David Bowie – Looking For Water (Bass Live Tab)

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SONG NAME: Looking For Water ALBUM: Reality BAND/ARTIST: David Bowie BASSIST: Gail Ann Dorsey TABBED BY: JimyUrinsGhost Please contact me via email([email protected]) or message for any questions/concerns regarding this tab.
(Intro)
(Bass starts at 0:35)
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(Verse 1)
(0:50) Silver leaves are spinning round..
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(1:00) Looking for water
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(1:04) But I lost God in a New York minute..
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(1:11) I’m looking for water
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(1:20) I can’t breathe the air..
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(Verse 2)
(1:33) Take my hand as we go down..
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(1:40) I’m looking for water..
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(1:47) I’m looking for water
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(2:01) I can’t live in this cage..
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(2:09) The look in your eyes..
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(Bridge)
(2:16) (No lyrics except ‘looking looking' at 2:22, 2:30, and 2:41)
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(Outro)
(2:44) I’m looking for water
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(Outro Cont.)
(2:59) I’m looking for water
(this is played right after the outro that begins at 2:44, and then there is no bass for the rest of the song)
(Lyrics stop at 3:18)
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| / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note *AUTHORS NOTE: The timing of this tab and the linked video are not the same. I wrote this tab to play along with the live version that I linked, but I used the studio version for reference. Apologies if this is an inconvienience for anyone.