Loving The Alien Acoustic Chords
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| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | 1st fret |
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Loving the Alien
by David Bowie from A Reality Tour DVD
Capo on the first fret
[Intro Riff] is repeated throughout the verses with a separate delay
[Intro Riff] [Riff 2 Pre-chorus]
e|--------------| |-------------------------------0-2----|
B|---0----7--8--| |-------------------------0-1-3--------|
G|------8-------| |--------0-2--------0-2----------------|
D|--------------| |--0-2-4------0-2-4--------------------|
A|--------------| |--------------------------------------|
E|--------------| |--------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Bm A G A
[Verse 1]
Bm
Watching them come and go
A
The templars and the Saracens
G
They're traveling the holy land
A
Opening telegrams
Bm
Torture comes and torture goes
A
Knights who'd give you anything
G
They bear the cross of coeur de lion
A F#
Salvation for the mirror blind
G F Cm Cm7
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
C G Cm [Riff 2]
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
[Chorus]
G A7add4
Prayers they hide the saddest view
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
[Verse 2]
Bm
Thinking of a different time
A
Palestine a modern problem
G
Bounty and your wealth in land
A
Terror in a best laid plan
Bm
Watching them come and go
A
Tomorrows and the yesterdays
G
Christians and the unbelievers
A F#
Hanging by the cross and nail
G F Cm Cm7
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
C G Cm [Riff 2]
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
G A7add4
Prayers they hide the saddest view
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
You'll pray till the break of Dawn
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And you'll believe you're loving the alien
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
Bb6 A7add4
Believeing the strangest things loving the alien
The way Gerry Leonard plays the A7 and Bb's is to move the G chord shape up
E A D G B e
A7add4 = 5 4 0 0 5 5
Bb6 = 6 5 0 0 6 6
Those chords are named relative to the capo being on the 1st fret.
Remember there are many many ways to play these chords, but I've studied
the DVD and am almost sure this is correct.
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11 comments
Hey thanks so much putting in the work for this tab. I've just tried playing along with the DVD and it all seems very accurate so well done. The only part that I think needs a correction is the first riff. I think he picks through the Bm chord and looks like.
E 2 2
B 3 3
G 4 4
D 4
Relative to the capo. Give it a try and let me know what you think. Have fun :)
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+1
I think you need capo on 5th for these chords
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awesome tab! though i believe i've caught a few slight variations of the chords that seem more accurate. i'm playing along to the recording as i piece it together.
-the high e string is left open for the Bm chords through-out, making them Bmadd4's. (X24430)
-the G's in the verse seem to play the second fret on the high e rather than the 3rd, making them into Dadd4/G's. (3X0032) this one is hard to catch as the high e string isn't being played to stand out among the rest of the chord.
-the first two variations of C in the chorus ("hooked upon the sky") seem to be C (X3555X) followed by Cm (X35543). though the Cm7 sounds alright too, really.
-the C chord during the second line of the chorus ("pray") is an Am7. (X02010) the bass note seems a little funky as a C. :P
-and not to nit-pick, but you might want to slide these guys down a fret to the left!
A7add4 (540055)
A#6 (650066)
i'm fairly sure that covers it!
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