intro
Fmaj7/E   |  Em   |  Fmaj7/E   |  Em  𝄇 
C/G  Em
Ground control to Major  Tom 
C/G  Em
Ground control to Major  Tom 
Am  Am/G D7/F#
Take your  prote in pills and  put  your helmet on 
C/G  Em
Ground control to Major  Tom 
C/G  Em
Commencing countdown engines  on 
Am  Am/G D7/F#
Check  ignition  and may  God’s  love be with you
1.
C/G E7
This  is ground control to Major  Tom 
F
You’ve really made the  grade 
Fm C/G F
And the  pap ers want to  know  whose shirt you  wear 
Fm C/G F
Now it’s  time  to leave the  caps ule if you  dare  
2.
C/G E7
This  is Major Tom to ground cont rol 
F
I’m stepping through the  door 
Fm C/G F
And I’m  float ing in a  most  peculiar  way 
Fm C/G F
And the  stars  look very  diff erent to day  
chorus
Fmaj7 Em7
For  here  am I  sitt ing in a tin can 
Fmaj7 Em7
Far  above the  world 
Bb Am G F
Plan et Earth is  blue  and there’s  not hing I can  do 
interlude
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3.
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  
bridge
G E7
Ground  control to  Maj or Tom, 
Am
Your  cir cuit’s dead, 
Am/G
There’s  someth ing wrong 
D7/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 Em7
Here  am I  float ing ’round my tin can 
Fmaj7 Em7
Far  above the  Moon 
Bb Am G F
Planet  Earth is  blue  and there’s  noth ing I can  do 
outro
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