Space Oddity - David Bowie

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                             Space Oddity - David Bowie
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Tabbed by: Beann


Chords used

       
e|-0----------
B|-0----------
G|-2----------
D|-3----------
A|-0----------
E|-1----------

            
------|-0-----
------|-0-----
------|-0-----
------|-2-----
------|-2-----
------|-0-----

             
-----------|-0
-----------|-1
-----------|-0
-----------|-2
-----------|-3
-----------|-x

              
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---|-0--------
---|-1--------
---|-0--------
---|-2--------
---|-x--------
---|-3--------

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e|-0----------
B|-1----------
G|-2----------
D|-0----------
A|-x----------
E|-2----------

            
------|-0-----
------|-1-----
------|-2-----
------|-2-----
------|-0-----
------|-0-----

           
-----------|-0
-----------|-1
-----------|-2
-----------|-3
-----------|-x
-----------|-x

            
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---|-1--------
---|-1--------
---|-2--------
---|-3--------
---|-3--------
---|-1--------

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e|-1----------
B|-1----------
G|-1----------
D|-3----------
A|-3----------
E|-1----------

           
------|-0-----
------|-0-----
------|-0-----
------|-0-----
------|-2-----
------|-0-----

            
-----------|-0
-----------|-0
-----------|-1
-----------|-0
-----------|-2
-----------|-0

              
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---|-3--------
---|-0--------
---|-0--------
---|-0--------
---|-2--------
---|-3--------

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e|-0----------
B|-2----------
G|-2----------
D|-2----------
A|-0----------
E|-0----------

           
------|-0-----
------|-1-----
------|-0-----
------|-2-----
------|-3-----
------|-3-----

             
-----------|-2
-----------|-3
-----------|-2
-----------|-0
-----------|-x
-----------|-x

              
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---|-1--------
---|-3--------
---|-3--------
---|-3--------
---|-1--------
---|-1--------

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e|-2----------
B|-1----------
G|-2----------
D|-0----------
A|-x----------
E|-x----------

       
------|-0-----
------|-1-----
------|-0-----
------|-2-----
------|-3-----
------|-0-----

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Intro:

Single up strum on first chord
   x1

   x3

After every Em in the intro and first verse play this:

e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|----0-|
A|-0h2--|
E|------|

             
Ground Control

            
 to Major Tom,

             
 Ground Contro

          
l to Major Tom
        
Take your prot

             
ein pills and 

 
put your helme

t on
             
Ground Control

            
 to Major Tom,

             
 Commencing co

              
untdown engine

 
s on
       
Check ignition

         
 and may God's

 love be with 

you


             
This is Ground

              
 Control to Ma

            
jor Tom, you'v

              
e really made 

    
the grade
            
And the papers

           
 want to know 

              
whose shirts y

   
ou wear
            
Now it's time 

             
to leave the c

/            
apsule if you 


dare
             
This is Major 

              
Tom to Ground 

            
Control, I'm s

              
tepping throug

      
h the door
            
And I'm floati

           
ng in a most p

        
eculiar way
            
And the stars 

           
look very diff

        
erent today


        
For here am I 

            
sitting in a t

         
in can far abo

      
ve the world
            
Planet Earth i

            
s blue and the

             
re's nothing I

     
 can do


Instrumental:
    
    
    
              

 
  Hit the low 

E string twice

 before final 

E chord


             
Though I'm pas

              
t one hundred 

            
thousand miles

              
, I'm feeling 

     
very still
            
And I think my

           
 spaceship kno

              
ws which way t

  
o go
            
Tell my wife I

             
 love her very

        
 much, she kno

ws


             
Ground Control

    
 to Major Tom
            
Your circuit's

              
 dead, there's

 
 something wro

ng
      
Can you hear m

e, Major Tom?
      
Can you hear m

e, Major Tom?
      
Can you hear m

e, Major Tom? 

Can you....


        
For here am I 

            
sitting in a t

         
in can far abo

      
ve the world
            
Planet Earth i

            
s blue and the

             
re's nothing I

     
 can do


Instrumental:
    
    
    
              

 
  Hit the low 

E string twice

 before final 

E chord

Listen to the song for strumming pattern and exact timing of chord changes.

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