Chris de Burgh – A Spaceman Came Travelling (Guitar Acoustic Tab)

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Title: A Spaceman Came Travelling Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.) Tempo: Q=110, Capo: 2, optionally. Beats on eighths are marked "+". Let ring. Use thumb-fretting. Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes. The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position.
[Verse]   (3x)                                                                      
   Em     +     +           +     + Gmaj7 +     +    C  +     +  Em +     +    C   +     +  D  +     +
E|---------------------|-3a-3-----3---2a-----------|-0a----------------------|-3a-/5-----3--2a----------|
B|-----------------0---|-0a-----------0a--3--------|-1a-3----p1--0--------0--|-1a-----------3a-3--------|
G|--------0-----0------|-0a-----------0a--------0--|-0a-------------0--------|-0a-----------2a-------2--|
D|-----2-----------2---|-------2-------------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|--------2-----------0-----|
A|-----------2---------|---------------------------|-3a----------------------|-3a-----------0a----------|
E|-0-------------------|-0a-----------3a-----------|-------------0-----------|--------------------------|
                   A     spaceman came travelling on his ship from afar,  'twas light years of time since his 
                   He    followed  a light  and came down to a shed,   Where a mother and   child were 
                Then the stranger     spoke,      he said "Do not fear,      I come from a planet a 

   C  +     +  G  +    +     Em +     +  Bm +     +    C  +     +  Em +     +    G  +     +  D  +     +
E|-0a----------------------|-3a-3-----3--2a----------|-0a----------------------|-------------------------|
B|-1a-3-----3--3-------p0--|-0a----------3a-3--------|-1a-3----p1--0-----------|-0-----1-p0-----0--------|
G|-0a-------------0--------|-0a----------4a-------4--|-0a-------------0-----0--|----0--------2--------2--|
D|-------2-----------0-----|-------2-----------4-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------0-----------0-----|
A|-3a----------------------|-------------------------|-3a----------------------|-------------0-----------|
E|-------------3-----------|-0a----------2a----------|-------------0-----------|-3-----------------------|
   mission did start,   And  over a village       he   halted his craft,  And it hung in the sky like a star,
   lying there on a bed. A   bright light of silver    shone round his head, And he had the face of an angel,
   long way from here,   And I  bring a message   for  mankind to hear",         Suddenly the sweetest music 

                                                                                   /---last pass only-------\
   C                              +       +       +     Em       +       +                   +       +
E|---------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|----------0---0---2-------|
B|---------------------|--------------------------0---|---------------------------|--------------------------|
G|------0--------------|--------------0--h2-----------|----------0-------0--------|--------------------------|
D|------2---------2----|------2---2-----------2-------|------2---------------2----|------2---------------2---|
A|-3-------------------|-3----------------------------|--------------2------------|--------------2-----------|
E|-----------3---------|--------------3---------------|-0-------------------------|-0------------------------|
                                 just like a      star.
                                 and they were afraid.
                                      filled the air.                                        and it went

[Chorus]
   G   +    +  D  +     +    C   +     +  G  +     +        +    +  D  +     +    C   +     +     +  D
E|-3a-/5----3--2a----------|-0a--------0--------------|-3a-/5----3--2a----------|-0a-----------------2a--|
B|-0a----------3a-3--------|-1a--3--------3a------p0--|-0a----------3a-3--------|-1a-----------------3a--|
G|-0a----------2a-------2--|-0a-----------0a-0--------|-0a----------2a-------2--|-0a--0-----0-----0--2a--|
D|-------0-----------0-----|--------2-----------0-----|-------0-----------0-----|--------2-----------0a--|
A|-------------0a----------|-3a-----------------------|-------------0a----------|-3a---------------------|
E|-3a----------------------|--------------3a----------|-3a----------------------|--------------3---------|
   La, la, la, La, la, la,   La, la, la, La,            La, la, la, La, la, la, La, laa.

[Post-Chorus]
   G  +     +  D  +     +    C                        +     +     +    Em     +     +
E|-------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
B|-0-----1-p0-----0--------|-----------------|--------------------0--|---------------------|
G|----0--------2--------2--|-0---------------|-----------0-h2--------|--------0-----0------|
D|-------0-----------0-----|-----2-------2---|-----2--2--------2-----|-----2-----------2---|
A|-------------0-----------|-3---------------|-3---------------------|-----------2---------|
E|-3-----------------------|---------3-------|-----------3-----------|-0-------------------|
   Peace and goodwill to all of men,                  and love for the child.
[Chorus] ... as above ...
[Bridge]
   C  +     +  D  +     +    Em +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +       +     +     +     +
E|-0-----------2-----------|-3-----------------------|-------------3-----2-----|-0-----------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------3--|-------------------------|
G|----0-----0-----2-----2--|----0-----0-----0-----0--|----0-----0-----0--------|----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|-------2-----------0-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|-------2-----------2-----|
A|-3-----------0-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|-------------2-----------|
E|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|-0-----------------------|
   Oh,         oh,           ooh.                                  Ah,   ah,     Aah.
[Verse] (2x) ... as above ... This lovely music went trembling through the ground, And many were wakened on hearing that sound, And travellers on the road, the village they found, By the light of that ship in the sky, which shone all around. And just before dawn at the paling of the sky, A stranger returned and said "Now I must fly, When two thousand years of your time has gone by, This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry". [Chorus] ... as above ... [Post-Chorus] ... as above ... This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry". [Chorus] ... as above ... [Post-Chorus] ... as above ... Peace and goodwill to all of men, and love for the child. [Chorus] ... as above ... Oh, the whole world is waiting together, Waiting to hear, to hear the song again Their lives are standing on the edge of the world And its started something at the time of the year, [Post-Chorus] ... as above ... This song will begin once again, to a baby's cry". ************************************ | a Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down ************************************