David Bowie – After All (Guitar)

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Album: The Man Who Sold the World (1970) Transcribed by Jon Malmin ([email protected])
Em               Em7          A              Am   Em  Em7 F
Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall (Oh, by  jingo)

        Em          Em7          A        Am     Em  Em7 F
There's no room for anger, we're all very small (Oh, by  jingo)

       C                      G                              E
We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies,

E7        Am   Am7/G
From paradise

         D7/F#                        Em
But they think that we're holding a secretive ball.

       F                            G
Won't someone invite them, they're just taller children

       Am  Am7/G
That's all

      D7/F#  Fmaj7
After all

Em         Em7      A           Am    Em  Em7 F
Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown (Oh, by  jingo)

   Em         Em7             A              Am   Em  Em7 F
So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down (Oh, by  jingo)

      C                    G                         E
Some people are marching together and some on their own

E7       Am   Am7/G
Quite alone

D7/F#                     Em
Others are running, the smaller ones crawl

       F                          G
But some sit in silence, they're just older children

       Am  Am7/G
That's all

      D7/F#    Fmaj7
After all
Middle section: F#m F#m7 B D F#m G (x2)
   C                       G                   E     E7
I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords,

        Am   Am7/G
With my words

      D7/F#                      Em
I've borrowed your time and I'm sorry I called

          F                               G                   Am   Am7/G
But the thought just occurred that we're nobody's children at all

      D7/F#    Fmaj7
After all

Em              Em7        A            Am   Em  Em7 F
Live till your rebirth and do what you will (Oh, by  jingo)

   Em            Em7         A          Am   Em  Em7 F
Forget all I've said, please bear me no ill (Oh, by  jingo)
After all, after all (Em Em7 A Am , repeat until end)
Em:          Em7:         E:           E7:          F:           Fmaj7:
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A:           Am:          Am7/G:       D7/F#:       G:           C:
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F#m:         F#m7:        D:           G (barred):  B:
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