Space Oddity
1969
gbDavid Bowie
AAmAm7BbM7CC-2DE7EmEm7FF/CFM7FmG
15 chords used in this song
C-2Em
C-2Ground control to Major EmTom
C-2Em
C-2Ground control to Major EmTom
AmAm7D
AmTake your Am7protein pills and Dput your helmet on
C-2Em
C-2Ground control to Major EmTom
CEm
CCommencing countdown, engines Emon
AmAm7D
Amcheck igAm7nition and may Dgods love be with you
C-2E7
C-2This is ground control to Major E7Tom
F/C
You've really made the F/Cgrade
FmCF/C
and the Fmpapers want to Cknow whose shirts you F/Cwear
FmCF/C
Now its Fmtime to leave the Ccapsule if you F/Cdare
C-2E7
C-2This is Major Tom to ground contE7rol
F/C
I'm stepping through the F/Cdoor
FmCF/C
and I'm Fmfloating in a Cmost peculiar F/Cway
FmCF/C
and the Fmstars look very Cdifferent toF/Cday
FM7Em7
For FM7here am I Em7sitting in a tin can
FM7Em7
FM7Far above the Em7world
BbM7Am
BbM7Planet Earth is Amblue
GF
and there's Gnothing I can Fdo
CFGACFGA
CFGACFGA
FM7Em7
FM7Em7
ACDE7
ACDE7
C-2E7
C-2Though I'm past one hundred thousand E7miles
F/C
I'm feeling very F/Cstill
FmCF/C
And I Fmthink my spaceship Cknows which way to F/Cgo
FmCF/C
Tell my Fmwife I love her Cvery much, she F/Cknows
GE7
GGround control to E7Major Tom
AmAm7
Your Amcircuit's dead, there's Am7something wrong
D
Can you Dhear me, Major Tom?
C-2
Can you C-2hear me, Major Tom?
G
Can you Ghear me, Major Tom? Can you
FM7Em7
FM7Here am I Em7floating round my tin can
FM7Em7
FM7Far above the Em7moon
BbM7Am
BbM7Planet Earth is Amblue
GF
and there’s Gnothing I can Fdo
CFGACFGA
CFGACFGA
FM7Em7
FM7Em7
ACDE7
ACDE7
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