Space Oddity

Ground control to Major (Em)Tom,

(C)ground control to Major (Em)Tom:

(Am7)Take your protein pills and (D7)put your helmet on.

(C)Ground control to Major (Em)Tom:

(C)Commencing count down:

Engines (Em)on.

(Am7)Check ignition and may (D7)God's love be with you.

(C)This is ground control to Major (E7)Tom;

you've really made the (F)grade!

And the (C)papers want to know whose shirts you (F)wear.

Now it's (C)time to leave the capsule if you (F)dare.

(C)This is Major Tom to ground (E7)control;

I'm stepping thro' the (F)door,

and I'm (C)floating in a most peculiar (F)way.

And the (C)stars look very different to (F)dare.

day. For (Fmaj7)here am I (Em7)sitting in a tin can (Fmaj7)far above the (Em7)world.

(Bbmaj7)Planet Earth is (Am7)blue and there's (G)nothing I can (F)do.

(C)Though I'm past one hundred thousand (E7)miles I'm feeling very (F)still

and I (C)think my spaceship knows which way to (F)go.

Tell my (C)wife I love her very much.

"She (F)knows."

(G)"Ground control to (E7)Major Tom:

Your (Am)circuit's 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 (E)you?"