12 Chords used in the song: F, Em, C, Am, Am#7, Am7, D, Fm, Dm, G, A, E

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Intro:-F`
Em
F`
Em
C
Em
Ground control to Major Tom (x2)Am
Am#7
Am7
D(add9)
Take your protien pills and put your helmet onC
Em
C
Em
Ground control to Major Tom, commencing countdown engines onAm
Am#7
D(add9)
Check ignition, and may gods' love be with youC
Em
This is Ground Control to Major TomEm
F
You've really made the gradeF
Fm
C
F
And the papers want to know who's shirts you wearF
Fm
C
F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dareC
Em
This is Major Tom to ground controlEm
F
I'm stepping through the doorF
Fm
C
F
And I'm floating in the most peculiar wayF
Fm
C
F
And the stars look very different, todayF
F`
Em
F`
Em
For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the worldDm
Am
Em
F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can doC
F
G
A
A ...
C
F
G
A
A ...
F`
Em
A
C
D
E......
C
Em
Though I'm past one hundred thousand milesEm
F
I'm feeling very stillF
Fm
C
F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to goF
Fm
C
F
Tell my Wife I love her very much, She knows!G
E
Am
Ground Control to Major Tom, your circuits deadAm
Am7
D(add9)
There's something wrong, can you hear me Major Tom?D(add9)
C
G
Can you hear me Major Tom?, can you hear me Major Tom?G
F`
Em
Can you...Here am I floating Round my tin canF`
Em
Dm
Am
Far above the World, planet Earth is blueAm
Em
F
And there's nothing I can doC
F
G
A
A ...
C
F
G
A
A ...
F`
Em
A
C
D
E
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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.