David Bowie - Looking for water
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Tuning: E A D G
SONG NAME: Looking For Water
ALBUM: Reality
BAND/ARTIST: David Bowie
BASSIST: Gail Ann Dorsey
TABBED BY: JimyUrinsGhost
Please contact me via email(thebluejeangenie@gmail.com) or message for any questions/concerns regarding this
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(Intro)
(Bass starts at 0:35)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(Verse 1)
(0:50) Silver leaves are spinning round..
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x2)-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(1:00) Looking for water
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-6-7---4-4-2-0-0---------------------------------------------|
A|-------4-----------4-4-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(1:04) But I lost God in a New York minute..
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(1:11) I’m looking for water
G|----------------------------4----------------------------------|
D|-4-2-0-0-(x2)---------4-6-7---6-7-4-2--------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(1:20) I can’t breathe the air..
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(Verse 2)
(1:33) Take my hand as we go down..
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(1:40) I’m looking for water..
G|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-4-2-0-0-(x2)---|------4-6-7---4-4-2-0-0------------------------|
A|----------------|------------4-----------4-4--------------------|
E|----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
(1:47) I’m looking for water
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)--------4-4-(x4)-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(2:01) I can’t live in this cage..
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(2:09) The look in your eyes..
G|----------------------------4----------------------------------|
D|-4-2-0-0-(x2)---------4-6-7---6-7-4---2------------------------|
A|------------------------------------0---4----------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(Bridge)
(2:16) (No lyrics except ‘looking looking' at 2:22, 2:30, and 2:41)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|x3
(Outro)
(2:44) I’m looking for water
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------4-2-0-0----------------------------------------|
A|-5-4-2-2-0-0(x4)---------4-4(x4)-------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
(Outro Cont.)
(2:59) I’m looking for water
(this is played right after the outro that begins at 2:44, and then there is no bass for the rest of the song)
(Lyrics stop at 3:18)
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
*AUTHORS NOTE: The timing of this tab and the linked video are not the same.
I wrote this tab to play along with the live version that I linked, but I used the studio version for
reference. Apologies if this is an inconvienience for anyone.