David Bowie - Space Oddity Chords & Tabs

Artist:David Bowie
Song:  Space Oddity

Intro: fade in of chords - C , Em

Verse/Chorus:

C                       Em  C                       Em
Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom:
Am        Am7/G             D7
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C                       Em   C                             Em
Ground control to Major Tom: Commencing countdown engine's on
Am       Am7/G          D7
Check ig-nition and may God's love be with you

C                               E7                          F
This is ground control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade!
         Fm             C/E                   F     
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear, 
         Fm                C/E            F
now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
C                               E7                             F
This is Major Tom to ground con-trol, I'm stepping through the door
        Fm              C/E           F   
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way 
        Fm              C/E         F
and the stars look very different today
       

Bridge:
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   Fmaj7     Em7                   Fmaj7         Em7
For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world
Bbmaj7          Am               G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do


Interlude:

C            F            G            A   A
C            F            G            A   A
Fmaj7        Em7          A       C       D       E


Verse/Chorus:

C                                      E7                      F
Though I'm passed one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still
      Fm                 C/E                F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go, 
       Fm              C             F
tell my wife I love her very much she knows

G                 E7
Ground control to Major Tom: 
      Am                      Am7/G
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong.
        D7                
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
        C/G
Can you hear me Major Tom? 
        G
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you ...


Bridge:

 Fmaj7     Em7                   Fmaj7         Em7
here am floating in my tin can, far above the moon
Bbmaj7          Am               G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do


Interlude:

C            F            G            A   A
C            F            G            A   A
Fmaj7        Em7          A       C       D       E