Chords for David Bowie - Space Oddity, Live, 1969

Tempo:
161.1 bpm
Chords used:

F

C

Em

G

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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David Bowie - Space Oddity, Live, 1969 chords
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[F]
[Em]
[F]
[Em]
[C]
Ground Control to [Em] Major Tom,
[C]
Ground Control to Major [Em] Tom,
[Am]
Take your protein pills [D] and put your helmet on,
[C]
Ground Control to Major [Em] Tom, [C]
Commencing countdown, [Em] engines on,
[Am]
Check ignition [D] and may God's love be with you.
[E]
[F] [Gb]
[Gm] [C]
This is Ground Control to Major [E]
Tom, You've really made [F] the grade,
[Fm] And the papers [C] want to know whose [F] shirt you wear,
[Fm] Now it's time to [C] leave the capsule if [F] you dare.
[C]
This is Major Tom to Ground [E]
Control, I'm stepping [F] through the door,
[Fm] And I'm floating [C] in a most peculiar [F]
way,
[Fm] The stars look [C] very different [F]
today,
For here [Em] am I sitting in a tin pan,
[F] Half of [Em] the world,
[Bb] The planet Earth [Em] is blue, [G] and there's nothing [F] I can do,
[G]
[A] [C]
[G] [A] [F]
[Em]
[A]
Though [C]
[D]
[E]
[C]
I'm past 100,000 [E]
miles, I'm feeling very [F]
still,
[Fm] But I think my spaceship [C] knows which way to [F]
go,
Tell [Fm] my wife I love [C] her very much, [F] she'll know,
[C]
[G] Ground Control [B] to Major Tom, [D] Your circuit's [Am] dead, there's something wrong,
[D] Can you give me a Major Tom, [C] Can you give me a Major Tom,
[G] Can you give me a Major Tom,
[F] Can you feel, am [Em] I floating round my tin pan,
[F]
Half of [Em]
the world,
[Bb]
The planet [Am] Earth is blue, [G] and there's nothing [F] I can do,
[G]
[A] [C] [F] [G]
[A] [F]
[Em]
[A]
[C]
[D]
[E]
[A]
Key:  
F
134211111
C
3211
Em
121
G
2131
A
1231
F
134211111
C
3211
Em
121
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Learn the basic chords of David Bowie - Space Oddity chords, with this master sequence: Fm, C, F, Fm, E and F. Kick off your practice at a gentle 80 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 161 BPM. Align the capo with your vocal depth and chord choice, bearing in mind the song's original key: F Major.

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_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Ground Control to [Em] Major Tom, _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
Ground Control to Major [Em] Tom,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Take your protein pills [D] and put your helmet on,
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ Ground Control to Major [Em] Tom, _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
Commencing countdown, _ [Em] engines on,
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Check ignition _ [D] and may God's love be with you.
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
This is Ground Control to Major [E]
Tom, _ You've really made [F] the _ grade,
_ _ _ [Fm] And the papers [C] want to know whose [F] shirt you _ wear,
_ _ _ [Fm] Now it's time to [C] leave the capsule if [F] you dare.
_ _ _ _ _ [C]
This is Major Tom to Ground [E]
Control, _ _ I'm stepping [F] through the door,
_ _ _ _ [Fm] And I'm floating [C] in a most peculiar [F] _
way,
_ _ _ _ [Fm] The stars look [C] very different _ _ [F] _
_ today, _ _ _ _
For here _ _ _ [Em] am I sitting in a tin pan, _ _
[F] _ _ _ Half _ of [Em] the _ _ _ world, _
[Bb] The planet Earth [Em] is blue, [G] and there's nothing [F] I can do,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ Though _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
I'm past 100,000 [E]
miles, _ I'm feeling very [F]
still,
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] But I think my spaceship [C] knows which way to [F]
go,
_ _ _ _ Tell [Fm] my wife I love [C] her very much, [F] she'll know,
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] Ground Control [B] to Major Tom, [D] Your circuit's [Am] dead, there's something wrong,
[D] Can you give me a Major Tom, _ [C] Can you give me a Major Tom,
_ [G] Can you give me a Major Tom,
_ [F] Can you _ _ _ _ feel, am [Em] I floating round my tin pan,
_ _ [F] _
Half _ _ of _ [Em]
the world,
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _
The planet [Am] Earth is blue, [G] and there's nothing [F] I can do, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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This song was authored by David Bowie.

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