a spaceman came travelling

(Am) A spaceman came (C) travelling in his (G) ship from (Am) afar,
'twas (C) light years of (G) time since his (F) mission did start, (G)
And (Am) over a (G) village he (F) halted his (Am) craft,
And it (C) hung in the (G) sky like a (F) star,(GF) just like (G) a star... G-Am

He followed a light and came down to a shed,
Where a mother and a child were lying there on a bed,
A bright light of silver shone round his head,
And he had the face of an angle, and they were afraid...

Then the stranger spoke, he said 'Do not fear,
I come from a planet a long way from here,
And I bring a message for mankind to hear',
And (C) suddenly the (G) sweetest (F) music GF filled (G) the Am) air... G-Am

And (F) it (G) went la, la... Am G F AM - C G F-G- Am G F Am
(C) Peace and good(G)will to all (F) men, GF and love (G)for the (Am) child...

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 round...

And (Am) just before (C) dawn at the (G) paling of the (Am) sky,
The (C) stranger (G) returned and said (F) 'Now I must fly, (G)
When (Am) two thousand (G) years of your (F) time has gone (Am) by,
This (C) song will (G) begin once (F) again, GF to a bab(G)y's (Am)cry...' G-Am

And it went la la... This song will begin once again
to a baby's cry...
And (f) it G) goes la la... (C) Peace and (G) goodwill to all (F) men GF
and love (G) for the child...

Oh the (F) whole world is (G) waiting, (F) waiting to hear that (Am) song again,
(C) spacemen are (G) standing on the (F) edge of the world,
(G) And the (am) star is glowing (G) somewhere in (F)etern(Am)ity,
the time is nearly here,
This (C) song will (G) begin once (F)again,GF to a bab(G)y's (Am) cry...