Space Oddity

David Bowie / David Bowie: David Bowie (1969)

	C	Em	C	Em
	Ground control to Major	Tom,	ground control to Major	Tom:

	Am	Am7/G	D7
	Take your	protein pills and	put your helmet on.

	C	Em	C	Em
	Ground control to Major	Tom:	commencing countdown engine's	on

	Am	Am7/G	D7
	Check ig	nition and may	God's love be with you.

	C	E7	F
	This is ground control to Major	Tom, you've really made the	grade!

	Fm	C/E	F	Fm	C/E	F
And the	papers want to	know whose shirts you	wear, now it's	time to leave the	capsule if you	dare.

	C	E7	F
	This is Major Tom to ground con	trol, I'm stepping through the	door

	Fm	C/E	F	Fm	C/E	F
And I'm	floating in the	most peculiar	way and the	stars look very	different to	day.

	Fmaj7	Em7	Fmaj7	Em7
For	here am I	sitting in a tin can,	far above the	world

	Bbmaj7	Am	G	F	C
	Planet Earth is	blue and there's	nothing I can	do

	F	G	A	C	F	G	A

	Fmaj7	Em7	A	C	D	E

	C	E7	F
	Though I've passed one hundred thousand	miles, I'm feeling very	still,

	Fm	C/E	F	Fm	C/E	F
And I	think my spaceship	knows which way to	go, tell my	wife I love her	very much she	knows.

	G	E7	Am	Am7/G
	Ground control to	Major Tom: Your	circuit's dead, there's	something wong.

	D7	C/G
Can you	hear me Major Tom? Can you	hear me Major Tom?

	G
Can you	hear me Major Tom? Can you -

	Fmaj7	Em7	Fmaj7	Em7
	Here am I	floating round my tin can,	far above the	moon.

	Bbmaj7	Am	G	F
	Planet Earth is	blue and there's	nothing I can	do.

	C	F	G	A	C	F	G	A