David Bowie

Space Oddity(Chords)

David Bowie

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Key: C

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Intro: Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em     

C                       Em       
Ground control to Major Tom     
C                       Em       
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 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/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 control, I'm stepping through the door       
          
        Fm              C/E           F           
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way       
       
        Fm              C/E         F        
and the stars look very different today       
       
    Fmaj7       Em7                   Fmaj7          Em7         
For here am I sitting in a tin can,   far above the world       
       
Bb              Am               G             F           
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do       
       
Instrumental: C  F  G  A    (2X)  Fmaj7  Em7  A  C  D  E       
       
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/E           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? Can you...        
       
Fmaj7      Em7                        Fmaj7             Em7         
Here am I floating round my tin can,  far    above the moon       
       
Bb              Am               G             F           
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.       
       
Instrumental: C F G A   C F G A     F7M      


Solo:     
E|-----------------------|-------------------------|     
B|-----------------------|-------------------------|     
G|---5--7--5--------5--5-|-------------------------|     
D|-7----------7-5-7------|----5--7--5--------------|     
A|-----------------------|-7-----------7-----------|     
E|-----------------------|----------------5-(5)----|     


E|---------5----------|-------------------------------|     
B|-------5---8-5------|-------------------------------|     
G|---5/6---------6----|-----8-10--8/9-----------8/9---|     
D|-7---------------7--|--10-----------10/8--10--------|     
A|--------------------|-------------------------------|     
E|--------------------|-------------------------------|     


E|-------------------------------------------------|     
B|----10--12--10-----------------------------------|     
G|-12-11--12--11------------10/11------------------|     
D|---------------12/10-12----------2---------------|     
A|-------------------------------------------------|     
E|-------------------------------------3-3-0-------|

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