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Space Oddity

David Bowie
ChordsKeyCintermediate68 BPM
★4.9(21k)

Chords in this song15

Intro

| Fmaj7 | Em | Fmaj7 | Em |
| Fmaj7 | Em | Fmaj7 | Em |

Pre-Verse

Ground control to Major Tom
Ground control to Major Tom
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
Ground control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown engines on
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

Verse 1

This is ground control to Major Tom
You've really made the grade
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is Major Tom to ground control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today

Chorus

For here am I sitting in a tin can
Far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

Instrumental

| C F G A A |
| C F G A A |
| Fmaj7 | Em | A |
| C | D | E |

Verse 2

Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows

Bridge

Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear me Major Tom?
Can you hear me Major Tom?
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you...

Chorus

Here am I floating 'round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do

Outro

| C F G A A |
| C F G A A |
| Fmaj7 | Em | A |
| C | D | E |

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