Ziggy Stardust Chords & Tabs
Ziggy Stardust
David Bowie
chords played by acoustic guitar
verse 1
G D Cadd9 G G5 G D Cadd9 G G5
E|-------3-----------------3---3---3-----3---------------3---3---3-|
G|-------3----7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-----3--7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-|
B|-------0----7--------7---0---0---0-----0--7--------7---0---0---0-|
D|-------0----7------------2---0---0-----0--7------------2---0---0-|
A|-------2-----------------3---2---0-----2---------------3---2---0-|
E|-------3-----------------0---3---3-----3---------------0---3---3-|
G D Cadd9 G G5 G D Cadd9 G G5
E|-------3-----------------3---3---3-----3---------------3---3---3-|
G|-------3----7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-----3--7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-|
B|-------0----7--------7---0---0---0-----0--7--------7---0---0---0-|
D|-------0----7------------2---0---0-----0--7------------2---0---0-|
A|-------2-----------------3---2---0-----2---------------3---2---0-|
E|-------3-----------------0---3---3-----3---------------0---3---3-|
G Bm C
ziggy played guitar jammin good with wierd and gilly and the
E|---3-------------------2----------------------------0------------|
G|---3-------------------3----------------------------1------------|
B|---0-------------------4----------------------------0------------|
D|---0-------------------4----------------------------2------------|
A|---2-------------------2----------------------------3------------|
E|---3-------------------x----------------------------0------------|
(little funky fill)
G Em
like the spiders from mars he played left hand but made it too far
E|-------------------------------------------3------------------0--|
G|-------------------------------------------3------------------0--|
B|-------------------------------------------0------------------0--|
D|-------------------------------------------0------------------2--|
A|--------3--2--3--4--5--5/7--5--------------2------------------2--|
E|-------------------------------7----5----3-3------------------0--|
(I used to play these two not as normal but if u play them as harmonics it sounds pretty
will surround the the harmonics with [])
A C
became the special man, then we were ziggys band
E|--[12]---[7]------[12]---0-------------------------X-------------|
G|-------------------------2-------------------------X-------------|
B|-------------------------2-------------------------5-------------|
D|-------------------------2-------------------------5-------------|
A|-------------------------0-------------------------3-------------|
E|-------------------------0-------------------------X-------------|
Verse 2
G Bm C
ziggy really sang screwed up eyes and screw down hairdo
E|---3-------------------2-----------------------------0-----------|
G|---3-------------------3-----------------------------1-----------|
B|---0-------------------4-----------------------------0-----------|
D|---0-------------------4-----------------------------2-----------|
A|---2-------------------2-----------------------------3-----------|
E|---3-------------------x-----------------------------0-----------|
C D G
like a cat from Japan he could lick'em by smiling he could leave
E|-------------------------------------------3---------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------3---------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------0---------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------0---------------------|
A|--------3--2--3--4--5--5/7--5--------------2---------------------|
E|-------------------------------7----5----3-3---------------------|
Em
'em to hang
E|-------0-----|
G|-------0-----|
B|-------0-----|
D|-------2-----|
A|-------2-----|
E|-------0-----|
Am C
he came on so loaded man well hung and snow white tan
E|---------[12]------------0----------------------------X----------|
G|------------------[12]---1----------------------------X----------|
B|-------------------------2----------------------------5----------|
D|-------------------------2----------------------------5----------|
A|-------------------------0----------------------------3----------|
E|--[12]-------------------0----------------------------X----------|
A G F G
so where were the spiders
E|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3----1-0-1-0-1-0-1--3-|
A G F G
while the fly tried to break our balls
E|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3----1-0-1-0-1-0-1--3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/david_bowie/ziggy_stardust_tab_ver_7.html ]
A G F G
with just the beer light to guide us
E|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3----1-0-1-0-1-0-1--3-|
D E
so we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands
E|----------2-------------------------------------0-0-0-0----------|
G|----------3-------------------------------------0-0-0-0----------|
B|----------2-------------------------------------1-1-1-1----------|
D|----------0-------------------------------------2-2-2-2----------|
A|------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2----------|
E|------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0----------|
G D Cadd9 G G5 G D Cadd9 G G5
E|-------3-----------------3---3---3-----3---------------3---3---3-|
G|-------3----7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-----3--7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-|
B|-------0----7--------7---0---0---0-----0--7--------7---0---0---0-|
D|-------0----7------------2---0---0-----0--7------------2---0---0-|
A|-------2-----------------3---2---0-----2---------------3---2---0-|
E|-------3-----------------0---3---3-----3---------------0---3---3-|
Verse 3
G Bm C
ziggy played for time jiving us that we were voodoo
E|---3-------------------2-----------------------------0-----------|
G|---3-------------------3-----------------------------1-----------|
B|---0-------------------4-----------------------------0-----------|
D|---0-------------------4-----------------------------2-----------|
A|---2-------------------2-----------------------------3-----------|
E|---3-------------------x-----------------------------0-----------|
C D G Em
the kids was just crass, he was the nazz with god given ass
E|-------------------------------------------3-----------------0---|
G|-------------------------------------------3-----------------0---|
B|-------------------------------------------0-----------------0---|
D|-------------------------------------------0-----------------2---|
A|--------3--2--3--4--5--5/7--5--------------2-----------------2---|
E|-------------------------------7----5----3-3-----------------0---|
Am C
he took it all too far but boy could he play guitar
E|-------------------------0----------------------------X----------|
G|-------------------------1----------------------------X----------|
B|-------------------------2----------------------------5----------|
D|-------------------------2----------------------------5----------|
A|-------------------------0----------------------------3----------|
E|-------------------------0----------------------------X----------|
A G F G
making love with his ego
E|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3----1-0-1-0-1-0-1--3-|
A G F G
ziggy suck up into his mind
E|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3----1-0-1-0-1-0-1--3-|
A G F G
like a leper messiah
E|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
A|-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-|
E|-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3----1-0-1-0-1-0-1--3-|
D E
when the kids had killed the man i had to break up the band
E|----------2-------------------------------0-0-0-0----------|
G|----------3-------------------------------0-0-0-0----------|
B|----------2-------------------------------1-1-1-1----------|
D|----------0-------------------------------2-2-2-2----------|
A|------------------------------------------2-2-2-2----------|
E|------------------------------------------0-0-0-0----------|
outo
G D Cadd9 G G5 G D Cadd9 G G5
E|-------3-----------------3---3---3-----3---------------3---3---3-|
G|-------3----7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-----3--7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-|
B|-------0----7--------7---0---0---0-----0--7--------7---0---0---0-|
D|-------0----7------------2---0---0-----0--7------------2---0---0-|
A|-------2-----------------3---2---0-----2---------------3---2---0-|
E|-------3-----------------0---3---3-----3---------------0---3---3-|
G D Cadd9 G G5 G D Cadd9 G G5
E|-------3-----------------3---3---3-----3---------------3---3---3-|
G|-------3----7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-----3--7-8-7-8-7----3---3---3-|
B|-------0----7--------7---0---0---0-----0--7--------7---0---0---0-|
D|-------0----7------------2---0---0-----0--7------------2---0---0-|
A|-------2-----------------3---2---0-----2---------------3---2---0-|
E|-------3-----------------0---3---3-----3---------------0---3---3-|
Cadd9 G
ziggy played........... Guitaaaaaarrr
E|-3-----------------------3----------------------|
G|-3-----------------------3----------------------|
B|-0-----------------------0----------------------|
D|-2-----------------------0----------------------|
A|-3-----------------------2----------------------|
E|-0-----------------------3----------------------|
