David Bowie – Drive-In Saturday (Guitar Acoustic)

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Song: Drive-in Saturday Artist: David Bowie Composer: David Bowie Album: Aladdin Sane Tabbed by DJ 18th June 2015 NOTE: See bottom of page for a link to an isolated track of the acoustic guitar part. I would recommend using the voicings in the text column numbers below. Regarding the main CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS please follow the information at the bottom of the tab. E * = xx999x D = xx0232 Am = x02210 E = 022100 Amaj7 = x02224 Am/G = 302210 A4 = x02230 F#m11 = xx4200 D/F# = 20023x F#m = 244222 B = x24442 G/B = x20033 E7 = 022130 C = x35553 C/G = 332010 E6 = 022120 G = 355433 D/E = 000232 A = x02220 F = 133211 D/C = x30232 The A4 and E7 in the verses are quick passing chords [Optional Bridge chords] On the track the acoustic guitar goes from a D to an A major chord twice. The chords in brackets are an option to emulate David's saxophone progression. (Dmaj7) = xx0222 (D(b5) = xx0234 (Amaj7) = x02120 (Dsus2) = xx0230 (D5) = xx0235 Please take a second to scroll down to the bottom of the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks ===================================================== [Intro] (See tablature of riff near bottom of page)
  E *
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[Verse 1]
       A
Let me put my arms around your head,

A4 F#m
        Gee, its hot!  Let's go to bed,

E7 E6
        Don't forget to turn on the light,

E7 E
        Don't laugh babe, it'll be alright
[Verse 2]
E7 A
      Pour me out another phone,

A4   F#m
I'll ring and see if your friends are home,

E7    E6
Per - haps the strange ones in the dome,

E7  E
Can lend us a book we can read up alone
[Pre-Chorus]
    D      (Dmaj7)        (Dsus2)
And try to      ...get it on,

     (D(b5))    (D5)  Amaj7 *  (A)  (Amaj7)
Like     ...once be - fore,

     D     (Dmaj7)    (Dsus2) (D(b5))(D5) Amaj7 *  A
When people stared in Jaggers' eyes  and  scored,

         F#m11           B
Like the video films we   ...saw
[Chorus]
    C        D      G
His name was always Buddy,

         F         E7     Am    Am/G
And he'd shrug and ask to stay,

      D/F#               G
She'd sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid,

    C        G/B      D
And turn her face a - way,

           C       D      G
She's un - certain if she likes him,

        F         E7     Am         Am/G
But she knows she really loves him,

       D/F#                 G
It's a crash course for the ravers,

       C     G/B   Am  C/G  D/F#    D/E
It's a drive---------- in   Satur - day

   C  G/B  Am C/G   D/F#  D/E D  D/C
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[Verse 3]
A
Jung the foreman prayed at work,

A4  F#m
         That neither hands nor limbs would burst,

E7  E6
It's  ...hard enough to keep formation...

E7 E
       Amid this fall out saturation
[Verse 4]
E7 A
      Cursing at the Astronette,

A4   F#m
That stands in steel by his cabinet,

E7   E6
He's   ...crashing out with Sylvian,

E7  E
The bureau supply for ageing men
[Pre-Chorus]
      D           (Dmaj7)
With   ...snorting head,

  (Dsus2) (D(b5))  (D5)  Amaj7 *  (A)  (Amaj7)
He gazes      ...to the  shore,

      D      (Dmaj7)
Where once it raged,

   (Dsus2)  (D(b5)) (D5)  Amaj7 *   A
The sea that raged   no   more,

         F#m11          B
Like the video films he saw
[Chorus]
    C        D      G
His name was always Buddy,

         F         E7     Am    Am/G
And he'd shrug and ask to stay,

      D/F#               G
She'd sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid,

    C        G/B      D
And turn her face a - way,

           C       D      G
She's un - certain if she likes him,

        F         E7     Am         Am/G
But she knows she really loves him,

       D/F#                 G
It's a crash course for the ravers,

       C    G/B Am     C/G        D/F#  D/E  D    D/C
It's a drive------ -in ...Satur - day,    ...yeah!
[Chorus]
    C        D      G
His name was always Buddy,

         F         E7     Am    Am/G
And he'd shrug and ask to stay,

      D/F#               G
She'd sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid,

    C        G/B      D
And turn her face a - way,

           C       D      G
She's un - certain if she likes him,

        F         E7     Am         Am/G
But she knows she really loves him,

       D/F#                 G
It's a crash course for the ravers,

       C    G/B  Am   C/G   D/F#    D/E
It's a drive-------  -in    Satur - day

C     G/B   Am    C/G    D/F# D/E D
Yeah,    ...yeah!      |  /   /   /   /  |
[Coda]
 C     G/B   Am  C/G  D/F#    D/E    D
(Drive---------  in   Satur - day,

       C    G/B  Am  C/G  D/F#    D/E    D
It's a drive-------  in   Satur - day!)

       C    G/B    Am      C/G  D/F#    D/E    D
It's a drive----,  drive - in   Satur - day,

C        G/B      Am        C/G      D/F#    D/E    D
  It's a ...its a ...it's a drive-in Satur - day
[Repeat and ad-lib]
        C        G/B       Am          C/G
It's a ...it's a ...it's a ...yes, sir, ...yes, sir,

D/F#          D/E           D
     Yes, sir, ...yes, sir,...yes, sir, ...yes, sir!

C               G/B
    Duddle - a, doo - doo - doo!

Am              C/G            D/F#  D/E   D
    Duddle - a, doo -doo -doo, doo - da!

C               G/B
    Duddle - a, doo - da - dum!

Am              C/G             D/F#  D/E    D
    Duddle - a, doo - da - dum, da  - dum!

        C    G/B   Am    C/G  D/F#    D/E    D
(It's a drive---------- -in   Satur - day!)

         C    G/B   Am   C/G  D/F#    D/E    D
(It's a drive---------  -in   Satur - day!)

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[Intro riff] -Palm mute the guitar bridge
    E *                                    (Let me..)
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B|---9----9-----9----9----|---9----9-----9----9----|
G|-----9-----9----9----9--|-----9-----9----9----9--|
D|--9----9-----9----9-----|--9----9-----9----9-----|
A|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
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Isolated acoustic guitar at this link: Starts at the [8:57] mark For the GUITAR chord box diagrams to match my suggested choices you need to manually select the following choice of options by clicking on the forward/backward arrows below eight of the diagrams. The remaining chord boxes can be the default first option and don't need any reselecting. As long as you are logged into your account, these choices will be saved automatically for every time you view this tab E7 E6 Amaj7 C G <7 of 47> <2 of 59> <2 of 39> <3 of 17> <4 of 27> D/F# G/B D5 <7 of 20> <2 of 21> <8 of 12> For the D(b5) there is no exact matching diagram so please follow the voicing in my chord legend. For the F#m11 the closest diagram match is <2 of 6> but you don't need to play the 6th string. Alternatives: F#m11 = xx4200 or x04200 or x44200 would all work