Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

11 Chords used in the song: F, Em, C, Am, Am7, D, E, Fm, Bb, G, A

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Year:  1969
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4.05
(Intermediate)
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F F Em Em F F Em Em

C C Em Em
Ground control to Major Tom

C C Em Em
Ground control to Major Tom

Am Am Am7 Am7 D D
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

C C Em Em
Ground control to Major Tom

C C Em Em
Commencing countdown engines on

Am Am Am7 Am7 D D
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

C C E E
This is ground control to Major Tom

F F
You've really made the grade

Fm Fm C C F F
And the papers want to know whose shirt you wear

Fm Fm C C F F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

C C E E
This is Major Tom to ground control

F F
I'm stepping through the door

Fm Fm C C F F
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way

Fm Fm C C F F
And the stars look very different today

F F Em Em
For here am I sitting in a tin can

F F Em Em
Far above the world

Bb Bb Am Am G G F F
Planet Earth is blue 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 C C D D E E

C C E E
Though I'm cross one hundred thousand miles

F F
I'm feeling very still

Fm Fm C C F F
And I think my space ship knows which way to go

Fm Fm C C
Tell my wife I love her very much

F F
She knows

G G E E
Ground control to Major Tom

Am Am
Your circuit's dead

C C
There's something wrong

G G
Can you hear me Major Tom

G G
Can you hear me Major Tom

G G
Can you hear me Major Tom

G G F F Em Em
Can you Here am I floating 'round my tin can

F F Em Em
Far above the moon

Bb Bb Am Am G G
Planet Earth is blue 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 C C D D E E

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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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