SPACE ODDITY                  (intro)     (midi)
 
    F – Em – F - Em
 
    C                                        Em  - C                                         Em
1.    Ground Control to Major Tom,      Ground Control to Major Tom:
Am                                           D                      D7
    Take your protein pills and put your helmet on.
C                                         Em  - C                                                       Em
   Ground control to Major Tom:      commencing countdown, engine's on,
Am                                       D                          D7  ~ ~
    check ignition and may God's love be with you.
 
       C                                               E                                             F
    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.
 
       C                                                 E                                             F
    This is Major Tom to Ground Control, I'm stepping through the door,
                  Fm                   C                   F   
    and I'm floating in the most peculiar way, 
                   Fm                  C               F
    and the stars look very different today.
           Am           Em                       Am                  Em
    For here am I sitting in a tin can, far above the world,
      Bb                   Am                     G                  F
    planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do.
 
    C – F – G – A  (2x)           Am – Em – A – C – D - E
 
       C                                                            E                                F
2. Though I'm fast 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                          E
    Ground Control to Major Tom: 
             Am                              G
    Your circuit's 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 ...
       
        Am           Em                                   Am                   Em
       Here am I floating round my tin can, far above the moon,
        Bb                    Am                     G                  F
       planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
 
    C – F – G – A  (2x)           Am – Em – A – C – D - E
 
    (David Bowie)