Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

11 Chords used in the song: F, Em, C, Am, Am7, D, E, Fm, Bb, G, A

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Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
4.05
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
F chordF Em chordEm F chordF Em chordEm

C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom

C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom

Am chordAm Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom

C chordC Em chordEm
Commencing countdown engines on

Am chordAm Am7 chordAm7 D chordD
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

C chordC E chordE
This is ground control to Major Tom

F chordF
You've really made the grade

Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And the papers want to know whose shirt you wear

Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

C chordC E chordE
This is Major Tom to ground control

F chordF
I'm stepping through the door

Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way

Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And the stars look very different today

F chordF Em chordEm
For here am I sitting in a tin can

F chordF Em chordEm
Far above the world

Bb chordBb Am chordAm G chordG F chordF
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
F chordF C chordC D chordD E chordE

C chordC E chordE
Though I'm cross one hundred thousand miles

F chordF
I'm feeling very still

Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And I think my space ship knows which way to go

Fm chordFm C chordC
Tell my wife I love her very much

F chordF
She knows

G chordG E chordE
Ground control to Major Tom

Am chordAm
Your circuit's dead

C chordC
There's something wrong

G chordG
Can you hear me Major Tom

G chordG
Can you hear me Major Tom

G chordG
Can you hear me Major Tom

G chordG F chordF Em chordEm
Can you Here am I floating 'round my tin can

F chordF Em chordEm
Far above the moon

Bb chordBb Am chordAm G chordG
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
F chordF C chordC D chordD E chordE

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About this song: Space Oddity

"Space Oddity" is a song written and performed by David Bowie and released as a single in 1969. It is about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who becomes depressed during an outer-space mission. Supposedly released to coincide with the Apollo 11 moon landing, it appears on the album Space Oddity. The BBC featured the song in its television coverage of the lunar landing. Read more on Last.fm.

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