Destination Moon
Words & Music by Roy Alfred & Marvin Fisher
Recorded by The Ames Brothers, 1956
A D9 Dm6 A Fdim(III) F#m
Come and take a trip in my roc - ket ship
D9 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7
We'll have a love - ly af - ter - noon
D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m
Kiss the world good - bye and a - way we fly --
D9 Dm6 E7 A
Des - ti - na - tion moon.
A D9 Dm6 A Fdim(III) F#m
Travel fast as light 'til we're lost from sight
D9 Dm6 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7
The earth is like a toy bal - loon
D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m
What a thrill you get ri - din' on a jet --
D9 Dm6 E7 A
Des - ti - na - tion moon.
Bridge:
D9 E7 Bm7-5 D9 E7 D9 E7 D9 A
We'll go up, up, up, up, straight to the moon, we two;
B7 Cdim D B7 F#m E7
High in the star - ry blue I'll be out of this world with you
A D9 Dm6 A Fdim(III) F#m
So a - way we steal in a space - mo - bile
D9 Dm6 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7
A su - per - son - ic hon - ey - moon
D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m
Leave your cares be - low, pull the switch, let's go!
D9 Dm6 E7 A
Des - ti - na - tion moon.
A D9 Dm Dm6 A Fdim(III) F#m
Into the milky way we'll wander while we watch the folks down yonder
D9 Dm Dm6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7
Oh, we're gonna have a lovely af - ter - noon.
(Instrumental Interlude -- last two lines of verse)
A D9 Dm Dm6 A Fdim(III) F#m
Up on the highest constellation we'll look out a - cross the nation
D9 Dm Dm6 E7 C#m7-5 F#7
'Cause the earth is like a tiny toy bal - loon
(Instrumental -- last two lines of verse)
Repeat Bridge:
A D9 Dm6 A Fdim(III) F#m
So a - way we steal in a space - mo - bile
D9 Dm6 Fdim E7 C#m7-5 F#7
A su - per - son - ic hon - ey - moon
D9 Dm Dm6 A C#7 F#m
Leave your cares be - low, pull the switch, let's go!
D9 Dm6 E7 A AM7 D9 Bm7-5 A
Des - ti - na - tion moon.
