Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie

Version 4 of 4
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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[Intro]

             
e|3-------x---
B|3-------x---
G|0-------x---
D|0-------x---
A|2-------x---
E|3-------x---

             
----2-3-2-3-2-
----3---3---3-
----2---------
----0---------
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--2---|-------
--3---|--3----
--2---|0---0--
------|-------
------|3-----3
------|-------

             
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-3-----3-----3
-----0---0----
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-----2-----2--
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---0---0---|
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[Verse 1]

             
   Ziggy playe

          
d guitar,    j

amming good
               C (barred, slide up)     C#   D
with Weird and Gilly and the Spiders from Mars.

              
He played it l

             
eft hand, but 

             
made it too fa


r
            
became the spe

              
cial man, then

         
 we were Ziggy

's band.


[Verse 2]

             
   Ziggy reall

             
y sang, with s


crewed up eyes

 and
               C (barred, slide up)      C#  D
screwed down hair-do like some cat from Ja-pan.

              
He could lick 

             
'em by smiling

              
, he could lea

           
ve 'em to hang

.
              
He came on so 

            
loaded man, we

             
ll hung and sn

ow-white tan.


[Chorus]
              
   (  
e|------------
B|5-5-5-5-5\--
G|5-5-5-5-5\--
D|7-7-7-7-7\--
A|7-7-7-7-7\--
E|5-5-5-5-5\--

(So where were
     ( 
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----3-3-3-3-3\
----4-4-4-4-4\
----5-5-5-5-5\
----5-5-5-5-5\
----3-3-3-3-3\

 the Spiders..
            
------|-------
------|1---0--
------|2---2--
------|3---3--
------|3---3--
------|1---0--

....)
          
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-1---0---1---0
-2---2---2---2
-3---3---3---3
-3---3---3---3
-1---0---1---0

      
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---1---3---|
---2---4---|
---3---5---|
---3---5---| x3
---1---3---|


 ( 
              

     
       So wher

             
e were the spi

 
ders,
           
        while 

             
the fly tried 

        
to break our b

/
alls.
           
        Just t

             
he beer light 

      
to guide us.

          (
And so we bitc

         
hed about his 

              
fans and shoul

     
d we crush his

 sweet hands.


[Instrumental]

             
e|3-------x---
B|3-------x---
G|0-------x---
D|0-------x---
A|2-------x---
E|3-------x---

             
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----3---3---3-
----2---------
----0---------
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--------------

         
--2---|-------
--3---|--3----
--2---|0---0--
------|-------
------|3-----3
------|-------

             
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-3-----3-----3
-----0---0----
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-----2-----2--
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---0---0---|
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[Verse 3]

             
   Ziggy playe

            
d for time, ji

ving us that
           C (barred, slide up)    C#   D
we were voodoo and the kids were just crass.
             
He was the naz

              
z with God-giv

    
en ass.
            
He took it all

              
 too far but b

            
oy could he pl

ay guitar.


[Chorus]

   (  
e|------------
B|5-5-5-5-5\--
G|5-5-5-5-5\--
D|7-7-7-7-7\--
A|7-7-7-7-7\--
E|5-5-5-5-5\--

     ( 
--------------
----3-3-3-3-3\
----4-4-4-4-4\
----5-5-5-5-5\
----5-5-5-5-5\
----3-3-3-3-3\

            
------|-------
------|1---0--
------|2---2--
------|3---3--
------|3---3--
------|1---0--

          
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-1---0---1---0
-2---2---2---2
-3---3---3---3
-3---3---3---3
-1---0---1---0

      
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---1---3---|
---2---4---|
---3---5---|
---3---5---| x3
---1---3---|

 ( 
              

     
   Making love

            
 with his e-go


,
           
        Ziggy 

             
sucked up into

 
 his mind
           
        Like a

           
 leper messiah


.
         (
When the kids 

          
had killed a m

            
an I had to br

eak up the ban

d.


[Instrumental]

             
e|3-------x---
B|3-------x---
G|0-------x---
D|0-------x---
A|2-------x---
E|3-------x---

             
----2-3-2-3-2-
----3---3---3-
----2---------
----0---------
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--------------

         
--2---|-------
--3---|--3----
--2---|0---0--
------|-------
------|3-----3
------|-------

             
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-3-----3-----3
-----0---0----
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-----2-----2--
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-----3---3-|
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---0---0---|
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      Ziggy pl

            
ayed... guitar

....



(Fmaj7/E = Very simple, when playing a barred F chord,
simply lift your first finger off the chord
rhythmically, while holding down the 'E shape'
with your other fingers, in an up/down rhythm,
as you hear in the song)