David Bowie - The width of a circle
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Tuning: E A D G B E
EADG (Standard)
Intro (Bass comes in after 4 bars)
0:37
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|7-777777-5-4-555555-4-2-444444-2-0-2222222------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
Fill 0:46
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|0-44-5h7--|
Pre-Verse 0:48
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|0000-4444-5555-666-7777---|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------7-----|
E|0000-4444-5555-666-777------|
Verse 0:53
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------| (dead notes are optional)
A|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-777-------|
E|5-x-x----------------------|
'In the corner of the morning...' (x2)
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|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|0000-4444-5555-666-7777----|
1:03
G|--------------------------------|
D|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|
'the roads where straight and narrow'
1:11
G|------------7h9-7h9------|
D|----66-77-9--------------|
A|777----------------------|
E|-------------------------|
1:13
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|
E|--12-----9---9-----------|
'And I ran across a monster...'
1:18
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------777777------|
A|8888-9999-77-------------|
E|------------5------------|
'And I looked and frowned...
1:26 Back into Pre-Verse
1:31 Verse 2
G|------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5----|
A|-----4-x-5-x-6---777---77-777-| (x2)
E|5-x-x---------------77--------|
'Well I said hello...'
1:42
G|--------------------------------|
D|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|
'So we asked a simple blackbird...'
1:49
G|------------7h9-7h9------|
D|----66-77-9--------------|
A|777----------------------|
E|-------------------------|
1:51
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|
E|--12-----9---9-----------|
'And I cried for all the others'
1:57
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------77-5---------77-5-------|
A|7-8888-9999-77------7-5----7-----7-5---|(listen to timing carefully here)
E|--------------5----------55-5----------|
'For I realised that God...'
2:05
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|777777--777777-|
E|------5-------5|
2:10 Guitar Solo
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-5--7-5------|
A|7---------------5h777-7-7----7-5-7-|
E|-00-44-55-6-7777-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5--7-5----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|----7-7----7-5-7------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|000---------------000----------------------------|
2:24
G|-----------------|
D|555-777-9999999--|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
2:26
G|--------------------------------------------------------12/19-(12)|
D|14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:36
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------5-----------5-7-9/14---------5-/14--------5-/14-|
A|--777---77---7---77--77---------77---77-------77---77------|
E|-----7-7-----------7-7------------7-7-----------7-7--------|
2:47
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|7777777777777777777777777777777777777777-7(full bend and hold on last 7)|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2:57 Back into Pre-Verse
3:03
G|--------------------------9---9--|
D|---------------------------------|
A|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-x-7777-77--77---|
E|5-x-x------------------7---------|
'Well I said so-long and I waved bye-bye
3:08
G|-------------------------99---99---99-|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-x-77777---77----77---|
E|5-x-x---------------------------------|
'And I smashed my soul...
3:13
G|--------------------------------|
D|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|
A|--------------------------------|
E|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|
'Got laid by a young bordello...'
3:21
|------------7h9-7h9------|
|----66-77-9--------------|
|777----------------------|
|-------------------------|
3:24
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|-------------------------|
|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|
|--12-----9---9-----------|
3:29
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------77-55-------|
A|7-8888-9999-77-7777777--7------7-5-7-|
E|--------------5--------5-------------|
3:37
|---------------7h999-7h99-7h99-7h9-7h9-7h9--|
|---66-77-88-999-----------------------------|
|777-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Back To Intro
4:21 (Melow Acoustic Breakdown - rest for 4 bars through guitar strumming)
4:43
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---4-7---8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6--|
E|5-7---------8-10---------6-8-----|
4:53 (x2)
G|-------7-6-5---4---7-------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|
A|---------------------5-6-7-------|
E|---------------------------------|
5:22
G|----7-9-11---11-11---------------|
D|0-0--0-0--0-0--0-----------------|
A|------------------5-6-7----------|
E|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6(/14)------|
E|---8-10---------6-8--------------|
5:35 (Breakdown Verse)
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-3----| (x3)
E|-------------5-3-------------5-3-|
'He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips'
5:56
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5-5-5-5-5------5-5------7-7--------7-------------7-|
A|3--------------5-5---5-5------4-4--7-7------4-4--7-7--|
E|-3----------7-7--------------------------5-5----------|
'Go Back...He struck the ground a cavern appeared...'
6:05
G|--------------------------|
D|5-5------5-5-----------5--|
A|------5-5-------2-2-5-5-5-|
E|---7-7-------3-3----------|
'He crashed a thousand yards below...
6:39 Outro
G|----
D|---
A|3--------4-4-|
E|-5-3--5-5----|
6:11 Back To Breakdown Verse
6:39
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------5-7---------------|
A|3--------4-4--7-7--------4-4--7-7---|
E|-5-3--5-5-------------5-5--------3--|
G|----------------------------------------17|
D|-----------------------------------17-19--|
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---17-19-------| (x5)
E|----------------------------17------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------| (x2)
A|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-/12--|
E|-------------3-------|
6:34
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6-----------|
E|---8-10---------6-8--------------|
G|-------7-6-5---4---7-------------|
D|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|
A|---------------------5-6-7-------|
E|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6---5-------|
E|---8-10---------6-8--------------|
End
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| h Hammer-on
| x Dead note
| (n) Ghost note
| / Slide up
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