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Space Oddity

Lyrics and music by David Bowie


INTRO:  Fmaj7  Em  Fmaj7  Em...repeat for fade in


C                       	       Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
C                                    Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
Am           Am7
Take your protein pills and 
D7
Put your helmet on
C                                    Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
C                                                 Em
Commencing countdown, engines on
Am        Am7                D7
Check ignition and may God's love be with you


LIFT OFF SEQUENCE...


C                                               E7
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
                                   F
You've really made the grade
             Fm                 C                                 F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
             Fm                    C                    F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
C                                                 E7
This is Major Tom to Ground Control     
                                     F
I'm stepping through the door
             Fm             C                   F
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
             Fm                  C              F
And the stars look very different today     
      Fmaj7      Em7
For here am I sitting in a tin can     
Fmaj7            Em7
Far above the world     
Bb                  Am
Planet Earth is blue
                  G                  F
And there's nothing I can do     


ACOUSTIC SOLO: C  F  G  A  A
                   		C  F  G  A  A


LEAD BREAK:  Fmaj7  Em7*  A*  C*  D9  E


C                                                         E7
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
                        F
I'm feeling very still     
         Fm                         C                             F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
            Fm                 C                    F
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
G                          E7
Ground Control to Major Tom
         Am                           Am7
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
              D
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
              C
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
              G
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
              Fmaj7      Em7
Can you hear, am I floating round my tin can?     
Fmaj7            Em7
Far above the Moon
Bb                  Am
Planet Earth is blue     
                  G                  F
And there's nothing I can do


ACOUSTIC SOLO


OUTRO:  Fmaj7  Em7*  A*  C*  D9  E...fade

-----------------------------------------
SOLO: 
   Fmaj7  Em7*   A*         C*      D9      E
 E-------------------5--------------------------
 B-131--------------5-85---565---5-787---7------
 G----202-020-----56----6-----5-5-----7-7-------
 D-----------2---7-------7-----5-------7---20---
 A------------0-0-------------------------------
 E-------------------------------------------30-

OUTRO: 
   Fmaj7    Em7            A*        C*                              D*                          E
 E----------------------------5-------------{8-12P8----------------------------------------------t12-
 B-131------5H6P5-5----------5-85---------{8-------8-----------------12-10--12-10--12-10--10--10-----
 G----202--------7-75-5----56----56-----{9----------9----------------12-10--12-10--12-10--10--10-----
 D-------2\----------7-753---------7-{10-------------10-----------10------12-----12-----12--12-------
 A-----------------------------------------------------10\88\7/8\7-----------------------------------
 E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


CHORD LIBRARY
E A D G B E
A
x 0 2 2 2 0
A*
x 7 7 6 5 0
Am
x 0 2 2 1 0
Am7
x 0 2 0 1 0
Bb
x 1 3 3 3 1
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
C*
x 9 9 8 7 0
D7
x x 0 2 1 2
D9
x 11 11 10 9 0
E
0 2 2 1 0 0
E7
0 2 0 1 0 0
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
Em7
0 2 0 0 0 0
Em7*
x 5 5 4 3 0
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
Fm
1 3 3 1 1 1
Fmaj7
x 3 3 2 1 0
G
3 2 0 0 3 3