Space Oddity Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Key:	C
Capo:	no capo

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5 contributors total, last edit on Dec 23, 2020

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Chords

Fmaj7

Em7

Am7/G

C/G

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[Intro]
 
Fmaj7   Em7   Fmaj7   Em7
 
 
[Pre-Verse]
 
C                          Em   C                         Em
   Ground Control to Major Tom,   Ground Control to Major Tom
Am           Am7/G             D7
   Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C                    Em         C                               Em
   Ground Control to Major Tom,   Commencing countdown, engines on
Am         Am7/G          D7
   Check ignition and may God's love be with you
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
C                               E7                          F
This is Ground Control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade
        Fm             C                     F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
         Fm                C              F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
 
C                              E7                             F
This is Major Tom to Ground Control, I'm stepping through the door
        Fm            C               F
And I'm floating in a most a-peculiar way
        Fm              C           F
And the stars look very different today
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    Fmaj7     Em7                   Fmaj7         Em7
For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world
Bb              Am               G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
 
 
[Guitar Solo]
 
C       F       G       A - A
C       F       G       A - A
Fmaj7   Em7     A       C       D       E
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C                                    E7                      F
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still
      Fm                 C                  F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
        Fm              C             F
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
 
 
[Bridge]
 
G                 E7
Ground Control to Major Tom
     Am                      Am7/G
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
        D7
Can you hear me Major Tom?
        C/G
Can you hear me Major Tom?
        G
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you...
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Fmaj7     Em7                        Fmaj7         Em7
Here am I floating round my tin can, far above the moon
Bb              Am               G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
 
 
[Outro]
 
C       F       G       A - A
C       F       G       A - A
Fmaj7   Em7     A       C       D       E
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Space Oddity – David Bowie

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"Space Oddity"

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23 comments

All the chords are right, just the wrong title.

+11

When I first started playing, I found Bowie stuff impossibly difficult. Now it gets a little easier every time, especially with such delightfully accurate tabs as this. It's a joy to follow this one as it sounds so 'right'. Thanks so much. (I agree with the others about Fmaj7, Em for the play-in though ;) )

ILove this song because my Boyfriends name is Tom And I need to beleive he is okay up there.