David Bowie – Looking For Water (Bass Live Tab)
Versions
(2)
Bass Live Tab
Bass Tab
Auto-scroll
Speed:
1.0x
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) G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 1) (0:50) Silver leaves are spinning round.. G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x2)-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (1:00) Looking for water G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|-4-6-7---4-4-2-0-0---------------------------------------------| A|-------4-----------4-4-----------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (1:04) But I lost God in a New York minute.. G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)-----------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (1:11) I’m looking for water G|----------------------------4----------------------------------| D|-4-2-0-0-(x2)---------4-6-7---6-7-4-2--------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (1:20) I can’t breathe the air.. G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse 2) (1:33) Take my hand as we go down.. G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)-----------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (1:40) I’m looking for water.. G|----------------|-----------------------------------------------| D|-4-2-0-0-(x2)---|------4-6-7---4-4-2-0-0------------------------| A|----------------|------------4-----------4-4--------------------| E|----------------|-----------------------------------------------| (1:47) I’m looking for water G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)--------4-4-(x4)-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (2:01) I can’t live in this cage.. G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)-----------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (2:09) The look in your eyes.. G|----------------------------4----------------------------------| D|-4-2-0-0-(x2)---------4-6-7---6-7-4---2------------------------| A|------------------------------------0---4----------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (Bridge) (2:16) (No lyrics except ‘looking looking' at 2:22, 2:30, and 2:41) G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|x3 (Outro) (2:44) I’m looking for water G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------| A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| (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) G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|-5-------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| / 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.