Song:         Space Oddity
    Artist:         David Bowie
 Tabbed By:         Mark David Sanderson ([email protected])
      Date:         11/09/03



 WARNING!!!! NOT FOR BEGGINERS!!!!!



  I couldn't find a tab for space oddity that was right,so i decided to tab it myself, 
but i can only work out the acoustic outline. better than nothing!

  enjoy!!




 Chords Used:


          E A D G B e
    
Fmaj7     x 3 3 2 1 0
Em        0 2 2 0 0 0
C         x 3 2 0 1 0
Am        x 0 2 2 1 0
C/G       3 0 2 0 1 0
D7        x x 0 2 1 2
E         0 2 2 1 0 0
F         1 3 3 2 1 1 
Fm        1 2 2 1 1 1
Em7       0 1 0 0 0 0
B(flat)   x 1 3 3 3 1
G         3 2 0 0 0 1
Amaj      x 0 2 2 2 0





 Intro. (fade in slowly)


      Fmaj7   Em


C                        Em
 Ground control to Major Tom,

C                        Em
 Ground control to Major Tom,

Am         C/G               D7
 take your protein pills and put your helmet on.

C                        Em
 Ground control to Major Tom,

C                             Em
 commencing countdown engines on.

Am       C/G            D7
 Check ignition and may Gods love be with you.


 (Sound f/x)

 Verse 1

 C                               E
 This is ground control to major tom,

                        F
 you've 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.


 Verse 2

 C                              E7
 This is major tom to ground control,

                          F
 I'm stepping through the door

         Fm              C             F
 and i'm floating in the most peculiar way,

         Fm              C           F
 and the stars look very different today


 Bridge 1

     Fmaj7     Em7
 for here am i sitting in a tin can,

 Fmaj7         Em7
 far above the world,

 B(flat)         Am
 planet earth is blue,

            G             F
 and theres nothing i can do...



 Link 2


 C F G A       (x2)  (the easyest way to do this is to use 
the F chord shape on frets 8, 1, 3, 5)


 (solo 1) 

 over the chords  Fmaj7, Em7, E, C, D7, E



 Verse 3

 C                                    E
 Though i'm past one hundred thousand miles,

                  F
 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!
  

 Verse 4

 G                E
 Ground contol to major tom

      Am                     C/G
 your circuits dead, there's something wrong

         D7
 can you hear me, major tom?

         C
 can you hear me, major tom?

         G
 Can you hear me, major tom? can you...



 Bridge 2

 Fmaj7     Em7
 here am i floating round my tin can,

 Fmaj7         Em7
 far above the moon.

 B(flat)          Am
 planet earth is blue,

     G                    F
 and theres nothing i can do




 Link

 C F G A (x2)



 (solo 2)  over the chords Fmaj7, Em7, E, C, D7, E (fade out on E)


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