VERSION: Edited
Getting Started - by UkeleleUnity
To learn David Bowie - Space Oddity chords with lyrics, centre your learning around these crucial chords: A, C, F, Fm, F, G, Fm, C. A good strategy is to initiate at 67 BPM and then accelerate to the track's regular speed of 135 BPM. Tune your capo to accommodate your vocal range, referencing the song's key: C.
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C _ Ground _ control to Major
B Tom.
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C _ _ Ground control to Major
B Tom.
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Am _ _ Take your protein pills
D and put your helmet on.
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C _ _ Ground control to Major
B _ Tom.
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Countdown
B engines on.
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Am _ _ Check engines and
D may God's life be with you.
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C _ _ _ .
_ _ _ This is ground control to
E Major Tom.
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You've really
F made the grade.
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Fm And the papers want
C to know whose shirt
F you wear.
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_ Now
Fm it's time to
C leave the capsule if
F you dare.
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C This is Major Tom to ground
E control.
_ I'm stepping through
F the _ door.
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Fm I'm floating
C in a most peculiar
F way.
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Fm the stars look
C very _ different _
F _ today.
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Am Oh dear, _
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Em oh my dear.
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C _ Oh _ _ _
Em dear.
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A# When the earth
Am is blue and
G there's nothing I can
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C _ _ Past one hundred thousand
E miles _ I'm feeling very
F _ still.
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Fm And I think my
C spaceship knows which way
F to go.
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_ But
Fm my wife I love
C her very much.
F She _ knows.
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G Ground control
G# to Major Tom.
Am Your circuits dead.
There's something
C D wrong.
Can you hear me Major Tom?.
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C Can you hear me Major Tom?.
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G Can you hear me Major Tom?.
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F The _ _ _ _ ceiling's
Em not a floating moment.
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Em _ _ _ _ _ dear.
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A# When the earth
Am is blue and
G there's nothing I
F can _ _ do.
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