David Bowie – The Width Of A Circle (Guitar)
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THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE Tabbed by Brian Drew
[Intro]
Lead Riff, Acoustic comes in
Bass comes in, Full band plays riff
E E \
E D C# D D |
D C# B C# C# | x4
C# A C# C# /
[Bridge]
E E7 E
E E7 E
[Verse 1]
A E E7 E In the corner of the morning in the past A E E7 E I would sit and blame the master first and last G A All the roads were straight and narrow G A And the prayers were small and yellow G G# E E7 E and the rumour spread that I was aging fast A C#m F#m D Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping by a tree F F# A G E E7 E E7 E And I looked and frowned and the monster was me
[Bridge]
A E E7 E Well I said hello and I said hello A E E7 E And I asked why not and I replied I don't know G A G A So we asked a simple blackbird who was happy as can be
[Verse 2]
G G# E E7 E And he laughed insane and quipped Kahil Gibran A C#m F#m D So I cried for all the others till the day was nearly through F F# A G E E7 E E7 E For I realised that Gods a young man too
[Solo]
E
E E7 E
E E7 E
A E E7 E So I said so long and I waved bye bye A E E7 E And I smashed my soul and traded my mind
[Verse 3]
G A G A Got layed by a young bordello I was vaguely half asleep G G# E E7 E For which my reputation swept back home in drag
[Bridge]
A C#m F#m D And the moral of this magic spell negotiate my hide F F# A G When God did take my logic for a ride E E7 E E7 E Riding a long
[Intro]
Lead Riff, Acoustic comes in
Bass comes in, Full band plays riff
E E \
E D C# D D |
D C# B C# C# | x4
C# A C# C# /
[CHORD BIT]
Bm7 E9 A6 A7
Bm7 E9 A6 A7 guitar comes in on last A7
[LEAD GUITAR BIT]
F Eb D Dsus4 D
F Eb D Dsus4 D
F Eb D Dsus4 D Ah...ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah F Eb D C G D C G Ah...ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah
[Verse 4]
D C G He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips D C G And showed me the leather belt round his hips D C my knees were shaking my cheeks aflame G D He said you'll never go down to the Gods again C G Turn around go back
[Verse 5]
G He struck the ground a cavern appeared A And I smelt the burning pit of fear G We crashed a thousand yards below D I said do it again do it again C G Turn around go back
[Verse 6]
D C G His nebulous body swayed above D C G His tongue swollen with devils love D C The snake and I a venom high G D I said do it again do it again C G Turn around go back
[Bridge]
G Breathe breathe breathe deeply A And I was seething breathing deeply G A spitting sentry horned and tailed
[Outro]
D C G Waiting for you
[Solo 2]
A G D many times! Ends on an A
[Ending]
F Eb D Dsus4 D
F Eb D