Space Oddity (chromatic)

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

SPACE ODDITY
By: David Bowie
Key: C

   5    5   5   5  5-5 5  -4
Ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom 
   5    5   5   5  5-5 5  -4
Ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom 
 5    -5   5   -5    5
Take your pro-tein pills  
-5   5   -5   5  -5 5-5
And put your hel-met on 
   5    5   5   5  5-5 5  -4
Ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom 
-4   5   5    5     5    -5   5   -4
Com-men-cing count-down, en-gines on 
  5   -5  5  -5   5  -5 
Check ig-ni-tion and may 
  5    -5  5   -5  -5
God’s love be with you 

(Space craft lift off music)

  3   3   5    -5   -6  6  -5  5  -4
This is ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom 
  -4     6  -5   5  -4   5  
You've real-ly made the grade  
-3  -4  5   5    5   -5  5
And the pa-pers want to know 
  5      5   -5   5
whose shirts you wear 
-3   -4   5   5    5   -5   5   5   5  -5  5-55
Now it's time to leave the cap-sule if you dare  

 3   3  5  -5  -6  6    -5    5   -4
This is Ma-jor Tom to ground con-trol 
-4    6    -5     5    -4   5
I'm  step-ping through the door 
-3  -4    5    5  5 -5   5  5   5  -5   5
And I'm float-ing in a most pe-cul-iar way 
-3  -4    5    5    5 -5  5   5   5  -5 5-55 
And the stars look ver-y dif-fer-ent to-day  

 5    6  -5 5 -4   -4  -4 4 -4   3
For here am I sit-ting in a tin can 
 6  6  -5   5   -4
Far a-bove the world 
 -5  -5   -5  6   5    
Plan-et Earth is blue 
 5    5      -4  -4  4 -4  -3 
And there’s noth-ing I can do  

 3   3  5  -5  -6  6    -5    5   -4
This is Ma-jor Tom to ground con-trol 
-4    6    -5     5    -4   4
I'm  step-ping through the door 
-3  -4    5    5  5  -5  5  5   5  -5   5
And I'm float-ing in a most pe-cul-iar way 
-3  -4    5     5   5 -5  5   5   5  -5 5-55   
And the stars look ver-y dif-fer-ent to-day 

 5    6  -5 5 -4   -4  -4 4 -4   3
For here am I sit-ting in a tin can 
 6  6  -5   5   -4
Far a-bove the moon 
 -5  -5   -5  6   5    
Plan-et Earth is blue 
 5    5      -4  -4  4 -4  -3 
And there’s noth-ing I can do  

  3     3   5   -5  -6   6    -5   5    -4  
Though I'm past one hun-dred thou-sand miles 
-4    6  -5   5 -4   4
I'm feel-ing ver-y still 
-3 -4   5   5    5    -5
And I think my space-ship 
  5     5    5  -5 5-55
Knows which way to  go 
 -3  -4   5   5  5   -5   5 -5   5   -5 -66-55
Tell my wife, I love her ver-y much, she knows 
  -5   -5   -5  -5  -5 -5  -5 
Ground con-trol to  Ma-jor Tom 
-5 6 -5    5      5     -3     5    -5     6
Your cir-cuit’s dead, there's some-thing wrong 
 5   5   -5  -5  -5  6  -5
Can you hear me  Ma-jor Tom ? 
 5   5   -5  -5  -5  6  -5
Can you hear me  Ma-jor Tom ? 
-5  -5
Can you ?

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