BOWIE DAVID - "moonage daydream" Tablature

Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 07:37:56 -0500
Subject: b/bowie_david/moonage_daydream.tab

Artist: David Bowie
Title: "Moonage Daydream"
Album: "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars"

Composed by David Bowie

Original tab by MTaylor@data.basix.com
Revised by Chris Clark

Here are the correct chord progressions, plus the bass line in the
chorus and a few fills. Note: the acoustic guitar plays open E in
the chorus.

Comments and crits to: drclueful@hotmail.com

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Tab: Guitar
Tuning: Standard

D
I'm an...

F#
I'm a mama-papa...

Bm Bm/A
I'm a space...

E
I'll be a rock and...

G
Keep your...

D F#
You're squawking...bird...

Bm Bm/A E
...for the words

Chorus

G Bm E
Keep...'lectric...me

G Bm E
Put...raygun...head

G Bm E
Press...spaceface...mine

D E
Freak out...oh, yeah

Chords for solo and outro

Bm A G F#

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Solo (easy to play anywhere on the neck)

e --------------------------------I
B --3--2--3--2--3--2--3--2--3--O--I
G --------------------------------I
D --------------------------------I
A --------------------------------I
E --------------------------------I

e --------------------------------I
B --2--O--2--O--2--O--2--O--2--2--I
G --------------------------------I
D --------------------------------I
A --------------------------------I
E --------------------------------I

e --------------------------------I
B --------------------------------I
G --4--2--4--2--4--2--4--2--4--O--I
D --------------------------------I
A --------------------------------I
E --------------------------------I

e --------------------------------------------------I
B --------------------------2--O--2--O--2--O--2--O--I
G --3--1--3--1--3--1--3--1--------------------------I
D --------------------------------------------------I
A --------------------------------------------------I
E --------------------------------------------------I

Chorus bass/vocal line (chords on tops, notes below)

G Bm E
G --4--2--O--------------------I
D -----------O--4--O-----O--2--I
A --------------------2--------I
E -----------------------------I
B A G D F# D B D E

At the end of the second verse, the electric guitar plays this
simple line

e ------------I
B ------------I
G ------------I
D ------------I
A --2--0------I
E ---------0--I
Bm Bm/A E

Choruses after the solo

G Bm E D/E E
Keep...'lectric...me

G Bm E D/E E
Put...raygun...head

G Bm E Esus4 E
Press...spaceface...mine

D (riff) E
Freak out...oh, yeah

This chromatic riff is played by the string section in the studio
version, and the electric guitar in live versions.

e -------------------------I
B -------------------------I
G -------------------------I
D --O----------------------I
A ----4-3-2-1-O------------I
E --------------4-3-2-1-O--I

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Recommended chord positions

D (intro)

e -----I
B --7--I
G --7--I
D --7--I
A --5--I
E -----I

F#

e --2--I
B --2--I
G --3--I
D --4--I
A --4--I
E --2--I

Bm

e --2--I
B --3--I
G --4--I
D --4--I
A --2--I
E -----I

Bm/A

e --2--I
B --3--I
G --4--I
D --4--I
A --O--I
E -----I

E (verse)

e --O--I
B --O--I
G --1--I
D --2--I
A --2--I
E --O--I

D (verse)

e --2--I
B --3--I
G --2--I
D --O--I
A -----I
E -----I

G

e --3--I
B --3--I
G --O--I
D --O--I
A --2--I
E --3--I

E (chorus)

e -----I
B --9--I
G --9--I
D --9--I
A --7--I
E -----I

D/E

e -----I
B --7--I
G --7--I
D --7--I
A --7--I
E -----I

Esus4

e ------I
B --10--I
G --9---I
D --9---I
A --7---I
E ------I