1984 Chords

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Tuning:	E A D G B E
Capo:	no capo

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1984 from Diamond Dogs
 
 
[Intro]
 
Dm  F  Dm  F
Dm  F  Dm  F
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
Dm                 Em       F             Em
Someday they won't let you, now you must agree
Dm                     Em               F              Em
The times they are a telling, and the changing isn't free
       Dm             Em                  F              Dm
You've read it in the tea leaves, and the tracks are on TV
  Bb       C      Dm
Beware the savage jaw
   Bb       C      Dm  F  Dm  F
Of nineteen eighty four
 
        Dm                   Em           F               Em
They'll split your breathing cranium, and fill it full of air
                     Em          F                  Em
And tell that you're eighty, but brother, you won't care
                         Em          F              Dm
You'll be shooting up on anything, tomorrow's never there
  Bb       C      Dm
Beware the savage jaw
   Bb       C      Dm
Of nineteen eighty four
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
     Am        Bb     Eb     Ab
Come see, come see, remember me
   Gb                      Ebsus4 Eb
We played out an all night movie  role
    Ab                        Gb
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
   Bbm             F
In nineteen eighty four
Db              Eb
nineteen eighty four
 
 
[Break]
 
Dm  F  Dm  F
Dm  F  Dm  F
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
    Dm            Em           F             Em
I'm looking for a vehicle, I'm looking for a ride
    Dm            Em         F             Em
I'm looking for a party, I'm looking for a side
    Dm              Em             F             Dm
I'm looking for the treason that I knew in sixty five
  Bb       C      Dm
Beware the savage jaw
   Bb       C      Dm
Of nineteen eighty four
 
 
[Chorus 1]
 
     Am        Bb     Eb     Ab
Come see, come see, remember me
   Gb                      Ebsus4 Eb
We played out an all night movie  role
    Ab                        Gb
You said it would last, but I guess we enrolled
   Bbm             F
In nineteen eighty four
Db              Eb
nineteen eighty four
 
 
[Break]
 
Dm  F  Dm  F
Dm  F  Dm  F
 
 
[Outro]
 
Dm              F
Nineteen eighty four
Dm              F
Nineteen eighty four
Dm              F
Nineteen eighty four
Dm              F
Nineteen eighty four
Dm              F
Nineteen eighty four
Dm              F   Dm
Nineteen eighty four
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1984 – David Bowie

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I think you've misheard the lyrics - the actual line is "They'll split your pretty cranium", not "breathing cranium". Nice tab, though.

Pretty, ffs, not breathing.

brilliant tab thx ,song rocks out! so good to play uptempo acoustic,get that Groove on!!