Space Oddity (Complete)

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Space Oddity / David Bowie

Tabbed for C Chromatic (Key of C) so you can Play Along With The Song!



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Space Oddity


Written in C Major with no sharps or flats!


Ground control to Major Tom
   5    5   5  5  -5  5 -4

Ground control to Major Tom
   5    5   5  5  -5  5 -4

Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
 5    -5   5  -5    5   -5   5   -5   5 -5  -5

Ground control to Major Tom
   5    5   5  5  -5  5 -4

Commencing countdown, engines on
5   5   5    5   5    -5   5  -4

Check ignition and may God's love be with you
  5   -5  5 -5  5  -5    5    -5   5  -5  -5



This is ground control to Major Tom
  3   3   5    -5  -6  6  -5  5 -4
  6   6   6    -6  -6 -6  -6 -6  6

You've really made the grade
  -4    6  -5   5  -4   5 -5 5 -3
   6    6   6   6   6  -6

And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
-3  -4   5   5   5  -5   5    5      5   -5  -5 5
-6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -6   6    6      6    6  -6

Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
-3   -4   5   5    5   -5   5   5  5  -5  -5 5
-6   -6  -6  -6   -6    7   6   6  6   6  -6


This is Major Tom to ground control
 3   3  5 -5  -6   6   -5    5  -4

I'm stepping through the door 
 -4   6  -5     5    -4   5 -5 5 -3

And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
-3  -4   5   5   5 -5  5   5  5 -5  -5 5
-6  -6  -6  -6  -6 -6  6   6  6  6  -6

And the stars look very different today
-3   -4   5    5   5 -5  5 -5  5  5 -6 -5 5
-6   -6  -6   -6  -6  7  6  6  6  6 -6


For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world
 5   6  -5  5  -4 -4 -4  4 -4   3    6   6 -5   5  -4
-3   4  -4 -3   3  3  3 -3  3  -1    4   4 -4  -3   3

Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do
-5  -5  -5   6   5     5    5     -4  -4  4 -4  -3
-4  -4  -4   4  -3    -3   -3      3   3 -3  3  -2



Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
   3    3    5  -5  -6   6   -5   5   -4
   6    6    6  -6  -6  -6   -6  -6    6

I'm feeling very still
 -4  6  -5  5 -4   5 -5 5 -3
  6  6   6  6  6  -6

And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
-3  -4   5   5   5  -5     5     5    5 -5  -5 5
-6  -6  -6  -6  -6  -6     6     6    6  6  -6

Tell my wife, I love her very much, she knows
 -3  -4   5   5   5  -5  5 -5  5     5 -6 -5 5


Ground control to Major Tom
  -5   -5  -5  -5 -5 -5  -5

Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
  6   -5   5     5     -3      5   -5    6

Can you hear me Major Tom?
 5   5   -5  -5 -5  6  -5

Can you hear me Major Tom?
-5  -5   -5  -5 -5  6  -5

Can you hear me Major Tom?
-5  -5   -5  -5 -5  6  -5


Here am I floating 'round my tin can, far above the moon
 6  -5  5  -4 -4     -4   4  -4   3    6   6 -5  5   -4
 4  -4 -3   3  3      3  -3   3  -1    4   4 -4 -3    3

Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do
-5  -5  -5   6   5     5    5     -4  -4  4 -4  -3
-4  -4  -4   4  -3    -3   -3      3   3 -3  3  -2


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