David Bowie - Space Oddity - Elton John - Rocket Man
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: C#Capotraste:
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Capo 1 (1 above Bowie & 2 below Elton)
Space Oddity
C Em
Ground control to Major Tom
C Em
Ground control to Major Tom
Am Am/G D7/F#
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C Em
Ground control to Major Tom
C Em
Commencing countdown engines on
Am Am/G D7/F#
Check ignition and may God's love be with you
[Verse 1]
C E7
This is ground control to Major Tom
F
You've really made the grade
Fm C F
And the papers want to know whose shirt you wear
Fm C F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
C E7
This is Major Tom to ground control
F
I'm stepping through the door
Fm C F
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
Fm C F
And the stars look very different today
[Chorus]
Fmaj7 Em
For here am I sitting in a tin can
Fmaj7 Em
Far above the world
Bb Am G F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
[Instrumental]
| C F G A A |
| C F G A A |
| Fmaj7 | Em | A |
| C | D
[Rocket Man Verse 1]
Em7 A9
She packed my bags last night - pre-flight
Em7 A9
Zero hour, nine A.M.
C G Am Am/G D7 D
And I'm gonna be high -i-high as a kite by then
Em7 A9
I miss the earth so much, I miss my wife
Em7 A9
It's lonely out in space
C G/B Am Am/G D/F# D/A D
On such a ti - i -imeless flight
[Chorus]
G C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C G C
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
G C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C G C
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
[Space Oddity Verse 2]
C E7
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
F
I'm feeling very still
Fm C F
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Fm C F
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
[Bridge]
G E7 Am C/G
Ground control to Major Tom, your circuit's dead, 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 G F
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do
[Outro]
| C F G A A |
| C F G A A |
[Rocket Man Verse 2]
Em7 A9
Mars ain't the kinda place to raise your kids
Em7 A9
In fact it's cold as hell
C G/B Am Am/G D7 D/A D
And there's no one there to raise them if you did
Em7 A9
And all this science, I don't under stand
Em7 A9
It's just my job five days a week
C G Am Am/G D7 D/A D
Rocket man -aaa -a -a- an rocket man
[Chorus]
G C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C G C
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
G C
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
G
Til touchdown brings me 'round again to find
C
I'm not the man they think I am at home
G/B A9
Oh no, no, no, I'm a rocket man
C G
Rocket man, burnin' out his fuse up here alone
[Outro]
C G
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
C G
And I think it's gonna be a long long time
Repeat To Finish
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