Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

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

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Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
4.5
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
C chordC                       Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom
C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom
Am chordAm Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on


C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom
C chordC Em chordEm
Commencing countdown, engines on
Am chordAm Am7 chordAm7 D7 chordD7
Check ignition and may Gods love be with you


C chordC E7 chordE7
This is ground control to Major Tom
F chordF
You ve really made the grade
Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
Now its time to leave the capsule if you dare


C chordC E7 chordE7
This is Major Tom to ground control
F chordF
I'm stepping through the door
Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And I m floating in a most peculiar way
Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And the stars look very different today


Fmaj7 chordFmaj7
For here
Em chordEm
am I sitting in a tin can
Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em chordEm
Far above the world
Bb chordBb Am chordAm
Planet earth is blue
G chordG F chordF
And there s nothing I can do

Interlude: C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em chordEm A chordA C chordC D chordD E chordE

C chordC E7 chordE7
Though I m past one hundred thousand miles
F chordF
I'm feeling very still
Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Fm chordFm C chordC F chordF
Tell me wife I love her very much she knows


G chordG E7 chordE7
Ground control to Major Tom
Am chordAm Am7 chordAm7
Your circuits dead, there s something wrong
D7 chordD7
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
C chordC
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
D7 chordD7
Can you hear me, Major Tom?

Can you....


Fmaj7 chordFmaj7
For here
Em chordEm
am I sitting in a tin can
Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em chordEm
Far above the world
Bb chordBb Am chordAm
Planet earth is blue
G chordG F chordF
And there s nothing I can do

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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. Read more on Last.fm.

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