Space Oddity - David Bowie

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[Intro]
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[Pre-Verse]
             
  Ground contr

              
ol to Major To


m
             
  Ground contr

              
ol to Major To


m
          
  Take your pr

/            
otein pills an

  
d put your hel

met on
             
  Ground contr

              
ol to Major To


m
             
  Commencing c

              
ountdown engin

   
es on
        
  Check igniti

           
on and may God


's love be wit

h you

[Verse 1]
             
This is ground

              
 control to Ma

     
jor Tom
              
You've really 

           
made the grade
            
And the papers

             
 want to know 

              
whose shirt yo

   
u wear
            
Now it's time 

              
to leave the c

             
apsule if you 

 
dare
             
This is Major 

              
Tom to ground 

     
control
              
I'm stepping t

            
hrough the doo

r
            
And I'm floati

             
ng in a most p

         
eculiar way
            
And the stars 

             
look very diff

         
erent today

[Chorus]
         
For here am I 


sitting in a t

in can
         
Far above the 


world
            
Planet Earth i

            
s blue and the

             
re's nothing I

     
 can do

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
             
Though I'm pas

              
t one hundred 

           
thousand miles
              
I'm feeling ve

     
ry still
            
And I think my

             
 spaceship kno

              
ws which way t

   
o go
            
Tell my wife I

             
 love her very

           
 much she know

s

[Bridge]
             
Ground control

            
 to Major Tom,

            
 your circuit'

              
s dead, there'

  
s something wr

ong
        
Can you hear m

e Major Tom?
        
Can you hear m

e Major Tom?
        
Can you hear m

e Major Tom? C

an you...

[Chorus]
     
Here am I floa

ting 'round my

 tin can
         
Far above the 


Moon
            
Planet Earth i

            
s blue and the

             
re's nothing I

     
 can do

[Outro]
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