David Bowie – Sweet Thing (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Chords]
Bbmaj13#11 play Bb
Fmaj13 play F
C6/9 play C
D(add9) play D
[Intro]
C D/C C D/C C
[Verse 1]
D/C C D/C C It's safe in the city, to love in a doorway D Em D To wrangle some screens from the door C D/C C D/C And isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger? C D Em Like a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash D C D/C C D/C Will you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely? C D Em So I'll break up my room, and yawn and I D Bm Run to the center of things,
Where the knowing one says
[Chorus]
Dm Am G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing Dm Am F G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing Dm Am/C G/B G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am F G C 'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
[Verse 2]
D/C C I'm glad that you're older than me D/C C Makes me feel important and free D Em D Does that make you smile, isn't that me? C D/C C D/C I'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment C D If his trade is a curse, then I'll bless you Em D Bm And turn to the crossroads of hamburgers, and
[Chorus]
Dm Am G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing Dm Am F G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing Dm Am/C G/B G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am F G 'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing
[Solo]
D F#m Bm Bb
D Gm/D D Gm/D
D F#m Bm Bb
D Gm/D D Gm/D D
2. Song: Candidate
[Sax and guitar solo]
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse]
Dm Am I'll make you a deal, like any other candidate G We'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake Dm Am My set is amazing, it even smells like a street G There's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend Dm Am G Someone scrawled on the wall "I smell the blood of les tricoteuses"
Who wrote up scandals in other bars
Dm Am I'm having so much fun with the poisonous people G Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up Dm Am Some make you sing and some make you scream G One makes you wish that you've never been seen Dm Am But there's a shop on the corner that's selling paper mache G Making bulletproof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay Dm Am G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am So you scream out of line "I want you! I need you! G Anyone out there? Any time?" Dm Am Tres butch little number whines "Hey dirty, I want you G When it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces" Dm Am G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head G For I put all I have in another bed Dm Am On another floor, in the back of a car G In the cellar like a church with the door ajar Dm Am Well, I guess we must be looking for a different kind G But we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds Dm Am 'Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young nights G Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright Dm Am I guess we could cruise down one more time G With you by my side, it should be fine Dm Am We'll buy some drugs and watch a band G Then jump in the river holding hands
3. Song: Sweet thing (reprise)
(Sax solo)
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
[Verse]
Dm Am/C G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am F G C 'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing D/C C D/C C Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain? D Em D Do you think that your face looks the same? C D/C C D/C Then let it be, it's all I ever wanted C D Its a street with a deal, and a taste Em D G A/G Its got claws, its got me, its got you
[Outro]
G A/G G A