Rock N Roll Suicide Chords

by David Bowie
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: C
Capo: no capo
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9 contributors total, last edit on Jan 11, 2020
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Chords

C
G
E
F
Am
D9
G7
A
Dbm
Abm
B
Ebm
Bbm
Db
Bb
Fm
Cm
Gb

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[Intro]
C   G   C   G
 
[Verse 1]
             C                           E
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
                  F                    G                 Am
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette
G                     F           G                    Am
  The wall to wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget
G        F   N.C.                         | C G |
Oh-oh-oh-oh, you're a rock'n roll suicide
 
[Verse 2]
                  C                     E
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
        F              G                 Am
And the clock waits so patiently on your song
G                 F                  G                         Am
  You walk past a cafe but you don't eat when you've lived too long
G        F   N.C.                         | C G |
Oh no no no, you're a rock'n roll suicide
 
[Verse 3]
                C                        E
Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road
        F             G                 Am
But the day breaks instead so you hurry home
G               F                 G
  Don't let the sun blast your shadow
              E                   Am
Don't let the milk float ride your mind
           F          D9            G7
They're so natural, religiously unkind
 
[Chorus]
N.C.                    C
Oh no love, you're not alone
                        A
You're watching yourself but you're too unfair
            C                                       A
You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care
   Dbm                  Abm
Oh no love, you're not alone
         B                    Ebm
No matter what or who you've been
          Bbm                   Db
No matter when or where you've seen
         B                           Ebm
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
            Bbm                           Db
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
N.C.
You're not alone
 
[Outro]
Bb
 
Bb B C Db                                Bb
          Just turn on with me and you're  not alone
Bb B C Db                          Bb
          Let's turn on and be ... not alone (wonderful)
Bb B C Db                                    Bb
          Gimme your hands ... cause you're wonderful (wonderful)
Bb B C Db                                     Bb
          Gimme your hands ... cause you're wonderful (wonderful)
Bb B C Db                 Fm   Cm   Gb   Db
          Oh, gimme your hands
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Rock N Roll Suicide – David Bowie
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28 comments
benjidude945
Amazing song! One of Bowie's best! And an excellent tab of it by the way
+14
mud_golem
there should be a C chord over the "chev brakes are snarling" but that's about it. good tab!
+13
jknight726
This song hit me the hardest upon hearing the news of Bowie's passing. RIP David.
+9