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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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