to do is sing
[A] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F#] [E] Sun I stand beneath the crimson [B] sky
Gaze up [A] in wonder
[B]
Sailing the sail of the hollow ocean
To where the dead white people [B] have gone
It may [A] look like some [E] empty gesture
To go [F#] all that way just to [E] come back
But [A] don't offer [C#] me a [D] place out in the [Em] starless space
[G#m] Cause we're in the [B] endless night
Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
We had a star and [A] I'll never [E] get out of the moon
[B] Now that [A] the state [E] race is over
I can't even feel [B] the grief
All just going away
[N]
To walk [A] on moon some [E] day
I'm trying hard and you spoke [F#] to [E]
me
[B] [E] To gooseneck cake and [A]
candy
And a wild beagle [E] and you
On [B] a night when the moon [E] was full
And [A] bad eggs on the [B] side
I'm losing [E] sight
[B] I too can feel it's fall
[A] [E] [F#]
[F#] [E]
Lying in my bed and dreamed of all
[B] [E] Sea of tranquillity
[Em] Out in the mistle mason
We all sail [E] to the moon
[C#] From [E] the heights I've been on [E] the cheap
[G#] The trees [A] that are being [E] taken
And [F#] the windows seats taken [E] too
Now [A] [B] 2001
[E] Come come, am [B] I supposed to do
Now [A] that the state race [E] is over
[A] We had a [E] star and I'll never [B] get to the moon
Now that [A] the state race [B] is over
I [A] can't even feel the grief
All I want to do is sing
[A] [E]
[A] [F#m] [E]
[F#m] [E]
Now [A] my dreams [F#m] have [E] all been shattered
[F#] And my wings untied [E] too
And [A] I can't [G#m] still [F#] fly
When [E] I'm half as high [B] as once I wanted to
Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
[A] We [E] had a star and [A] I'll never get [E] to [B] the moon
Now [Em] that [A] the state race is over
I can't [E] even feel the grief
[B] All I want to do is sing
[A] [E]
[F#] [E]
[F#] [E] Sun I stand beneath the crimson [B] sky
Gaze up [A] in wonder
[B]
Sailing the sail of the hollow ocean
To where the dead white people [B] have gone
It may [A] look like some [E] empty gesture
To go [F#] all that way just to [E] come back
But [A] don't offer [C#] me a [D] place out in the [Em] starless space
[G#m] Cause we're in the [B] endless night
Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
We had a star and [A] I'll never [E] get out of the moon
[B] Now that [A] the state [E] race is over
I can't even feel [B] the grief
All just going away
[N]
Key:
E
A
B
F#
F#m
E
A
B
_ When I was young I [F#m] told [E] my mom
_ To walk [A] on moon some [E] day
I'm trying hard and you spoke [F#] to [E]
me
[B] _ _ [E] To gooseneck cake and [A]
candy
And a wild beagle [E] and you
On [B] a night when the moon [E] was full
And [A] bad eggs on the [B] side
I'm losing [E] sight
[B] I too can feel it's fall
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Lying in my bed and dreamed of all
[B] _ _ [E] Sea of tranquillity
[Em] Out in the mistle mason
We all sail [E] to the moon
[C#] From [E] the heights I've been on [E] the cheap
[G#] The trees [A] that are being [E] taken _
And [F#] the windows seats taken [E] too _
Now [A] _ [B] 2001
_ [E] Come come, am [B] I supposed to do
Now [A] that the state race [E] is over
[A] We had a [E] star and I'll never [B] get to the moon
Now that [A] the state race [B] is over
I [A] can't even feel the grief
All I want to do is sing
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Now [A] my dreams [F#m] have [E] all been shattered
[F#] And my wings untied [E] too
_ And [A] I can't [G#m] still [F#] fly
When [E] I'm half as high [B] as once I wanted to
_ Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
[A] We [E] had a star and [A] I'll never get [E] to [B] the moon
Now [Em] that [A] the state race is over
I can't [E] even feel the grief
[B] All I want to do is sing
_ [A] _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Sun I stand beneath the crimson [B] _ sky
_ Gaze up [A] in wonder
_ [B]
Sailing the sail of the hollow ocean
To where the dead white people [B] have gone
_ _ It may [A] look like some [E] empty gesture
To go [F#] all that way just to [E] come back
But [A] don't offer [C#] me a [D] place out in the [Em] starless space
[G#m] Cause we're in the [B] endless night _
_ Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
We had a star and [A] I'll never [E] get out of the moon
[B] _ _ Now that [A] the state [E] race is over
I can't even feel [B] the grief
All just going away _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ To walk [A] on moon some [E] day
I'm trying hard and you spoke [F#] to [E]
me
[B] _ _ [E] To gooseneck cake and [A]
candy
And a wild beagle [E] and you
On [B] a night when the moon [E] was full
And [A] bad eggs on the [B] side
I'm losing [E] sight
[B] I too can feel it's fall
[A] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ Lying in my bed and dreamed of all
[B] _ _ [E] Sea of tranquillity
[Em] Out in the mistle mason
We all sail [E] to the moon
[C#] From [E] the heights I've been on [E] the cheap
[G#] The trees [A] that are being [E] taken _
And [F#] the windows seats taken [E] too _
Now [A] _ [B] 2001
_ [E] Come come, am [B] I supposed to do
Now [A] that the state race [E] is over
[A] We had a [E] star and I'll never [B] get to the moon
Now that [A] the state race [B] is over
I [A] can't even feel the grief
All I want to do is sing
[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ Now [A] my dreams [F#m] have [E] all been shattered
[F#] And my wings untied [E] too
_ And [A] I can't [G#m] still [F#] fly
When [E] I'm half as high [B] as once I wanted to
_ Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
[A] We [E] had a star and [A] I'll never get [E] to [B] the moon
Now [Em] that [A] the state race is over
I can't [E] even feel the grief
[B] All I want to do is sing
_ [A] _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Sun I stand beneath the crimson [B] _ sky
_ Gaze up [A] in wonder
_ [B]
Sailing the sail of the hollow ocean
To where the dead white people [B] have gone
_ _ It may [A] look like some [E] empty gesture
To go [F#] all that way just to [E] come back
But [A] don't offer [C#] me a [D] place out in the [Em] starless space
[G#m] Cause we're in the [B] endless night _
_ Now [A] that the state [E] race is over
We had a star and [A] I'll never [E] get out of the moon
[B] _ _ Now that [A] the state [E] race is over
I can't even feel [B] the grief
All just going away _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _