Ziggy Stardust Chords

Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
 
[Power 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    G    G     | D   D*  D   D*   D    |   F   F      | C   C  | D   D
4                  (play four times)
 
 
[Verse]
 
G                         Bm
    Ziggy played guitar,    jamming good
               C                         D
with Wierd and Gilly and the Spiders from Mars.
 
                  G                     Em
He played it left hand, but made it too far
              Am                     C
became the special man, and we were Ziggy's band.
 
G                            Bm
     Ziggy really sang, with screwed up eyes and
              C                         D
screwed down hairdo like some cat from Japan.
 
                      G                             Em
He could lick 'em by smiling, he could leave 'em to hang.
               Am                                   C
He came on so loaded man, well hung and snow-white tan.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am       G                  F  F* F  F* F  F* F    G
     But where were the spiders, 
Am             G            F  F* F  F* F  F* F     G
     while the fly tried to break our balls.
Am             G            F  F* F  F* F  F* F
     Just the beer light to guide us.
 
          D                                    E
And so we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands.
 
 
[Power section] x2
 
 
[Verse]
 
G                          Bm
    Ziggy played for time, jiving us that
        C                            D
we were voodoo and the kids was just crass.
           G                   Em
He was the nazz with God-given ass.
           Am                                 C
He took it all too far but boy could he play guitar.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Am         G              F  F* F  F* F  F* F   G
    Making love with his ego,
Am         G          F  F* F  F* F  F* F   G
    Ziggy sucked up into his mind
Am         G          F  F* F  F* F  F* F   G
    Like a leper messiah.
 
         D                                E
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:          G     Bm    C    D    D*   Am   F    F*
 
                 e |  3     2     0    2    3    5    1    0
                 B |  3     3     1    3    3    5    1    0
                 G |  4     4     0    2    2    5    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 D* and F*
   D* 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 D* D D* etc) sound on
   the record. I think D* is actually Dsus but I'm not sure.
 
   F* 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.
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