Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

15 Chords used in the song: C, Em, Am, Am7, D7, E7, F, Fm, Fmaj7, Em7, BbM7, G, D, A, Gsus4

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Artist: 
Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
3.83
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Strum: [ D chordD - D chordD d U - ud- dudu ]

INTRO C chordC Em chordEm C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom
[ Am chordAm - Am7 chordAm7 ] D7 chordD7
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C chordC Em chordEm C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on
[ Am chordAm - Am7 chordAm7 ] D7 chordD7 (climb 3 measures)
Check ig -nition and may God's love be with you

VERSE
C chordC E7 chordE7 F chordF
This is ground control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade!
[ Fm chordFm - C chordC ] F chordF
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
[ Fm chordFm - C chordC ] F chordF
now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
C chordC E7 chordE7 F chordF
This is Major Tom to ground con-trol, 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

CHORUS
Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7
For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world
BbM7 chordBbM7 / / Am chordAm / / G chordG / / F chordF / // // //
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

BREAK
[ D chordD d Udu D chordD du D chordD D chordD ] (strum)
C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA x2 Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 A chordA A chordA

VERSE
C chordC E7 chordE7 F chordF
Though I'm passed one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still
[ Fm chordFm - C chordC ] F chordF
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go,
[ Fm chordFm - C chordC ] F chordF
tell my wife I love her very much, she knows

BRIDGE

[ G chordG - E7 chordE7 ] [ Am chordAm - Am7 chordAm7 ]
Ground control to Major Tom: Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
D7 chordD7 Gsus chordGsus
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?
G chordG
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you ...

CHORUS
Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7
here am I floating in my tin can, far above the moon
BbM7 chordBbM7 / / Am chordAm / / G chordG / / F chordF / // // //
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

[ D chordD d Udu D chordD du D chordD D chordD ] (strum)
C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA x2 Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 A chordA /

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