Space Oddity

 

 

Intro: |Fmaj7 |Em |Fmaj7 |Em

 

|C |Em

1. Ground control to Major Tom
|C |Em
Ground control to Major Tom
|Am Am7/G |D7/F#tacet
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

 

2 (Ten) Ground control (Nine) to Major Tom (Eight)
(Seven, six) Commencing countdown (Five), engines on (Four)
(Three, two) Check ignition (One) and may God's (Blastoff) love be with you
(long pause)

 

|C |E7 |F

Refr This is ground control to Major Tom, 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.

 

Refr.2 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.

 

|Fmaj7 |Em7 |Fmaj7 |Em7

Bridge. Here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world
|Bbmaj7 |Am9 |G9 |F
The planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
(3/4) |C F G A |A |C F G A |A
|Fmaj7 |Em7 |A9 |C9 |D9/E |E

 

|C |E7 |F

Refr.3 Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, 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 E7b9 |Am Am/G
Ground control to Major Tom, your circuits dead, there's something wrong.
|D7
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
|C
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
|G
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
Can you...

 

|Fmaj7 |Em7 |Fmaj7 |Em7

Bridge. Here am I floating far above the moon
|Bbmaj7 |Am9 |G9 |F
The planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
(3/4) |C F G A |A |C F G A |A
|Fmaj7 |Em7 |A9 |C9 |D9/E |E