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Space Oddity

           Fmaj7    Em    Fmaj7    Em
 Intro: ‖:       |      |       |      :‖

          C                           Em
Pre-Verse:  Ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom
          C                           Em
            Ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom
          Am          Am7                D7
            Take your pro-tein pills and put your hel-met on

          C                           Em
            Ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom
          C                                  Em
            Com-men-cing count-down en-gines on
         Am          Am7             D7                      C9#11
            Check ig-ni-tion and may God's love be with you |      |  %  |  %  |
 
   C                                 E7
1. This is ground con-trol to Ma-jor Tom
                          F
   You've really made the grade
           Fm              C                    F
   And the pa-pers want to know whose shirt you wear
            Fm                C               F
   Now it's time to leave the cap-sule if you dare

   C                                E7
   This is Ma-jor Tom to ground con-trol
                            F
   I'm stepping through the door
           Fm             C               F
   And I'm float-ing in a most pe-cu-liar way
           Fm              C              F
   And the stars look very dif-fer-ent to-day
 
            Fmaj7     Em7
Chorus: For here am I sit-ting in a tin can
        Fmaj7          Em7
        Far a-bove the world
        Bbmaj7           Am               G              F
        Pla-net Earth is blue and there's noth-ing I can do

         C F   G    A   A      C F   G    A   A
Instr: | 1+++ 2+++ 3+++ 4+++ | 1+++ 2+++ 3+++ 4+++ |
          Fmaj7    Em     A     C       D      E
       |        |      |     |      |      |       |

   C                                      E7
2. Though I'm past one hund-red thou-sand miles
                      F
   I'm feel-ing ve-ry still
         Fm                  C                  F
   And I think my space-ship knows which way to go
           Fm              C              F
   Tell my wife I love her ve-ry much she knows

        G                 E7b9             Am                       Am7
Bridge: Ground control to Ma-jor Tom, your cir-cuit's dead, there's some-thing wrong
                D7
        Can you hear me Major Tom?
                C
        Can you hear me Major Tom?
                G
        Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you...
 
        Fmaj7     Em7
Chorus: Here am I float-ing 'round my tin can
        Fmaj7          Em7
        Far a-bove the Moon
        Bbmaj7           Am               G              F
        Pla-net Earth is blue and there's noth-ing I can do

         C F   G    A   A      C F   G    A   A
Outro: | 1+++ 2+++ 3+++ 4+++ | 1+++ 2+++ 3+++ 4+++ |
          Fmaj7    Em     A     C       D      E
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