Space Oddity Chords by David Bowie

On the 11th of July 1969, the track was released. The track was from the album David Bowie/Space Oddity. The track was on Cmajor key.

Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
  • Key: C
  • Chords: Fmaj7, Em, C, Am, Am/G, D7/F#, E7, F, Fm, E, Bb, G, A, D, C/G
  • BPM: 68
  • Suggested Strumming:
  • D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Space Oddity

Track Info

[Intro]
Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em Fmaj7 Em [Pre-Verse]
C Em Ground control to Major Tom
C Em Ground control to Major Tom
Am Am/G Take your protein pills and

D7/F#
Put your helmet on
C Em Ground control to Major Tom
C Em Commencing countdown engines on
Am Am/G Check ignition and may

D7/F#
God's love be with you
[Verse]
C E7 This is ground control to Major Tom F You've really made the grade Fm C And the papers want to know
F
Whose shirt you wear
Fm Now it's time to leave
C F
The capsule if you dare
C E This is Major Tom to ground control
F I'm stepping through the door
Fm And I'm floating in a

C F
Most peculiar way
Fm And the stars look
C F
Very different today
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 Em For here am I sitting in a tin can
Fmaj7 Em Far above the world
Bb Am Planet Earth is blue and

G F
There's nothing I can do
[Instrumental]
C F G A A C F G A A Fmaj7 Em A C D E [Verse]
C E7 Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles F I'm feeling very still
Fm And I think my spaceship

C F
Knows which way to go
Fm Tell my wife I love her

C F
Very much she knows
[Bridge]
G E7 Ground control to Major Tom,
Am
Your circuit's dead,

C/G
There's something wrong
D7/F# Can you hear me Major Tom? C Can you hear me Major Tom? G Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you... [Chorus]
Fmaj7 Em Here am I floating

'Round my tin can

Fmaj7 Em Far above the Moon
Bb Am Planet Earth is blue and
G F
There's nothing I can do
[Outro]
C F G A A
C F G A A
Fmaj7 Em A C D E

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