Song: Space oddity
Artist: David Bowie
Composer: David Bowie
Album: Space oddity
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
15th Oct 2016
Video of David playing this live on TV in the 1960's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRCKPAHUorI
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website
might suggest, and use the typed shapes shown below:
Notes on the additional chords:
The #11 gives more of a flavour of the studio
version, David just played an on the clip.
The to is suggested by the original Stylophone riff,
but David just played an . The is suggested by
the melody, David just stayed on the .
The break and coda is the chord shape just moved
up the neck
#11 = 133200 = xx3231
= 022000 * = xx3211
= 332010 = 133111
= x02210 = x33210
= 302210 = x55430
= 200232 = 688766
= x32030 * = 577555
= 022130 = 355433
= 022100 = 133211
= 079900 = 577655
= xx5433 = x77650
= xx646x * = 8-10-10-9-8-8
= x-10-10-9-8-0
= x-12-12-11-10-0
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#11
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Ground control to Major Tom,
Ground control to Major Tom,
Take your protein pills, and put your helmet on!
Ground con - trol to Major Tom,
(Ten... nine... eight... seven...)
Commencing count-down, engines on,
(Six... five... four... three...)
Check ig - nition, and may Gods' love be with you!
(Two... one... lift off!)
()
This is ground control to Major Tom,
* *
You've really made the grade,
*
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear,
*
Now it's time to leave the capsule, if you dare!
()
This is Major Tom to ground con - trol,
* *
I'm stepping through the door,
* *
And I'm floating in most a - peculiar way,
And the stars look very different to - day!
*
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do!
* *
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[Break]
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()
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles,
I'm feeling very still,
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go,
Tell my wife, I love her very much, she knows...
Ground control to Major Tom,
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong,
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you...
*
Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do!
* *
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[Coda]
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