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Ziggy Stardust Chords by David Bowie
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Artist: David Bowie
Song: Ziggy Stardust
Ziggy Stardust ‐ David Bowie
Please send me corrections to chords.
Things I'm not sure about...
‐ the D on 'Mars' in the first line (and at similiar places)
‐ the D on 'break up the band' & 'crush his sweet hand'
[Ppower section]
number above chord shows # beats to hold chord
2 1 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2 2 3 1 3 1 3 1
4 E E | B B* B B* B | D D | A A | B B
4 (play four times)
[Verse]
E G#m
Ziggy played guitar, jamming good
A B
with Wierd and Gilly and the Spiders from Mars.
E G#m
He played it left hand, but made it too far
A B
became the special man, and we were Ziggy's band.
E G#m
Ziggy really sang, with screwed up eyes and
A B
screwed down hairdo like some cat from Japan.
E G#m
He could lick 'em by smiling, he could leave 'em to hang.
A B
He came on so loaded man, well hung and snow‐white tan.
[Chorus]
F# E D D* D D* D D* D E
But where were the spiders,
F# E D D* D D* D D* D E
while the fly tried to break our balls.
F# E D D* D D* D D* D
Just the beer light to guide us.
E B
And so we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands.
[Power section] x2
[Verse]
E G#m
Ziggy played for time, jiving us that
A B
we were voodoo and the kids was just crass.
E G#m
He was the nazz with God‐given ass.
A B
He took it all too far but boy could he play guitar.
https://tabs.ultimateguitar.com/print/17031?transpose=3 1/3
6/4/2016 Ziggy Stardust Chords by David Bowie tabs @ Ultimate Guitar Archive
[Chorus]
F# E D D* D D* D D* D E
Making love with his ego,
F# E D D* D D* D D* D E
Ziggy sucked up into his mind
F# E D D* D D* D D* D E
Like a leper messiah.
E B
When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the band.
[Power section repeated to fade]
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Chords used: E G#m A B B* F# D D*
e | 3 2 0 2 3 5 1 0
b | 3 3 1 3 3 5 1 0
g | 4 4 0 2 2 6 2 2
d | 5 4 2 0 0 7 3 3
a | 5 2 3 x x 7 3 3
e | 3 2 3 x x 5 1 0
NOTES: on B* and D*
B* is used in the [power] section. I play a normal D and used my 'pinky'
on the 3rd fret on alternate strums to acheive the (D B* D B* etc) sound on
the record. I think B* is actually Dsus but I'm not sure.
D* is used in the chorus. I pay the F chord as a barre chord (see tab above)
and lift my first (barre) finger on alternate strums.
I guess you really have to listen to the record to get the [chorus] and
[power] sections timed/played correctly.
Anyway, there it is. By no means an expert opinion, but it seems to impress my
flat‐mate.
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