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Subject: David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust"
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Ziggy Stardust by David Bowie. Transcribed by Johnny Birchett
I just found this site a few days ago and boy was I happy. I got Richard Ashley's
version of Ziggy even tho I knew how to play it already, but I couldn't decipher
the words. I will maybe put Stone Love or Rock -n- Roll Suicide up here later.
Definitely, I will put some Lemonheads on.
Just some disclaimers. There is a lot more going on here that I don't have time
to transcribe, but this will give you the basics, as correct as I know them, any
Well, this is the way i play Ziggy Stardust.
The intro is played with first position chords and MONDO distortion.
Intro:
3---3-----2--3--2--3--2----0----0--0--0--0----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--
3---3-----3--3--3--3--3----3----3--3--3--3----3--3--3--3--3--3--3--
0---0-----2-----------2----0-------------0-------------0-----------
0---0-----0-----------0----2-------------0-------------2-----------
2---2----------------------3-------------2-------------0-----------
3---3--------------------------------------------------------------
*NOTE: Let everything ring out forever to get a REAL grungy sound.
Verses: (These lyrics are from Richard's post. I wouldn't swear to Bowie or Stipe lyrics)
G Bm C C/G-C D
Ziggy played guitar, jamming good with Wierd and Gilly, and the Spiders from Mars.
G Em Am C
He played it left hand, but made it too far, became the special man, then we were Ziggy's fans.
G Bm C C/G - C D
Ziggy really sang, with screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo, like some cat from Japan.
G Em Am C
He could lick 'em by smiling, he could leave 'em to hang; he came on so loaded, man. Well-hung and snow-white tan.
Chorus (power chords, 6th string):
A G F G
So where were the Spiders?
A G F G
While the fly tried to break our bones.
A G F G
Just the beer light to guide us. So we
D E
bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands...
(Here's a tab-like view of the power chord chorus)
(D)|7-7-7-7-7-----5-5-5-5-5------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5 (Don't bother counting)
(A)|7-7-7-7-7-----5-5-5-5-5------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5 (the dashes, I am not )
(E)|5-5-5-5-5-----3-3-3-3-3------1-0-1-0-1-0-1-3 (even pretending to )
(After third time, go to---) (indicate timing. :) )
(G)|7----------------------9--------------------
(D)|7----------------------9--------------------
(A)|5----------------------7--------------------
The rest of the song pretty much repeats. The end is a Cadd9 (Ziggy played...)
to a G (gui-tar....).
One of the fun things to do with this song is play around with harmonics. Hard
to go wrong. :)
Hope this helped some. I will probably post some more now that I have found
this place.
-=Marc, Arch of Igor=-
COMMENTS:
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Pretty good tab, I love it. Just one thing about the lyrics, it's " So where were the Spiders? While the fly tried to break our balls"
The tight pants, Thats what that means. But anyway, keep up the good work. :)
I can never get the riff to this right. I got a book with this song and that version, don't sound right either.
A guy showed me this and it's sounds better than any I've seen;
E-3--x--2----3-2----3-2---0-0-
B----x---3--3---3--3---3--0-0-
G----x--2--2---2--2---2---0-0-
D----x--------------------2-2-
A-2--x--------------------2-2-
E-3--x--------------------0-0-
Anyway.
Any Pixies or Husker Du fans?
Me again. If you just hold the D shape and put your little finger on the high E on the 3 rd fret. And then repeat, taking it off and putting it on again.
i think that little riff within the c cord go's something like this
E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D------------------------
A--3--2--3p2h3--4-5------
E------------------------
E------------------------
B------------------------
G------------------------
D------------------------
A--7--5--2--0------------
E--------------3--2--0---
buy the way i think that Am after the Em should be an A
(the very ending before slaming into an Ab slide to A bar cord the start of suffragette city)
ALL artifical harmonics
E--------------------------
B---12---------------------
G-------12------10----12---
D-----------12-------------
A--------------------------
E--------------------------
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