David Bowie – Holy Holy (Guitar Solo Tab)

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Song: Holy Holy Artist: David Bowie Tabbed By: bmchrestoff (August 4, 2020 to August 8, 2020) IMPORTANT PERFORMANCE NOTES: 1) I just could not stand it any longer that this song has never been chorded or tabbed in any shape or form. Holy Holy was a discarded Track from 1971's Rise and Fall Of Ziggy Startdust 2) Mick Ronson double tracked his Les Paul Guitar but I have tabbed only one for the Intro, Verses and Chorus because they are nearly indentical except for minor ad libs on the second track 3) For the solo break Mick follows his double tracked rhythm with a nice simple solo coming in as a 3rd track on the Left channel and a 4rth track coming in on the Right Channel played a Flatened Third apart ============================================================================================================ Chords Used In This Song: E5 X 7 9 X X X F5 X 8 10 X X X E X 7 9 9 9 X E/D# X 6 9 9 9 X E/C# 9 X 9 9 9 X C X 3 5 5 5 X D X 5 7 7 7 X F 1 3 3 2 X X G 3 5 5 4 X X G5 3 5 5 X X X A5 5 7 7 X X X A 5 7 7 6 X X D5 X 5 7 7 X X =========================================================================================================== [Intro] Mick Ronson 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
     E5 F5                       E  F          E                      
e|--------------------------------------------(7)\------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------9--10--9--10--9-\------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------9--10--9--10--9--10--9--10--9-\------------------------------------------------------|
D|----9--10-9--10--9--10--9--10--9--10--9--10--9-\------------------------------------------------------|
A|----7--8--7--8---7--8---7--8---7--8---7--8------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
===========================================================================================================
[Verse 1] Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
            E                  E/D#                       E/C#
e|-------------X------------------------------h--p------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------9---9--9--9---------9---9--9--9-10-9----------9---9--9--9--------------------------------|
G|-------------9---9--9--9---------9---9--9--9---------------9---9--9--9--------------------------------|
D|----------9---------9--9----------------9--9---------------9---9--9--9--------------------------------|
A|----------7------------------(6)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------(9)-------------------------------------------|
     Listen Lady,    let me lie  low, lie low      with you

             C                          D                     E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5---5----------------------7------7-----7---/-----9----------------------------------------|
G|-----------5---5----------------------7------7-----7---/-----9----------------------------------------|
D|-----------5---5----------------------7------7-----7---/-----9------------9-\-------------------------|
A|-----------3---3----------------------5------5-----5---------7------------7-\-------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      To be lie - high - high - high - high - high,  my!  Oh  my!

      E5                 F5           E5                       F5    C                       F                
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------5--5-5-5--5-5-5---------X-----------|
G|-----9--9-9-9--9-9-9---10--10--10---9--9-9-9--9-9-9-----------10---5--5-5-5--5-5-5---------2-----------|
D|-----9--9-9-9--9-9-9---10--10--10---9--9-9-9--9-9-9-----------10---5--5-5-5--5-5-5---------3-----------|
A|-----7--7-7-7--7-7-7---8---8---8----7--7-7-7--7-7-7-----------8----3--3-3-3--3-3-3---------3-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1-----------|
     Slowly,           we get too good and too holy     Helping one ano   -   ther,   just a righteous 

       G   G5             A5          G                 A5
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----X-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----4------------------------------4-----4------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5---5-5-5--5-5-5---7--7--7-----5-----5-------------7---7---7-----5---5----------------------------|
A|-----5---5-5-5--5-5-5---7--7--7-----5-----5-------------7---7---7-----5---5----------------------------|
E|-----3---3-3-3--3-3-3---5--5--5-----3-----3-------------5---5---5-----3---3----------------------------|
      brother                        Night time, get me back in the night time   

               A5             C               F         C                  D       A       PS 
e|----------------------------X---------------X---------X------------------X-----------------------------|
B|----------------------------5---------------1---------5------------------7-------X---------------------|
G|----------------------------5---------------2---------5------------------7-------6---------------------|
D|--------------7----7---7----5---------------3---------5------------------7-------7----**********-------|
A|--------------7----7---7----3---------------3---------3------------------5-------7----**********-------|
E|--------------5----5---5--------------------1------------------------------------5---------------------|
        I don't want to be   angel,   just a little bit evil   I feel the devil in me
=========================================================================================================== [Chorus 1] Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
         A              D          G            C          F       C                    D           G
e|-------X----X--X-X-----X----X-----X-----------X---X------X-------X-------------------X-------------------|
B|-------5----5--5-5-----7----7-----3---X-------5---5------1-------5-------------------7---7-7-----X--X--X-|
G|-------6----6--6-6-----7----7-----4---4-------5---5------2-------5-------------------7---7-7-----4--4--4-|
D|-------7----7----------7----7-----5---5-------5---5------3-------5-------------------7---7-7-----5--5--5-|
A|-------7----7----------5----------5---5-------3----------3-------3-------------------5-----------5--5--5-|
E|-------5----5---------------------3---3------------------1---------------------------------------3--3--3-|
        Holy, holy     Hold on to anyone,    hold on to anyone       But just let me be 

