Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

14 Chords used in the song: Fmaj7, Em, C, Am, Am7, D7, Am9, E, E7, F, Fm, Bm, G, A

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Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
4.29
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
INTRO

Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em Em Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em Em

C C Em Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
C C Em Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
Am Am Am7 Am7
Take your protein pills
D7 D7
and put your helmet on

C C Em Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
C C
Commencing countdown,
Em Em
engines on
Am Am Am7 Am7
Check ig-nition
D7 D7
and may God's love be with you

Am9 Am9

C C E E
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
E7 E7 F F
You've really made the grade
Fm Fm C C F F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Fm Fm C C
Now it's time to leave the capsule
F F
if you dare

C C E E
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
E7 E7 F F
I'm stepping through the door
Fm Fm
And I'm floating
C C F F
in a most peculiar way
Fm Fm C C
And the stars look very different today

Fmaj7 Fmaj7
For here
Em Em
Am Am I sitting in a tin can
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em Em
Far above the world
Bm Bm Am Am
Planet Earth is blue
G G F F
And there's nothing I can do

C C F F G G A A A A
C C F F G G A A A A

C C
Though I'm past
E E
one hundred thousand miles
E7 E7 F F
I'm feeling very still
Fm Fm C C F F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Fm Fm C C
Tell my wife I love her very much
F F
she knows

G G E7 E7
Ground Control to Major Tom
Am Am
Your circuit's dead,
Am7 Am7
there's something wrong
D7 D7
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
C C
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
G G
Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you....

Fmaj7 Fmaj7
For here
Em Em
Floating round my tin can
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em Em
Far above the moon
Bm Bm Am Am
Planet Earth is blue
G G F F
And there's nothing I can do

C C F F G G A A A A
C C F F G G A A A A

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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.

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