Space Oddity — прорывной хит Боуи (1969), история майора Тома, потерянного в космосе. Выпущена за 5 дней до запуска Аполлона-11.
Words and music by David Bowie.
F7 Em
C Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
C Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
Am C D
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on
C Em
Ground Control to Major Tom
C Em
Commencing countdown, engines on
Am C D
Check ignition and may God's love be with you
(spoken)
Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Liftoff
C Em
This is Ground Control to Major Tom
E F
You've really made the grade
Fm C F
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear
Fm C F
Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare
This is Major Tom to Ground Control
I'm stepping through the door
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way
And the stars look very different today
F7
For here
Em
Am I sitting in a tin can
F7 Em
Far above the world
B Am
Planet Earth is blue
G F
And there's nothing I can do
C F G A
F7 Em A C D E
Though I'm past one hundred thousand miles
I'm feeling very still
And I think my spaceship knows which way to go
Tell my wife I love her very much she knows
G E
Ground Control to Major Tom
Am
Your circuit's dead, there's something wrong
D
Can you hear me, Major Tom
C
Can you hear me, Major Tom
G
Can you hear me, Major Tom
Can you....
Here am I floating round my tin can
Far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue
And there's nothing I can do.
Знаете ли вы, что...
- Space Oddity вышла 11 июля 1969 года — за 5 дней до запуска Аполлона-11. Название — игра слов с 2001: A Space Odyssey Кубрика. Продюсер Тони Висконти отказался работать над песней, назвав её рекламным трюком, — запись продюсировал Гас Даджен. На треке играет будущий клавишник Yes Рик Уэйкман, а Боуи сам исполнил партию на стилофоне — крошечном электронном инструменте.