Space Oddity - David Bowie
Version 2 of 9
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Tuning: G C E A, G C E A
Tab was made from the Ukulele TenThumbs Productions video:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rr3KlmRzb_8)
Picking + Stru
A|--------0-0-
E|--------0-0-
C|--------0-0-
G|-2--2---2-2-
(Pick) (DUD
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mming Pattern
0------------0
0-----3--3---3
0------------0
2------------2
) (Pick) (
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for part of th
-0-0----------
-3-3-----2-2--
-0-0----------
-2-2----------
DUD) (Pick)
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e song
0-0-0----0--0-
2-2-2----2--2-
0-0-0----2--2-
2-2-2----2--2-
(DUD) (D DU
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0-0-0-0-|
2-2-2-2-|
2-2-2-2-|
2-2-2-2-|
UDU)
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Chords in (parenthesis) should each be played for half the strumming pattern to make up the full pattern.
Chords in [square brackets] should only be played for half the strumming pattern.
Strumming Pattern: DDD DUU UDUDU
[Intro]
Ground control
to major Tom
Ground control
to major Tom
(Picking + Strumming Pattern)
Take your prot
ein pills and
put your helme
t on
Ground control
to major Tom
Commencing cou
ntdown, engine
s on
(Picking + Strumming Pattern)
Check ig-nitio
n and may gods
love be with
you
This is ground
control to ma
jor Tom, you'v
e really made
the grade
(Fm C) F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
(Fm C) F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is major
Tom to ground
control, I'm s
tepping throug
h the door
(Fm C) F
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
(Fm C) F
And the stars look very different today
Here am I sitt
ing in a tin c
an far above t
he world
(Bbmaj7 Am) (G F)
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
Though I'm pas
t one hundred
thousand miles
, I'm feeling
very still
(Fm C) F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
(Fm C) F
Tell my wife I love her very much, she knows
[G] [E7] [Am] [C]
Ground control to major Tom, your circuits dead, there's something wrong
Can you hear m
e, major Tom?
Can you hear m
e, major Tom?
Can you hear m
e, major Tom?
Can you...
Here am I sitt
ing in my tin
can far above
the Moon
(Bbmaj7 Am) (G F)
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do