Space Oddity - David Bowie
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
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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----------
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------|-0-----
------|-2-----
------|-2-----
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e|-0----------
B|-1----------
G|-2----------
D|-0----------
A|-x----------
E|-2----------
------|-0-----
------|-1-----
------|-2-----
------|-2-----
------|-0-----
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e|-1----------
B|-1----------
G|-1----------
D|-3----------
A|-3----------
E|-1----------
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------|-0-----
------|-2-----
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-----------|-1
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---|-3--------
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---|-0--------
---|-2--------
---|-3--------
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e|-0----------
B|-2----------
G|-2----------
D|-2----------
A|-0----------
E|-0----------
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------|-1-----
------|-0-----
------|-2-----
------|-3-----
------|-3-----
-----------|-2
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---|-1--------
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---|-1--------
---|-1--------
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e|-2----------
B|-1----------
G|-2----------
D|-0----------
A|-x----------
E|-x----------
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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.