Space Oddity Uke tab by David Bowie

15 Chords used in the song: C, Em, Am, Am7, D7, E7, F, Fm, Fmaj7, Em7, BbM7, G, D, A, Gsus4

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Artist: 
Year:  1969
Difficulty: 
3.83
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
Strum: [ D D - D D d U - ud- dudu ]

INTRO C C Em Em C C Em Em
Ground control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom
[ Am Am - Am7 Am7 ] D7 D7
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C C Em Em C C Em Em
Ground control to Major Tom Commencing countdown, engines on
[ Am Am - Am7 Am7 ] D7 D7 (climb 3 measures)
Check ig -nition and may God's love be with you

VERSE
C C E7 E7 F F
This is ground control to Major Tom, 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 ] F F
now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
C C E7 E7 F F
This is Major Tom to ground con-trol, 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

CHORUS
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Em7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Em7
For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world
BbM7 BbM7 / / Am Am / / G G / / F F / // // //
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

BREAK
[ D D d Udu D D du D D D D ] (strum)
C C F F G G A A x2 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Em7 A A A A

VERSE
C C E7 E7 F F
Though I'm passed one hundred thousand miles, 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 ] F F
tell my wife I love her very much, she knows

BRIDGE

[ G G - E7 E7 ] [ Am Am - Am7 Am7 ]
Ground control to Major Tom: Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
D7 D7 Gsus Gsus
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?
G G
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you ...

CHORUS
Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Em7 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Em7
here am I floating in my tin can, far above the moon
BbM7 BbM7 / / Am Am / / G G / / F F / // // //
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

[ D D d Udu D D du D D D D ] (strum)
C C F F G G A A x2 Fmaj7 Fmaj7 Em7 Em7 A A /

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