Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

17 Chords used in the song: C, Em, Am, Am7/G, D7, E7, F, Fm, C/E, Fmaj7, Em7, Bbmaj7, G, A, D, E, C/G

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Artist: 
Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
3.91
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Intro: fade in of chords - C chordC , Em chordEm

Verse/Chorus:

C chordC Em chordEm C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom:
Am chordAm Am7/G chordAm7/G D7 chordD7
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C chordC Em chordEm C chordC Em chordEm
Ground control to Major Tom: Commencing countdown engine's on
Am chordAm Am7/G chordAm7/G D7 chordD7
Check ig-nition and may God's love be with you

C chordC E7 chordE7 F chordF
This is ground control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade!
Fm chordFm C/E chordC/E F chordF
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear,
Fm chordFm C/E chordC/E F chordF
now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
C chordC E7 chordE7 F chordF
This is Major Tom to ground con-trol, I'm stepping through the door
Fm chordFm C/E chordC/E F chordF
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
Fm chordFm C/E chordC/E F chordF
and the stars look very different today


Bridge:

Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7
For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world
Bbmaj7 chordBbmaj7 Am chordAm G chordG F chordF
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do


Interlude:

C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 A chordA C chordC D chordD E chordE


Verse/Chorus:

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

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


Bridge:

Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7
here am floating in my tin can, far above the moon
Bbmaj7 chordBbmaj7 Am chordAm G chordG F chordF
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do


Interlude:

C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
C chordC F chordF G chordG A chordA A chordA
Fmaj7 chordFmaj7 Em7 chordEm7 A chordA C chordC D chordD E 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. Read more on Last.fm.

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