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This is an official QUALITY TABS INC. TabFile
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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship
or research.
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SONG TITLE: Space Oddity
ARTIST/GROUP: David Bowie
ALBUM: Space Oddity
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS: [and lots of them too!]
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EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
Em (022000) E7 (020100) Bbmaj7 (x24342) D (xx0232)
F#? (033200) F (133211) G (320033) E (022100)
C (x32010) Fm (133111) C2 (8_10_10_9_8_8) C/G (332010)
Am (x02210) C/E (032010) G2 (355433)
Am7/G (302010) Fmaj7 (x33210) A2 (577655)
D7 (xx0212) Em7 (022030) A (x02220)
OK, this song has LOTS of chords, and is pretty
complicated, but it sounds great! When song parts
have stupid names like CHORUS 2 or MUSICAL INTERLUDE
that means I have no idea what to call them... :)
INTRO: [Fades In]
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Em F#? Em F#? Em F#? Em
VERSE 1:
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C Em
Ground control to Major Tom
C Em
Ground control to Major Tom:
Am Am7/G D7
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
VERSE 2:
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C Em
Ground control to Major Tom:
C Em
Commencing countdown engine's on
Am Am7/G D7
Check ignition and may God's love be with you
CHORUS:
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C E7
This is ground control to Major Tom,
F
you've really made the grade!
Fm C/E F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear,
Fm C/E 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/E F
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way
Fm C/E F
and the stars look very difeerent today
BRIDGE:
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Fmaj7 Em7
For here am I sitting in a tin can,
Fmaj7 Em7
far above the world
Bbmaj7 Am G F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
MUSICAL INTERLUDE:
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C2 F G2 A A
C2 F G2 A A
Fmaj7 Em7
A C D E
CHORUS:
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C E7
Though I'm passed one hundred thousand miles,
F
I'm feeling very still
Fm C/E F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go,
Fm C/E F
tell my wife I love her very much she knows
CHORUS 2:
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G E7
Ground control to Major Tom:
Am Am7/G
Your circuit's dead, there's something wong.
D7
Can you hear me Major Tom?
C/G
Can you hear me Major Tom?
G
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you ...
BRIDGE:
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Fmaj7 Em7
Here am I floating round my tin can,
Fmaj7 Em7
far above the moon
Bbmaj7 Am G F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
OUTRO:
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C2 F G2 A A
C2 F G2 A A
Phew, It's finally over!! :)
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