Changes Chords

by David Bowie
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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Chords

G7
G11
Bb9
Csus
Cmaj7
C#
Dmin7
Eb
F
D
C
Em
G
Dm7
Em7
Ebm7
C/E
Am7
Am7/G
F/E
Am
Fm

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David Bowie - Changes
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>From the album "Hunky Dory", 1971
 
 G7   3x0001
 G11  XX0211
 Bb9  X13311
 Csus x33010
 
[Intro]
Piano intro:
 Cmaj7 C# Dmin7 Eb F
Horns section:
    D                  F
e:----------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
B:----------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G:--2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|x2
D:--0-0-3-4-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A:----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E:----------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
   Yeah....
 
 
[Verse 1]
               C                            Em
               I Still dont know what i was waiting for
                            F                G
                     And my time was running wild,
                                F
                      A million dead-end streets.
              C                             Em
               And every time i thought i'd got it made
                               F                G7
                  It seems the taste was not so sweet,
                         Cmaj7     Dm7     Em7  Ebm7
                    So i turned my self to face me
                        Dm7                 G7
                    But I've never caught a glimpse
                            C           Dm7     Em7 Ebm7
                 Of how the others must see the fa- ker
                               Dm7               G7
                  I'm much too fast to take that test
 
[Chorus]
                     F          C        C/E      Am7
              Ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange.
                    Am7/G       F    F/E       D      G
              Ch-ch-ch-changes, you wanna be a richer man,
            G7         F        C        C/E      Am7
              Ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange.
         Am7/G   F        Am                      D
       Ch-ch-ch-changes   It's gonna have to be a different man.
              Am   G   Bb9        F         Am G    G11   C
              Time may change     me -- but i  cant trace time
 
 
[Intro riff again]
    D                   F
e:----------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
B:----------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G:--2-2-2-2-2-2-4-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|x2
D:--0-0-3-4-0-0-0-0-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
A:----------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E:----------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
 
 
[Verse 2]
               C                     Em
                 I watch the ripples change their size
                            F                G
                       But never leave the stream
                                    F
                         Of warm impermanence.
                       C                Em
                   And so the days flow thru my eyes
                                  F                   G7
                   But still the days still seem the same.
                               Cmaj7    Dm7      Em7  Ebm7
                     And these children that you spit on
                        Dm7                        G7
                   As they try to change their worlds,
                         C       Dm7        Em7 Ebm7
                   Are immune to your consulta -tions.
                               Dm7               G7
            They're quite aware of what they're going thru.
 
[Chorus 2]
                     F          C        C/E      Am7
              Ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange
                    Am7/G      F           F/E         D       G
      Ch-ch-ch-changes, don't tell them to grow up and out of it.
            G7         F        C        C/E       Am7
              Ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange
            Am7/G         F           F/E
                 Ch-ch-ch-changes, there's your shame,
                                           D
                  you've left us up yo our neck in it.
              Am   G   Bb9   F       Am   G    G11   C
             Time may change me, but you can't trace time.
 
 
[Break]
                  F             Fm          C         Csus C
                  Strange fascination fascinating me.
                F          Fm         G               G7
            Oh changes are taking the place I'm going thru.
 
[Chorus 3]
                     F          C        Em       Am
              Ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange,
                    C          F    Am                    D
           Ch-ch-ch-changes, Oh look out you Rock 'n rollers
            G7         F        C        Em       Am       C  F
              Ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange
            G7        Am                              D
   Ch-ch-ch-changes, pretty soon now you're gonna get older.
              Am   G   Bb9        F         Am G    G11   C  x2
              Time may change me, But i can't trace time.
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16 comments
pumpkins_rule
Maybe it's me, but that G13 chord looks impossible to play.
+3
purebredmutt
yeah, bowie's a legend. why would someone say something like that? ground control to major tom!
+1
oliver.travers
Even he admitted he was going through his 'Phil Collins Years' but fair play to the guy, he is still a legendary artist, I quite like some of his 80s stuff anyway in its own right.
+1