The Width of A Circle/ David BowieThe Man Who Sold The World[ ] |
Intro - Mick |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |7-7---7-5-4-5-5---5-4-2-4-4---4-2-0-2-2---2/7 repeat-| |-----------------------------------------------------| Bowie comes in with the 12 string he plays the same notes |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |9-9--etc------------------------13-13----------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |7-7--he could be playing the G#-11-11-to make an E chord etc |-----------------------------------------------------| E riff A |-----------------------------------------------------| |9-9-9-7-9-7-9-9--------------------------------------| |9-9-9-7-9-7-9-9---6----------------------------------| |9-9-9-7-9-7-9-9---7----------------back to E riff----| |7-7-7---7---7-7---7----------------------------------| |------------------5----------------------------------| In the corner G A G A G G# |------------------------------------------------------------------- |------------------------------------------------------------------- |--4---4-4-----6---6-6-----6---6-6------6---6-6-----4---4-4---5----- |--5---4-4-----7---7-7-----7---7-7------7---7-7-----5---5-5---6----- |--5---5-5-----7---7-7-----7---7-7------7---7-7-----5---5-5---6----- |3-----------5-----------3------------5-----------3-----------4----- All the roads E riff then A E/G# F#m D F F# A (2 bars then E riff) |-------------------2---------------------------------| |---5----5-----2---3------2----2--5-------------------| |--6----4-----2---2------2----4---6-------------------| |-7----6-----4---0------3----4----7-power away--------| |---------------------------------7-------------------| |5----4----2-----------1----2-----5-------------------| Then I ran across me Mick's first solo starts with him frantically bending a G Then it sounds like he mainly uses the E Blues scale The song continues as above for the first 3 verses then after "God did take my logic for a ride" Bowie uses the 12 string for the intro again then various voicings of E7 (9th fret)then A7 Bowie 12 string A7 F Eb D |3--------5-----------3-----------2-------------------| |2--------6-----------4-----------3-------------------| |2--------5-----------3-----------2-------------------| |2--------7-----------5-----------4-------------------| |0----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| Mick |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |------2-7-------5-3-5--------3-1-4-hold-(repeat 4 times) |0-2-4------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| 3rd time Oh oh oh oh etc Then D riff C G |------------------------------------| |7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--5--------| |7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--5---4----| |7---7-7--7---7-7--7---7-7--5---5----| |5---5-5--5---5-5--5---5-5--3---5----| |-------------------------------3----| He swallowed his pride G C A D |-----------------------------------------------------| |--3----------------5---------------------------------| |4-3-3h4p3h4------6-5-5h6p5h6-------------------------| |5-3--------------7-5---------------------------------| |5-----------X2---7-----------X2----------------------| |3----------------5-----------------------------------| He struck the ground Mick's second solo probably using D blues over the above D riff |