A SPACEMAN CAME TRAVELLING (midi)    (sample)

 

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1. A spaceman came travelling in his ship from afar,

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    t`was light-years of time since his mission did start,

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    and over a village he halted his craft,

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    and it hung in the sky like a star ---- just like a star.

 

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2. He followed a light and came down to a shed,

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    where a mother and child were lying there on a bed,

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    a bright light of silver shone round his head,

             C              G             F       GF                  G      Am     G-Am

    and he had the face of an angel ---- and they were afraid.

 

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3. And the stranger spoke, he said : "Do not fear!"

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    I come from a planet a long way from here,

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    and I bring a message for mankind to hear,

             C                     G           F    GF           G Am    G-Am

    and suddenly the sweetest music ---- filled the air.

           F   G       Am  G  F  Am - C  G  F - G -  Am  G  F Am

    and it went : "Lalalalalalalalalalalallalalalalalalalalalala,

        C                    G             F   GF                G         Am     G-Am

    peace and goodwill to all men, ---- and love for the child.

           F   G     Am G F Am - C G F - G - Am G F Am - C G F Am -GAm

   And it went :" Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalala.“

 

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4. This lovely music went trembling through the ground,

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    and many were waken on hearing that sound,

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    and travellers on the road, the village they found,

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    by the light of that star in the sky ---- which shone on now.

 

 

 

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5. And just before dawn, at the paling of the sky,

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   the stranger returned and said :"Now I must fly.

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    When two thousand years of your time have gone by,               

             C              G               F   GF              G   Am     - G-Am

    this song will begin once again ---- to a baby`s cry!"

           F   G        Am  G  F  Am - C  G  F - G -  Am  G  F  Am

    And it went : "Lalalallalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalal

            C               G               F   GF              G    Am    - G - Am

    this song will begin once again ----  to a baby`s cry."

           F   G       Am  G  F  Am - C  G  F - G -  Am  G  F  Am

    And it goes :"Lalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalalallalalalalala

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    peace and goodwill to all men, -----and love for the child.

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    Oh, the whole world is waiting.

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    Lalalala..... waiting to hear this song again,

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    spacemen are standing on the edge of the world,

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    and the star is glowing somewhere in eternity,

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    This song will begin once again ---- to a baby`s cry."

 

    Instrumental : Am  G  F  Am - C  G  F  -  Am

                           

    (midi = capo 5th)(Chris de Burgh)