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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 (contactus@gartfrets.net)


INTRO:
Chords:
C/G 332010
Em  022000

[play: | C/G | Em |]  [x2]


VERSE:
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.


VERSE:
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.


VERSE:
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.


VERSE:
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 0x0232
A     x02220    E   022100


[Instrumental over following chords: | Fmaj7 | Em7 | A | C/E | D/E | E |]


VERSE:
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.


VERSE:
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:
G                 E7
Ground Control to Major Tom
     Am                     Am/G
Your circuits 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...


BRIDGE:
Chords:
Fmaj7  x03210    Am x02210
Em7    020030    G  320033
Bb7    x13131    F  x33211

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]