Chords for Peter Schilling - Major Tom (Living Room Sessions, 2020)
Tempo:
81.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
Am
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E]
[Em] [E]
[Em] [A]
[E]
[Em] Standing there alone, the ship is [A] waiting, all [D] systems are go.
Are you sure?
[E] Control is not convinced.
But the computer [D] has the evidence, no need [C#] to afford.
[Am] The countdown [E] starts.
Watching [F#] in a trance, the [E] crew is certain, [A] nothing [D] left to chance.
All is working, [Em] trying to relax.
[B] A [E] blinted capsule [D] sent me up a drink, jokes, [C] majors, hum.
[A] The count [Am] goes on.
[B] 4, 3, 2, 1, [G] Earth [D] below us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] weightless, [Am] calling, [C] calling, [Em] hold.
[E] [A]
[Am] [E]
Second set is cut, we are now in orbit, [D] stabilizers up.
Running [E] perfect, starting to collect, requested [A] data, what will [D] it affect?
When all [C] is done, [Am] thinks [E] Major Tom.
Packet on control, there is a [A] problem, go to rockets full.
[D] [Em] Not responding, hello Major Tom, are you [A] receiving?
Turn the thrusters on.
[D] We're [C] standing by, [A] there's no [E] reply.
[B] 4, 3, 2, [G] 1, Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] hold.
[D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D] [Am] [C]
[Em] [E] Across the stratosphere, a final [A] message, give my wife my [D] love, [E] then nothing [A] more.
[D] [C] [A]
[E] Far beneath the ship, the world is [A] mourning, they don't [D] realize, he's [E] alive, no one understands.
But Major Tom [A] sees, now the light [D] commands, this [C] is my home.
[A] [E] I'm coming home.
[B] [G] Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] [D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D] [Am] [C]
[G] hold.
[D] [Am]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D] [Am] [C]
[G] [D] [Am]
[C] [Em]
Earth below us, drifting, falling, floating, weightless, calling, hold.
[Em] [E]
[Em] [A]
[E]
[Em] Standing there alone, the ship is [A] waiting, all [D] systems are go.
Are you sure?
[E] Control is not convinced.
But the computer [D] has the evidence, no need [C#] to afford.
[Am] The countdown [E] starts.
Watching [F#] in a trance, the [E] crew is certain, [A] nothing [D] left to chance.
All is working, [Em] trying to relax.
[B] A [E] blinted capsule [D] sent me up a drink, jokes, [C] majors, hum.
[A] The count [Am] goes on.
[B] 4, 3, 2, 1, [G] Earth [D] below us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] weightless, [Am] calling, [C] calling, [Em] hold.
[E] [A]
[Am] [E]
Second set is cut, we are now in orbit, [D] stabilizers up.
Running [E] perfect, starting to collect, requested [A] data, what will [D] it affect?
When all [C] is done, [Am] thinks [E] Major Tom.
Packet on control, there is a [A] problem, go to rockets full.
[D] [Em] Not responding, hello Major Tom, are you [A] receiving?
Turn the thrusters on.
[D] We're [C] standing by, [A] there's no [E] reply.
[B] 4, 3, 2, [G] 1, Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] hold.
[D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D] [Am] [C]
[Em] [E] Across the stratosphere, a final [A] message, give my wife my [D] love, [E] then nothing [A] more.
[D] [C] [A]
[E] Far beneath the ship, the world is [A] mourning, they don't [D] realize, he's [E] alive, no one understands.
But Major Tom [A] sees, now the light [D] commands, this [C] is my home.
[A] [E] I'm coming home.
[B] [G] Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] [D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D] [Am] [C]
[G] hold.
[D] [Am]
[C] [G] [D]
[Am] [C] [G]
[D] [Am] [C]
[G] [D] [Am]
[C] [Em]
Earth below us, drifting, falling, floating, weightless, calling, hold.
Key:
D
C
Am
E
A
D
C
Am
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] Standing there alone, the ship is [A] waiting, all [D] systems are go.
Are you sure?
[E] Control is not convinced.
But the computer [D] has the evidence, no need [C#] to afford.
[Am] The countdown [E] starts. _
Watching [F#] in a trance, the [E] crew is certain, [A] nothing [D] left to chance.
All is working, [Em] trying to relax.
[B] A [E] blinted capsule [D] sent me up a drink, jokes, [C] majors, hum.
[A] The count [Am] goes on. _
[B] 4, 3, 2, 1, [G] Earth [D] below us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] weightless, [Am] calling, [C] calling, [Em] hold. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _
Second set is cut, we are now in orbit, [D] stabilizers up.
Running [E] perfect, starting to collect, requested [A] data, what will [D] it affect?
When all [C] is done, [Am] thinks [E] Major Tom. _ _
Packet on control, there is a [A] problem, go to rockets full.
[D] [Em] Not responding, hello Major Tom, are you [A] receiving?
Turn the thrusters on.
[D] We're [C] standing by, [A] there's no [E] reply. _ _
[B] 4, 3, 2, [G] 1, Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] _ [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] hold.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] Across the stratosphere, a final [A] message, give my wife my [D] love, [E] then nothing [A] more. _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
[E] Far beneath the ship, the world is [A] mourning, they don't [D] realize, he's [E] alive, no one understands.
But Major Tom [A] sees, now the light [D] commands, this [C] is my home.
[A] _ [E] I'm coming home.
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] _ [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] hold.
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Earth below us, drifting, falling, floating, weightless, calling, hold. _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Em] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] Standing there alone, the ship is [A] waiting, all [D] systems are go.
Are you sure?
[E] Control is not convinced.
But the computer [D] has the evidence, no need [C#] to afford.
[Am] The countdown [E] starts. _
Watching [F#] in a trance, the [E] crew is certain, [A] nothing [D] left to chance.
All is working, [Em] trying to relax.
[B] A [E] blinted capsule [D] sent me up a drink, jokes, [C] majors, hum.
[A] The count [Am] goes on. _
[B] 4, 3, 2, 1, [G] Earth [D] below us, [Am] drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] weightless, [Am] calling, [C] calling, [Em] hold. _ _
_ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _
Second set is cut, we are now in orbit, [D] stabilizers up.
Running [E] perfect, starting to collect, requested [A] data, what will [D] it affect?
When all [C] is done, [Am] thinks [E] Major Tom. _ _
Packet on control, there is a [A] problem, go to rockets full.
[D] [Em] Not responding, hello Major Tom, are you [A] receiving?
Turn the thrusters on.
[D] We're [C] standing by, [A] there's no [E] reply. _ _
[B] 4, 3, 2, [G] 1, Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] _ [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] hold.
[D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [E] Across the stratosphere, a final [A] message, give my wife my [D] love, [E] then nothing [A] more. _
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _
[E] Far beneath the ship, the world is [A] mourning, they don't [D] realize, he's [E] alive, no one understands.
But Major Tom [A] sees, now the light [D] commands, this [C] is my home.
[A] _ [E] I'm coming home.
[B] _ _ _ _ [G] Earth [D] below [Am] us, drifting, [C] falling, [G] floating, [D] _ [Am] weightless, calling, [C] calling, [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] hold.
[D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [Am] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Earth below us, drifting, falling, floating, weightless, calling, hold. _