David Bowie – Space Oddity (Guitar Live)

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Live on "The Midnight Special" 1980 Recorded at the Marquee Club in London, Oct. 1973 I've included some helpful links here, I like to play along with the Bass,Drums & Vocal track. Studio Version: https://youtu.be/Gzz5fSLKjMQ Bass,Drums,Vocal: https://youtu.be/HugqhrrFs_8 Isolated Guitar: https://youtu.be/k5pats8L72Y Bass & Drums: https://youtu.be/BfbIFiOiHNo Isolated Vocal: https://youtu.be/6FJwH46Ig10 Define: C/G 332010 D/F# 200232 E7 020100 Fmaj7/C x33210 Fmaj7sus2/C x33010 Am7 x-0-10-9-8-x F/A x0321x G/A x0543x A* x0765x [Intro] Fmaj7/C Em Fmaj7/C Em x2
C/G                       Em   C/G                      Em
  Ground Control to Major Tom,  Ground Control to Major Tom

Am          Am7/G             D/F#
  Take your protein pills and put your helmet on

C/G                       Em   C/G                            Em
  Ground Control to Major Tom,  commencing countdown engine's on

Am        Am7/G          D/F#
  Check ignition and may God's love be with you
[Verse 1]
C/G                             E           E7              Fmaj7/C
This is Ground Control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade

        Fmaj7sus2/C    C/G                   Fmaj7/C
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear

         Fmaj7sus2/C       C/G            Fmaj7/C
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
[Verse 2]
C/G                            E         E7                   Fmaj7/C
This is Major Tom to Ground Control, I'm stepping through the door

        Fmaj7sus2/C     C/G             Fmaj7/C
And I'm floating in the most a-peculiar way

        Fmaj7sus2/C     C/G         Fmaj7/C
And the stars look very different today
[Chorus]
    Fmaj7/C      Em                      Fmaj7/C          Em
For here... am I floating in my tin can, far... above the world

Bb              Am               G             Fmaj7/C
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
[Guitar Solo] Am7 F/A G/A A* Am7 F/A G/A A* Fmaj7/C Em A C/G D/F# E [Verse 3]
C/G                                    E          E7           Fmaj7/C
Though I'm passed one hundred thousand miles, I'm feeling very still

      Fmaj7sus2/C        C/G                Fmaj7/C
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go

        Fmaj7sus2/C     C/G           Fmaj7/C
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
[Bridge]
G                 E7
Ground Control to Major Tom

     Am                      Am7/G
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong

        D/F#
Can you hear me Major Tom?

        C/G
Can you hear me Major Tom?

        G
Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you...
[Chorus]
Fmaj7/C      Em                         Fmaj7/C          Em
Here... am I floating round my tin can, far... above the moon

Bb              Am               G             Fmaj7/C
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
[Outro] Am7 F/A G/A A* Am7 F/A G/A A* Fmaj7/C Em A C/G D/F# E Am7 F/A G/A A* Am7 F/A G/A A*