Space Oddity Words and music by David Bowie © 1969C/G Em Ground control to Major Tom. C/G Em Ground control to Major Tom. Am Am/G D/A Take your protein pills and put your helmet on. C/G Em Ground control to Major Tom. (Spoken: Ten, nine, eight, seven, six,) C/G Em Commencing countdown, engines on. (Spoken: Five, four, three, two,) Am Am/G D/A Check ignition and may God's love be with you. (Spoken: One, liftoff.) C/G E7 This is Ground Control to Major Tom, F You've really made the grade. Fm C/G F And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear, Fm C/G F Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare. C/G E7 This is Major Tom to Ground Control, F I'm stepping through the door. Fm C/G F And I'm floating in a most peculiar way. Fm C/G F And the stars look very different today. Chorus: Fmaj7/C Em7 For here am I sitting in a tin can, Fmaj7/C Em7 Far above the world. Bb Am G F Planet Earth is blue, and there's nothing I can do. C F G A C F G A [Instrumental] C/G E7 Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles, F I'm feeling very still. Fm C/G F And I think my spaceship knows which way to go. Fm C/G F Tell my wife I love her very much. She knows. G E7 Ground Control to Major Tom, Am Am/G Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong. D/A Can you hear me, Major Tom? C/G Can you hear me, Major Tom? G Can you hear me, Major Tom? Can you hear me, Major Tom? (Fade)