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.


*Suggested by recent visitor Phil Cantor.


 
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