A Spaceman Came Travelling by Chris de Burgh
Key: AmAm | Capo: 5fr |  Left-Handed 

    


Verse 1
  Am            C                 G             Am
A spaceman came travelling on his ship from afar,
      C              G              F              F  G
'twas light years of time since his mission did start
    Am     Em         F          Am
And over a village he halted his craft,
       C           G          F          F    G Am
And it hung in the sky like a star, just like a star.
Verse 2
   Am         C              G         Am
He followed a light and came down to a shed,
        C          G                F          F  G
Where a mother and child were lying there on a bed, 
  Am              Em     F               Am
A bright light of silver shone round his head,
       C       G          F          F    G    Am
And he had the face of an angel, and they were afraid.
Verse 3
         Am          C      G            Am
Then the stranger spoke, he said "Do not fear,
  C           G        F             F  G
I come from a planet a long way from here, 
    Am        Em          F          Am
And I bring a message for mankind to hear",
    C            G        F     F      G   Am     
And suddenly the sweetest music filled the air.
Chorus
    F  G    Am          Em          F           Am
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La, 
C           G           F     F  G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am          Em          F           Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C             G              F        F    G       Am
Peace and goodwill to all of men, and love for the child.
F  G    Am          Em          F           Am
        La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La, 
C           G           F     F  G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am          Em          F           Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C   G   F
oh, oh, oh.
Verse 4
     Am     C          G                     Am
This lovely music went trembling through the ground,
    C         G          F            F    G
And many were wakened on hearing that sound, 
    Am                Em        F            Am
And travellers on the road, the village they found,
       C             G           F          F     G   Am
By the light of that ship in the sky, which shone all around.
Verse 5]
    Am          C           G             Am
And just before dawn at the paling of the sky,
    C          G               F           F  G
The stranger returned and said "Now I must fly, 
     Am           Em            F             Am
When two thousand years of your time has gone by,
     C           G          F         F G   Am
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
[Final Chorus
    F  G    Am          Em          F           Am
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La, 
C           G           F     F  G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am          Em          F           Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
C             G              F        F    G       Am
Peace and goodwill to all of men, and love for the child.
    F G    Am          Em          F           Am
And I hear La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La, 
C           G           F     F  G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am          Em          F           Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
     C           G          F         F G   Am
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".
    F  G    Am          Em          F           Am
And it went La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La, 
C           G           F     F  G
La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
Am          Em          F           Am
La, la, la, La, la, la, La, la, la, La,
     C           G          F         F G   Am
This song will begin once again, to a babys cry".