Space Oddity
David Bowie, Chris Hadfield / Chris Hadfield: You Tube (2012)
| |: | Fmaj7 | Em | :| | |
| C | Em | C | Em | ||
| Ground control to Major | Tom, | ground control to Major | Tom: |
| Am | Am7/G | D7 | |
| Lock your | Soyuz hatch and | put your helmet on. |
| C | Em | C | Em | |
| Ground control to Major | Tom: | Commencing countdown, engine's | on. |
| Am | Am7/G | D7 | |
| Detach from | station 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 | |
| And the | papers want to | know whose shirts you | wear, |
| Fm | C/E | F | |
| But it's | time to guide the | capsule if you | dare. |
| C | E7 | F | |
| This is Major Tom to ground con | trol, I've left forever | more, |
| Fm | C/E | F | |
| And I'm | floating in a | most peculiar | way, |
| Fm | C/E | F | |
| 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 | F | G | A | :| | Fmaj7 | Em | A | C | D | E | |
| The | Planet Earth is | blue and there's | nothing left to | do. |
| C | E7 | F | |
| Though I've flown one hundred thousand | miles, I'm feeling very | still. |
| Fm | C/E | F | |
| And be | fore too long I | know it's time to | go, |
| Fm | C/E | F | |
| Our com | mander comes down | back to earth and | knows. |
| G | E7 | Am | Am7/G | |
| Ground control to | Major Tom: The | time is near, there's | not too long. |
| 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 in my tin can, A | last glimpse of the | world. |
| Bbmaj7 | Am | G | F | |: | C | F | G | A | :| | Fmaj7 | Em | A | C | D | E | |
| Planet Earth is | blue and there's | nothing left to | do. |