#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Space Oddity Original Album: David Bowie(1969)/Space Oddity Words and Music by David Bowie Copyright © 1969 EMI Records Limited Published by EMI Music Publishing Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net) INTRO: Chords: C/G 332010 Em 022000 [play: | C/G | Em |] [x2] VERSE1: Chords: C/G 332010 Am/G 302210 Em 022000 D/F# 2x0232 Am x02210 | C/G | Em Ground Control to Major Tom, | C/G | Em Ground Control to Major Tom, | Am | Am/G | D/F# Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. VERSE2: Chords: C/G 332010 Am/G 302210 Em 022000 D/F# 2x0232 Am x02210 | C/G | Em Ground Control to Major Tom | C/G | Em Commencing countdown, engines on | Am | Am/G | D/F# Check ignition and may God's love be with you. VERSE3: Chords: C/G 332010 F x33211 E7 020130 Fm x33111 | C/G | E7 This is Ground Control to Major Tom, | F You've really made the grade | Fm | C/G | F And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear | Fm | C/G | F Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare VERSE4: Chords: C/G 332010 F x33211 E7 020130 Fm x33111 | C/G | E7 This is Major Tom to Ground Control | F I'm stepping through the door | Fm | C/G | F And I'm floating in a most peculiar way | Fm | C/G | F And the stars look very different today. BRIDGE: Chords: Fmaj7 x03210 Am x02210 Em7 020030 G 320033 Bb7 x13131 F x33211 | Fmaj7 | Em7 For here am I floating in a tin-can | Fmaj7 | Em7 Far above the world, | Bb7 | Am | G | F Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do... [play: "Space Oddity Figure"] "Space Oddity Figure" C/G F G A C/G F G A |-0---1---1---3-3-----0-0-0____---|-0---1---1---3-3-----0-0-0____---| |-1---1---1---3-3-----2-2-2____---|-1---1---1---3-3-----2-2-2____---| |-0---2---2---0-0-----2-2-2____---|-0---2---2---0-0-----2-2-2____---| |-2---3---3---0-0-----2-2-2____---|-2---3---3---0-0-----2-2-2____---| |-3---3---3---2-2-----0-0-0____---|-3---3---3---2-2-----0-0-0____---| |-3-----------3-3-----------------|-3-----------3-3-----------------| | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | 1 - & - 2 - & - 3 - & - 4 - & - | Chords: Fmaj7 x33210 C/E 032010 Em7 020030 D/E 000232 or x7777x A x02220 E 022100 [INSTRUMENTAL over following chords: 4/4| Fmaj7 | Em7 | A | C/E | D/E | E |] VERSE5: Chords: C/G 332010 F x33211 E7 020130 Fm x33111 | C/G | E7 This is Ground Control to Major Tom, | F You've really made the grade | Fm | C/E | F And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear. | Fm | C/G | F Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare. VERSE6: Chords: C/G 332010 F x33211 C/E 032010 E7 020130 Fm x33111 | C/G | E7 Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, | F I'm feeling very still, | Fm | C/E | F And I think my spaceship knows which way to go | Fm | C/G | F Tell my wife I love her very much she knows CODA: Chords: G 320003 Am/G 3x2210 E7 020130 D/F# 2x0232 Am x02210 C/G 332010 | G | E7 Ground Control to Major Tom, | Am | Am/G Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. | D/F# Can you hear me, Major Tom? | C/G Can you hear me, Major Tom? | G Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you... | Fmaj7 | Em7 Here I am floating round my tin-can, | Fmaj7 | Em7 Far above the Moon, | Bb7 | Am | G | F Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do... [repeat "Space Oddity Figure"] [x2]