Writer: David Bowie
Album: Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)

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INTRO:
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||:  Bbm7 (x13121@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Ebm (xx4342@1) Bbm7 (x13121@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Ebm (xx4342@1) :||

VERSE:
Ab (xx1114@1) Do you remember a guy that's been
Fm7 (131141@1) in such an early song?
Db (x43121@1) I've heard a rumour from Ground Control
Eb (x43121@3) Oh no, don't say it's true
Gb (244322@1) They got a message from the Action Man
  Db (x43121@1)       Fm7 (131141@1)                 Gb (244322@1) I'm happy, hope you're happy too
                                  Ab (xx1114@1) I've loved all I've needed love
           F7/A
  Sordid details following

BRIDGE:
Bb (x1333x@1) The shrieking of nothing is killing me
      F (133211@1) Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis
       Ab (xx1114@1)                                         Eb (x43121@3) Eb (x43121@3) And I ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
Gb (244322@1)                                       Db (x43121@1)    Fm (133111@1) But I'm hoping to kick but the planet is glowing

CHORUS:
Gb (244322@1)            AbAshes (xx1114@1)to ashes, funk to funky
Db (x43121@1)              BbmWe (x13321@1)know Major Tom's a junky
Gb (244322@1)                   AbStrung (xx1114@1)out in heaven's high
           Bbm7 (x13121@1)   Ab (xx1114@1) Ebm (xx4342@1) Bbm7 (x13121@1) Ab (xx1114@1) EbmHitting (xx4342@1)an all time low

Bbm7 (x13121@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Ebm (xx4342@1) Bbm7 (x13121@1) Ab (xx1114@1) Ebm (xx4342@1) Ebm (xx4342@1)VERSE:
Time and again I tell myself
I'll stay clean tonight
But the little green wheels are following me
Oh no, not again
I'm stuck with a valuable friend
I'm happy, hope you're happy too
One flash of light but no smoking pistol

BRIDGE:
I've never done good things
I've never done bad things
I never did anything out of the blue
I want an axe to brake the ice
I want to come down right now

CHORUS

Bbm7   Ab

||:   Ebm (xx4342@1)           Bbm7 (x13121@1)     My mama said to get things done
            Ab (xx1114@1)                 Ebm (xx4342@1)     You'd better not mess with Major Tom
      Bbm7 (x13121@1)          Ab (xx1114@1)     My mama said to get things done
            Ebm (xx4342@1)                Bbm7 (x13121@1)     You'd better not mess with Major Tom
      Ab (xx1114@1)            Ebm (xx4342@1)     My mama said to get things done
            Bbm7 (x13121@1)               Ab (xx1114@1)     You'd better not mess with Major Tom   :|| (repeat to fade)