Destination Moon
Words & Music by Roy Alfred & Marvin Fisher
Recorded by The Ames Brothers, 1956
[A] [D9] [Dm6] [A] [Fdim] [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] [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] [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] [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] [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] [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.
