David Bowie – Dead Man Walking (Guitar)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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Chords
This is an acoustic version of David Bowie's dance/rock track from his album Earthling.
Tuned down one step.
[Intro]
F G x2 Alternate lifting the finger off of the low E string. Listen to the recording to get timing.
[Verse 1] (Basically repeat the intro but without lifting off from the low E):
He swivels his head
Tears his eyes from the screen
As his past puts him back in Atlantic City
There's not even a demon in Heaven or Hell
Is it all just human disguise?
As I walk down the aisle
[Chorus]
F And I'm gone G Now I'm older than movies F And I know who's there G When silhouettes fall Bb And I'm gone Dm Like I'm dancing on angels Ab G And I'm gone through the cracks in the past
Like a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)
Like a dead man walking
[Verse 2]
Three old men dancing under the lamplight
Shaking their sex and their bones
And the boys that we were
An alien nation in therapy
Sliding naked and new
Like a bad tempered child
On a rain slicked street
[Chorus]
F And I'm gone G Now I'm older than movies F And I know who's there G When silhouettes fall Bb And I'm gone Dm Like I'm dancing on angels Ab G And I'm gone through the crack in the past
Like a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)
Like a dead man walking
Dead man
Dead man
Dead man ...
After this, he does a short instrumental section that I don't really know.
I think it's a chromatic walk up from F.
[Chorus]
F And I'm gone G Now I'm older than movies F And I know who's there G When silhouettes fall Bb And I'm gone Dm Like I'm dancing on angels Ab G And I'm gone through the crack in the past
Like a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)
Dead man walking
Dead man ...