         A              D          G            C          F       C                    
e|-------X----X--X-X-----X----X-----X-----------X---X------X-------X---------------------------------------| 
B|-------5----5--5-5-----7----7-----3---X-------5---5------1-------5---------------------------------------|
G|-------6----6--6-6-----7----7-----4---4-------5---5------2-------5---------------------------------------|
D|-------7----7----------7----7-----5---5-------5---5------3-------5---------------------------------------|
A|-------7----7----------5----------5---5-------3----------3-------3---------------------------------------|
E|-------5----5---------------------3---3------------------1-----------------------------------------------|
        Holy, holy     Hold on to anyone,    hold on to anyone       But just let me......  
=========================================================================================================== [Solo Break 1] Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
    A             D5      A              G         D              G         D              G                
e|--X--X-X--X-X-----------X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X------------------|
B|--5--5-5--5-5---X-X-X---5--5-5---5-5---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---X--X--X--------|
G|--6--6-6--6-6---7-7-7---6--6-6---6-6---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4--------|
D|--7--7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5--------|
A|--7-------------5-------7--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5--------|
E|--5---------------------5--------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3--------|
 ...be
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 3
                  1 Full                  1 Full                   1 Full                  1 Full           
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--v--------------------v-----------------------v-------------------------v------------------------------|
G|--9-------------9-br-7-9---------------11-br-9-11---------------11-br-9-11---------------9-br-7---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 4
                  1 Full                 1 Full                   1 Full                 1 Full
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--v--------------------v----------------------v------------------------v--------------------------------|
G|--6-------------6-br-4-6---------------7-br-6-7-----------------7-br-6-7----------------6-br-4----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
    A             D5      A              G         D              G         D              G 
e|--X--X-X--X-X-----------X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X------------------|
B|--5--5-5--5-5---X-X-X---5--5-5---5-5---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---X--X--X--------|
G|--6--6-6--6-6---7-7-7---6--6-6---6-6---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4--------|
D|--7--7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5--------|
A|--7-------------5-------7--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5--------|
E|--5---------------------5--------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3--------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 3
                  1 Full                 1 Full                   1 Full                      1 Full - Hold
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--v-----------------------v--------------------v-------------------------v-------------------------------|
G|--9-------------9-br-11-7-9------------11-br-9-11---------------11-br-9-11-------------12-11-12-b12--12\-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 4
                 1 Full                 1 Full                   1 Full                      1 Full - Hold
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------b8----8\--|
B|--v---------------------v----------------------v-----------------------v--------------------------------|
G|--6-------------6-br--4-6--------------7-br-6--7---------------7-br-6--7-----------------7-6-7----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
============================================================================================================
[Verse 2]
           E                  E/D#                       E/C#
e|-------------X------------------------------h--p------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------9---9--9--9---------9---9--9--9-10-9----------9---9--9--9--------------------------------|
G|-------------9---9--9--9---------9---9--9--9---------------9---9--9--9--------------------------------|
D|----------9---------9--9----------------9--9---------------9---9--9--9--------------------------------|
A|----------7-------------------6-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------9--------------------------------------------|
     Listen Lady,    let me lie  low, lie low      with you

             C                          D                      E
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5---5----------------------7------7-----7---/-----9----------------------------------------|
G|-----------5---5----------------------7------7-----7---/-----9----------------------------------------|
D|-----------5---5----------------------7------7-----7---/-----9------------9-\-------------------------|
A|-----------3---3----------------------5------5-----5---------7------------7-\-------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      To be lie - high - high - high - high - high,  my!  Oh  my!
=========================================================================================================== [Chorus 1] Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
         A              D          G            C          F       C                    D           G
e|-------X----X--X-X-----X----X-----X-----------X---X------X-------X-------------------X-------------------|
B|-------5----5--5-5-----7----7-----3---X-------5---5------1-------5-------------------7---7-7-----X--X--X-|
G|-------6----6--6-6-----7----7-----4---4-------5---5------2-------5-------------------7---7-7-----4--4--4-|
D|-------7----7----------7----7-----5---5-------5---5------3-------5-------------------7---7-7-----5--5--5-|
A|-------7----7----------5----------5---5-------3----------3-------3-------------------5-----------5--5--5-|
E|-------5----5---------------------3---3------------------1---------------------------------------3--3--3-|
        Holy, holy     Hold on to anyone,    hold on to anyone       But just let me be 

