Space Oddity

David Bowie

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Intro: | Fmaj7 | Em | (4 times)

C                        Em
 Ground control to Major Tom    
C                        Em
 Ground control to Major Tom
Am        Am7/G             D7/F#
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

C                       Em
 Ground control to Major Tom  
C                               Em
 Commencing countdown, engine's on
Am       Am7/G          D7/F#
 Check ignition 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                     F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
         Fm                C               F
Now it's time to leave the capsule, if you dare
C                              E7                             F
This is Major Tom to ground control, I'm stepping through the door
        Fm              C             F
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way 
        Fm              C           F
and the stars look very different today

    Fmaj7     Em                   Fmaj7         Em
For here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world
Bbmaj7          Am7              G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

Solo: C F G A (2X)     Fmaj7 Em7 A/E C/E Dadd9/E E

C                                    E7                      F
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still
      Fm                 C                  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                         C/G
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?
        G
Can you hear me Major Tom?
        Fmaj7     Em                        Fmaj7         Em
Can you hear am I floating round my tin can far above the world
Bbmaj7          Am7              G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

Solo: C F G A (2X)     Fmaj7 Em7 A/E C/E Dadd9/E E (fade on E)

Chords  Fmaj7 Em7 A/E C/E Dadd9/E E
e --------0----0---0---0-----0----0--
B --------1----3---5---8-----10---12-
G --------2----4---6---9-----11---13-
D --------3----5---7---10----12---14-
A --------3----5---7---10----12---14-
E --------x----0---0---0-----0----0--