Space oddity

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{title: Space Oddity}
{artist: Lyrics & Music: David Bowie (1969)}

{comment: Verse 1}
[C]Ground control to Major [Em]Tom,
[C]Ground control to Major [Em]Tom:
[Am]Take your [Am7]protein pills and [D7]put your helmet on.
[C]Ground control to Major [Em]Tom:
[C]Commencing countdown, engines [Em]on,
[Am]check ig[Am7]nition and may [D7]gods love be with you.

{comment: Verse 2}
[C]This is ground control to Major [E7]Tom:
You’ve really made the [F]grade,
and the [Fm]papers want to [C]know whose shirts you [F]wear.
Now its [Fm]time to leave the [C]capsule if you [F]dare.
[C]This is Major Tom to ground [E7]control :
I’m stepping through the [F]door,
and I’m [Fm]ﬂoating in a [C]most peculiar [F]way,
and the [Fm]stars look very [C]different to [F]day.

{comment: Verse 3}
For [Fmaj7]here am I [Em7]sitting in a tin can,
[Fmaj7]far above the [Em7]world.
[Bb]Planet Earth is [Am]blue,
and there’s [G]nothing I can [F]do.

{comment: Riff}

[C] [F] [G] [A]
[C] [F] [G] [A]

Alt 1 (Pelles)
[G] [E7] [Am] [D7] [C] [G]

Alt 2
[Fmaj7] [Em7] [A] [C] [D] [E]

{comment: Verse 4}
[C]Though I’m past one hundred thousand [E7]miles,
I’m feeling very [F]still.
And I [Fm]think my spaceship [C]knows which way to [F]go.
Tell my [Fm]wife I love her [C]very much, she [F]knows.

[G]Ground control to [E7]Major Tom:
Your [Am]circuits dead, there’s [Am7]something wrong.
Can you [D7]hear me, Major Tom?
Can you [C]hear me, Major Tom?
Can you [G]hear me, Major Tom?
Can you ...

{comment: Verse 5}
[Fmaj7]Here am I [Em7]ﬂoating round my tin can,
[Fmaj7]far above the [Em7]moon.
[Bb]Planet Earth is [Am]blue,
and there’s [G]nothing I can [F]do.

{comment: Riff}

[C] [F] [G] [A]
[C] [F] [G] [A]
[Fmaj7] [Em7] [A] [C] [D] [E]