Space Oddity Chords & Tabs

by David Bowie

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Intro, Pre-verse & Chorus main pattern:
BPM: 68
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 202, 202, 101, 3, 202, 202, 101, 202, 101, 1, 202, 202, 101, 1, 101]
Verse:
BPM: 68
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 202, 1, 101, 3, 202, 1, 101, 202, 101, 1, 202, 3, 202, 1, 101]
Instrumental:
BPM: 70
Denominator: 16
Triplet: No
Measures: [3, 202, 1, 101, 2, 101, 3, 202, 201, 201, 3, 202, 3, 202, 203, 202]

[Intro]
| Fmaj7 | Em   | Fmaj7 | Em   |
| Fmaj7 | Em   | Fmaj7 | Em   |

[Pre-Verse]
C                         Em
Ground control to Major Tom
C                         Em
Ground control to Major Tom
Am        Am/G              D7/F#             
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C                         Em
Ground control to Major Tom
C                            Em
Commencing countdown engines on
Am      Am/G           D7/F#                 
Check ignition and may God's love be with you

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
    Fmaj7     Em                  
For here am I sitting in a tin can
Fmaj7         Em   
Far above the world
Bb              Am               G             F 
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]
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

[Bridge]
G                 E7              Am                      C/G            
Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
        D7/F#             
Can you hear me Major Tom?
        C                 
Can you hear me Major Tom?
        G                            
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you...

[Chorus]
Fmaj7     Em                        
Here am I floating 'round my tin can
Fmaj7         Em  
Far above the Moon
Bb              Am               G             F 
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       |