Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

14 Chords used in the song: F, Em, Fmaj7, C, Am, Am/G, Dadd9, E, E7, Fm, Bb, G, A, D

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Year:  1969
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4.93
(Intermediate)
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F F  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 Am/G Am/G
Take your protein pills
Dadd9 Dadd9
and put your helmet on

C C Em Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
C C
Commencing countdown,
Em Em
engines on
Am Am Am/G Am/G
Check ig-nition
Dadd9 Dadd9 (n.c.)
and may God's love be with you



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 F F
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
Bb Bb 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

F F Em Em A A C C D D*(see below) E E*
Ohhhh.......

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,
Am/G Am/G
there's something wrong
Dadd9 Dadd9
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
C C
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
G G
Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you....

F F
For here and I'm
Em Em
Floating round my tin can
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em Em
Far above the moon
Bb Bb 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

Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em Em A A C C D D

C C F F G G A A A A

C C F F G G A A A A
Oh..............

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It's perfect!
11 Feb 2016
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Definitely for the more advanced player!
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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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