Space Oddity - David Bowie

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[Intro]
   
   

[Pre-Verse]
             
  Ground contr

            
ol to Major To

             
m,   ground co

              
ntrol to Major

 
 Tom
          
  Take your pr

             
otein pills an

  
d put your hel

met on
             
  Ground contr

            
ol to Major To

             
m,   commencin

              
g countdown en

      
gines on
         
  Check igniti

           
on and may God

's love be wit

h you

[Verse 1]
             
This is ground

              
 control to Ma

            
jor Tom, you'v

              
e 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 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

[Chorus]
         
For here am I 

           
sitting in a t

         
in can, far ab

        
ove the world
            
Planet Earth i

            
s blue, and th

             
ere's nothing 

      
I can do

[Instrumental]
    
    
     

[Verse 2]
             
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 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 th

             
ere's nothing 

      
I can do

[Outro]