         A              D          G            C          F       C                    
e|-------X----X--X-X-----X----X-----X-----------X---X------X-------X---------------------------------------|  
B|-------5----5--5-5-----7----7-----3---X-------5---5------1-------5---------------------------------------|
G|-------6----6--6-6-----7----7-----4---4-------5---5------2-------5---------------------------------------|
D|-------7----7----------7----7-----5---5-------5---5------3-------5---------------------------------------|
A|-------7----7----------5----------5---5-------3----------3-------3---------------------------------------|
E|-------5----5---------------------3---3------------------1-----------------------------------------------|
        Holy, holy     Hold on to anyone,    hold on to anyone       Let go of me......  
=========================================================================================================== [Solo Break 2] Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
    A             D5      A              G         D              G         D              G                
e|--X--X-X--X-X-----------X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X------------------|
B|--5--5-5--5-5---X-X-X---5--5-5---5-5---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---X--X--X--------|
G|--6--6-6--6-6---7-7-7---6--6-6---6-6---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4--------|
D|--7--7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5--------|
A|--7-------------5-------7--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5--------|
E|--5---------------------5--------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3--------|
 ...me
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 3
                  1 Full                  1 Full                   1 Full                  1 Full           
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--v--------------------v-----------------------v-------------------------v------------------------------|
G|--9-------------9-br-7-9---------------11-br-9-11---------------11-br-9-11---------------9-br-7---------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 4
                  1 Full                 1 Full                   1 Full                 1 Full
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--v--------------------v----------------------v------------------------v--------------------------------|
G|--6-------------6-br-4-6---------------7-br-6-7-----------------7-br-6-7----------------6-br-4----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
    A             D5      A              G         D              G         D              G 
e|--X--X-X--X-X-----------X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X------------------|
B|--5--5-5--5-5---X-X-X---5--5-5---5-5---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---X--X--X--------|
G|--6--6-6--6-6---7-7-7---6--6-6---6-6---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4--------|
D|--7--7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5--------|
A|--7-------------5-------7--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5--------|
E|--5---------------------5--------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3--------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 3
                  1 Full                 1 Full                   1 Full                      1 Full - Hold
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--v-----------------------v--------------------v-------------------------v-------------------------------|
G|--9-------------9-br-11-7-9------------11-br-9-11---------------11-br-9-11-------------12-11-12-b12--12\-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 4
                 1 Full                 1 Full                   1 Full                      1 Full - Hold
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------b8----8\--|
B|--v---------------------v----------------------v-----------------------v--------------------------------|
G|--6-------------6-br--4-6--------------7-br-6--7---------------7-br-6--7-----------------7-6-7----------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
=========================================================================================================== [Outro] Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
    A             D5      A              G         D              G         D              G               
e|--X--X-X--X-X-----------X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X------------------|
B|--5--5-5--5-5---X-X-X---5--5-5---5-5---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---X--X--X--------|
G|--6--6-6--6-6---7-7-7---6--6-6---6-6---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4--------|
D|--7--7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5--------|
A|--7-------------5-------7--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5--------|
E|--5---------------------5--------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3--------|
 ...be
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 3
   1 Full - Hold Forever!!
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------v-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--b12--12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 4
  1 Full - Hold Forever!!
          v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
e|--b8----8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitars 1 & 2
    A             D5      A              G         D              G         D              G  
e|--X--X-X--X-X-----------X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X---X--X--X---X--X-X---X-X------------------|
B|--5--5-5--5-5---X-X-X---5--5-5---5-5---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---3--3--3---7--7-7---7-7---X--X--X--------|
G|--6--6-6--6-6---7-7-7---6--6-6---6-6---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4---7--7-7---7-7---4--4--4--------|
D|--7--7-7--7-7---7-7-7---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5---7--7-7---7-7---5--5--5--------|
A|--7-------------5-------7--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5---5--------------5--5--5--------|
E|--5---------------------5--------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3------------------3--3--3--------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 3
   1 Full - Hold Forever!!
           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------v-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--b12--12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Mick Ronson - 1968 Les Paul Custom Electric Guitar 4
  1 Full - Hold Forever!!
         v ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~  
e|--b8----8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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