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                             Space Oddity - David Bowie
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Tabbed by:Beann
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Tuning:Standard
  
Chords used
   
 Fmaj7b5             Em                  C                 Am7/G
e|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|
B|-0----------------|-0----------------|-1-----------------|-1------------------|
G|-2----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|
D|-3----------------|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-2------------------|
A|-0----------------|-2----------------|-3-----------------|-x------------------|
E|-1----------------|-0----------------|-x-----------------|-3------------------|
  D9                 Am                Fmaj7                 F
e|-0----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-1------------------|
B|-1----------------|-1----------------|-1-----------------|-1------------------|
G|-2----------------|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-2------------------|
D|-0----------------|-2----------------|-3-----------------|-3------------------|
A|-x----------------|-0----------------|-x-----------------|-3------------------|
E|-2----------------|-0----------------|-x-----------------|-1------------------|
  Fm                Emin7                E7                  G
e|-1----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-3------------------|
B|-1----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|
G|-1----------------|-0----------------|-1-----------------|-0------------------|
D|-3----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-0------------------|
A|-3----------------|-2----------------|-2-----------------|-2------------------|
E|-1----------------|-0----------------|-0-----------------|-3------------------|
   A                 C/G                 D                  Bb
e|-0----------------|-0----------------|-2-----------------|-1------------------|
B|-2----------------|-1----------------|-3-----------------|-3------------------|
G|-2----------------|-0----------------|-2-----------------|-3------------------|
D|-2----------------|-2----------------|-0-----------------|-3------------------|
A|-0----------------|-3----------------|-x-----------------|-1------------------|
E|-0----------------|-3----------------|-x-----------------|-1------------------|
  D7                 C/E
e|-2----------------|-0----------------|
B|-1----------------|-1----------------|
G|-2----------------|-0----------------|
D|-0----------------|-2----------------|
A|-x----------------|-3----------------|
E|-x----------------|-0----------------|

Intro:

Single up strum on first chord
Fmaj7b5 Fmaj7 Em x1
 
Fmaj7  Em x3

After every Em in the intro and first verse play this:

e|------|
B|------|
G|------|
D|----0-|
A|-0h2--|
E|------|

C                      Em   C                       Em
Ground Control to Major Tom, Ground Control to Major Tom
Am        Am7/G             D9 
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C                       Em   C                           Em
Ground Control to Major Tom, Commencing countdown engines on
Am      Am7/G          D9
Check ignition and may God's love be with you


C                               E7                          F
This is Ground Control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade
        Fm             C/E                   F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
         Fm                C/E            F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
C                              E7                             F
This is Major Tom to Ground Control, I'm stepping through the door
        Fm            C/E           F
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
        Fm              C/E         F
And the stars look very different today


  Fmaj7      Em7                  Fmaj7         Em7
For here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world
Bb              Am               G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do


Instrumental:
C F G A A
C F G A A
Fmaj7 Em7 A C D E
                Hit the low E string twice before final E chord


C                                    E7                      F
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still
      Fm                 C/E                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
Ground Control to Major Tom
     Am                      Am7/G
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
      D7
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
      C/G
Can you hear me, Major Tom?
      G
Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you....


  Fmaj7      Em7                  Fmaj7         Em7
For here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world
Bb              Am               G             F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do


Instrumental:
C F G A A
C F G A A
Fmaj7 Em7 A C D E
                Hit the low E string twice before final E chord

Listen to the song for strumming pattern and exact timing of chord changes.

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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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