Space Oddity
David Bowie (1969)


      2 bar strumming pattern
4/4 | D - - - D - D U | - U - U D - D U |
      1   2   3   4 &  (1)&(2)& 3   4 &

              1st Verse FP                      Chorus FP
|-M-------M-------|    |-R-------R-------|   |-------R-------R-|
|-I-------I-------| or |-M-------M-------|   |-----M-------M---|
|-----T-------T---|    |-----I-------I---|   |---I-------I-----|
|-----------------|    |-T-------T-------|   |-T-------T-------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &        1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &       1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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

| [C] . Ground con- | trol to Major | [Em] Tom | [Em] |
| [C] . Ground con- | trol to Major | [Em] Tom | [Em] |
| [Am] . Take your | [Am7] protein pills and | [D7] put your helmet | on |
| [C] . Ground con- | trol to Major | [Em] Tom | [Em] |
| [C] . Commencing | countdown engines | [Em] on | [Em] |
| [Am] . Check i- | [Am7] gnition and may | [D7] God's love be with | [D7] you...
Raise barre chord D7 by semitones to 12th fret

| [C] This is ground con- | trol to Major | [E7] Tom
You've | [E7] really made the | [F] grade | [F]  
And the | [Fm] papers want to | [C] know whose shirt you | [F] wear | [F]  
Now it's | [Fm] time to leave the | [C] capsule if you | [F] dare | [F]  
| [C] This is Major | Tom to ground con- | [E7] trol
I'm | [E7] stepping through the | [F] door | [F]  
And I'm | [Fm] floating in a | [C] most peculiar | [F] way | [F]  
And the | [Fm] stars look very | [C] different to- | [F] day | [F]  

Start Fingerpicking
For | [Fmaj7] here... | .. am I | [Em] sitting in a tin can | [Em] |   
| [Fmaj7] Far... | .. above the | [Em] world | [Em] |   
Strumming
| [Bb] Planet Earth is | [Am] blue and there's | [G] nothing I can | [F] do | [F] |

Instrumental

      C     F     G         A   A
4/4 | D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - - | 2x
      1   2 & 3 & 4     1   2   3   4

| [Fmaj7] | [Fmaj7] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [A]   | [A]   | [C]   | [C]   |
| [D]   | [D]   | [E7] | [E7] |

| [C] Though I'm past one | hundred thousand | [E7] miles
I'm | [E7] feeling very | [F] still | [F]  
And I | [Fm] think my spaceship | [C] knows which way to | [F] go | [F]  
Tell my | [Fm] wife I love her | [C] very much she | [F] knows   | [F]  

Bridge
| [G] Ground control to | [E7] Major Tom
Your | [Am] circuit's dead, there's | [Am7] something wrong
Can you | [D7] hear me Major | Tom?
Can you | [C] hear me Major | Tom?
Can you | [G] hear me Major | Tom? Can you...

Chorus
Fingerpicking
| [Fmaj7] Here... | ..am I | [Em] floating 'round my tin can | [Em] |
| [Fmaj7] Far... | ..above the | [Em] Moon | [Em] |
| [Bb] Planet Earth is | [Am] blue and there's | [G] nothing I can | [F] do | [F] |

Instrumental Outro

      C     F     G         A   A
4/4 | D - - U - - D - | - - D - D - - - | 2x
      1   2 & 3 & 4     1   2   3   4

| [Fmaj7] | [Fmaj7] | [Em] | [Em] |
| [A]   | [A]   | [C]   | [C]   |
| [D]   | [D]   | [E7] | [E7] | [E7↓]  

#Play along with David Bowie in this key.


#Last Updated 10/24/22 JJ
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