Song: I wish I was a spaceman (Fireball XL5 theme)
Artist: Don Spencer and The Barry Gray Orchestra
Album: Stand by for action! The music of Barry Gray
Composer: Barry Gray
Tabbed by: DJ
17th Oct 2012
Theme song of Gerry Anderson's 1960's TV sci-fi puppet show.
Not the abridged version that appeared in the show, but the full
song that was released as a single.
D = xx0232 Am7 = x02213
C = x32010 D7 = xx0212
G = 320003 C/G = 3x2013
Em = 022000
This riff can be used at the end of the lines indicated:
[* riff]
e |----------------------|
B |----------------------|
G |----------------------|
D |-----0---0-0----------|
A |-------------3--2--0--|
E |----------------------|
[This synth riff could be added to the Choruses]
G Em
Fire-ball, a Fire-ball...
e |--3---3----------------|--0---0---------------|
B |--3---3----------------|--0---0---------------|
G |--0---0------/4-2--0---|--0---0---------------|
D |--0---0---0------------|--2---2------/5-4--2--|
A |--2---2----------------|--2---2---2-----------|
E |--3---3----------------|--0---0---------------|
Hear the full song at this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPDQgEpX_fo&feature=related
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[Intro]
D D C C D D D C C D D C C C D [*Riff]
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[Verse 1]
G Em Am7 D7 [*Riff]
I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy a - live,
G Em Am7 D7 [*Riff]
I'd fly around the universe in Fireball X - L - 5,
G Em Am7 D D C C C D
Way out in space to - gether, conquerors of the skies!
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[Chorus]
G Em
My heart would be a fireball, a fireball,
C D7 G D7 [*Riff]
Every time I gazed in - to your starry eyes!
[Verse 2]
G Em Am7 D7 [*Riff]
We'd take the path to Jupiter, and maybe very soon,
G Em Am7 D7 [*Riff]
We'd cruise along the Milky Way, and land upon the Moon,
G Em Am7 D D C C C D
To a wonderland of stardust, we'd zoom our way to Mars!
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[Chorus]
G Em
My heart would be a fireball, a fireball,
C D7 G
'Cause you would be my Venus of the stars!
[Break]
D D C C D D D C C D D C C C D [* Riff]
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[Verse 3]
G Em Am7 D7 [*Riff]
But, though I'm not a spaceman, famous and re - nowned,
G Em Am7 D7 [*Riff]
I'm just a guy that's down to earth, with both feet on the ground,
G Em Am7 D D C C C D
It's all imagi - nation, I'll never reach the stars!
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[Chorus]
G Em
My heart is still a fireball, a fireball,
C D7 G D7 [*Riff]
Every time I gaze in - to your starry eyes,
G Em
Fireball, fireball,
C D7 G D7 [*Riff]
Every time I gaze in - to your starry eyes!
[Suggestion for coda]
G Em C D7 G C/G G
Fireball, fireball, every time I gaze in - to your starry eyes!
