The Man Who Sold The World - David Bowie
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Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E
Song: The man who sold the world
Artist: David Bowie
Composer: David Bowie
Album: The man who sold the world
Tabbed by DJ 1st Mar 2022
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Please IGNORE ANY CHORD DIAGRAMS the website might
automatically suggest and use the voicings shown below in text:
= x02220 () = x33211 = x02320
= xx0231 = x32010 () = x00231
= 133211 () = x32030 = x13321
() = 002220 () = x12010 = xx0230
The slash chords in brackets are just optional, but emphasising
these alternating bass notes can add more interest for a single
guitar accompaniment, as do the Cadd9, C7/Bb, and A(b9) chords.
NOTE:
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[Intro - See tablature of Riffs at bottom of page]
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[Verse 1]
We passed
upon the stair
(
, we spoke
(
of was and wh
en,
Although I
(
wasn't there,
(
he said I
was his friend
(
---------,
(
Which came as
some sur - pri
(
se, I spoke in
(
- to his
eyes,
I thought you
died a - lone
(
, a long
(
, long time a
- go
[Chorus - See tablature of Riffs at bottom of page]
Oh, no, ...not
me! I never
lost con - tro
l,
You're face to
face ...with
the man who so
ld the world
[Main Riff]
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[Verse]
I laughed
and shook his
(
hand, and
(
made my way ba
ck home,
I searched
for form and
(
land,
(
For years and
years I roamed
(
-----------,
(
I gazed a gaze
(
ly stare at al
(
l the mil - li
/
ons here,
We must have d
(
ied a - lone,
(
a long,
(
long time a -
go
[Chorus]
Who nows? Not
me! We never
lost con - tr
ol,
You're face to
face ...with
the man who so
ld the world
[Main Riff]
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[Chorus]
Who nows? Not
me! We never
lost con - tr
ol,
You're face to
face ...with
the man who so
ld the world
[Main Riff]
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[Coda]
Oh------, o
h - oh! O
h------, oh -
oh!
Oh------, o
h - oh! O
h------, oh -
oh!
Oh------, o
h - oh! O
h------, oh -
oh!
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[Main Riff]
e |--0-0-0--0-
B |--2-2-2--2-
G |--2-2-2--0-
D |--2-2-2--2-
A |--0-0-0--0-
E |-----------
--0--------0--
--2--------2--
--2-h3-p2--0--
--2--------2--
--0--------0--
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h = hammer-o
|--0-0-0--0---
|--2-2-2--2---
|--2-2-2--0---
|--2-2-2--2---
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n note p = Pull off note
0--------0--|
2--------2--|
2-h3-p2--0--|
2--------2--|
0--------0--|
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e |--1-1-1--1-
B |--3-3-3--3-
G |--2-2-2--0-
D |--0-0-0--0-
A |-----------
E |-----------
--1--------1--
--3--------3--
--2-h3-p2--0--
--0--------0--
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|--1-1-1--1---
|--3-3-3--3---
|--2-2-2--0---
|--0-0-0--0---
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1--------1--|
3--------3--|
2-h3-p2--0--|
0--------0--|
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e |--1-1-1--1-
B |--1-1-1--1-
G |--2-2-2--0-
D |--3-3-3--3-
A |-----------
E |-----------
--1--------1--
--1--------1--
--2-h3-p2--0--
--3--------3--
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|--1-1-1--1---
|--1-1-1--1---
|--2-2-2--0---
|--3-3-3--3---
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1--------1--|-
1--------1--|-
2-h3-p2--0--|-
3--------3--|-
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-1------
-3------
-2------
-0------
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[Chorus Riffs]
...a - go!
Oh
....
...a - go!
e |----0------
B |----1------
G |----0------
D |----2--0--2
A |----3------
E |-----------
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-----0--2--3--
--3-----------
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--------------
---|--0-------
1--|--1-------
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Wh
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-------------1
----0--2--3---
-3------------
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o...
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--|
--|
--|
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...no!
Not
...me!
I...
...knows?
e |---0-------
B |---1-------
G |---0-------
D |---2--0--2-
A |---3-------
E |-----------
Not
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----0--2--3---
-3------------
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...me!
--|---1-------
--|---1-------
--|---2-------
--|---3-------
--|---3-----0-
--|---1--3----
We..
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-------0--2--3
-1--3---------
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.
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--|
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...ne - ver
lost con - tr
ol!
You're...
e |---1-------
B |---2-------
G |---3-------
D |---3-------
A |---1----4--
E |-----------
---------|--1-
---------|--1-
---------|--2-
-3-------|--3-
------4--|--3-
---------|--1-
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-------------0
----0--1--3---
-3------------
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--2--3--|
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...face
...to
...face
...with
the...
e |---0-------
B |---1-------
G |---0-------
D |---2--0--2-
A |---3-------
E |-----------
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-------------1
----0--2--3---
-3------------
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--------------
--|---1-------
--|---1-------
--|---2-------
--|---3-------
--|---3-----0-
--|---1--3----
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-------0--2---
-1--3---------
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3--|
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.....man who
sold the ...wo
rld!
e |---1-------
B |---2-------
G |---3-------
D |---3-------
A |---1---4---
E |-----------
---------|--0-
---------|--2-
---------|--2-
3--------|--2-
-----4---|--0-
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0-0--0---0----
2-2--2---2----
2-2--0---2-h3-
2-2--2---2----
0-0--0---0----
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----2---|
p2--0---|
----2---|
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