Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie (Baritone Chords)

12 Chords used in the song: C, Em, Am, C/G, D7, E, F, Fm, E7, B, G, A

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Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
4.08
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
C baritone chordC  Em baritone chordEm


C baritone chordC Em baritone chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom,

C baritone chordC Em baritone chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom,

Am baritone chordAm C/G baritone chordC/G D7 baritone chordD7
take your protein pills and put your helmet on.

C baritone chordC Em baritone chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom,

C baritone chordC Em baritone chordEm
commencing countdown engines on.

Am baritone chordAm C/G baritone chordC/G D7 baritone chordD7
Check ignition and may Gods love be with you.


(Sound f/x)

Verse 1

C baritone chordC E baritone chordE
This is ground control to major tom,

F baritone chordF
you've really made the grade.

Fm baritone chordFm C baritone chordC F baritone chordF
and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear.

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


Verse 2

C baritone chordC E7 baritone chordE7
This is major tom to ground control,

F baritone chordF
I'm stepping through the door

Fm baritone chordFm C baritone chordC F baritone chordF
and i'm floating in the most peculiar way,

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


Bridge 1

Fm baritone chordFm Em baritone chordEm
for here am i sitting in a tin can,

Fm baritone chordFm Em baritone chordEm
far above the world,

B baritone chordB Am baritone chordAm
planet earth is blue,

G baritone chordG F baritone chordF
and theres nothing i can do...



Link 2


C baritone chordC F baritone chordF G baritone chordG A baritone chordA (x2)


(solo 1)

over the chords Fm baritone chordFm, Em baritone chordEm, E baritone chordE, C baritone chordC, D7 baritone chordD7, E baritone chordE



Verse 3

C baritone chordC E baritone chordE
Though i'm past one hundred thousand miles,

F baritone chordF
i'm feeling very still.

Fm baritone chordFm C baritone chordC F baritone chordF
and i think my spaceship knows which way to go.

Fm baritone chordFm C baritone chordC F baritone chordF
tell my wife i love her very much - she knows!


Verse 4

G baritone chordG E baritone chordE
Ground contol to major tom

Am baritone chordAm C/G baritone chordC/G
your circuits dead, there's something wrong

D7 baritone chordD7
can you hear me, major tom?

C baritone chordC
can you hear me, major tom?

G baritone chordG
Can you hear me, major tom? can you...



Bridge 2

Fm baritone chordFm Em baritone chordEm
here am i floating round my tin can,

Fm baritone chordFm Em baritone chordEm
far above the moon.

B baritone chordB Am baritone chordAm
planet earth is blue,

G baritone chordG F baritone chordF
and theres nothing i can do




Link

C baritone chordC F baritone chordF G baritone chordG A baritone chordA (x2)



(solo 2) over the chords Fm baritone chordFm, Em baritone chordEm, E baritone chordE, C baritone chordC, D7 baritone chordD7, E baritone chordE (fade out on E baritone 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.

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