David Bowie - Oh you pretty things
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Oh you pretty things
by David Bowie
from Ziggy Stardust
I imagine this tab can be used to figure out a guitar arrangement but its meant for
since the song was written for piano.
Legend
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m = minor chord
dim = diminished chord
Gb/Db = Chord/Base note
A(B) = Chord/added note
example: Gm(E)/C = G minor chord with added
and A C in the base
Intro:
F G F Eb Db C
F G F Eb [Db
x 4
Verse 1:
Gb Db/F
Wake up you sleepy head
Eb(Ab) Ebm
Put on some clothes, shake up your bed
Gb Db/F
Put another log on the fire for me
AbI've made some breakfast and Ebcoffee
GbLook out my window and Dbwhat do I see
Bbm7/D Ebm
A B/Ebcrack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me
Cdim(A) Db7
All the nightmares came today
And it looks as though they're Gbhere to stay
Interlude: Cdim(A) Db Ddim(B) Eb
Bb(C)/F F
Verse2:
Gb Db/F
What are we coming to
Eb(A) Ebm
No room for me, no fun for you
Gb Db/F
I think about a world to come
Where the Abbooks were found by the EbGolden ones
GbWritten in pain, Dbwritten in awe
Bb7/D Ebmin Gb7/E B/Eb
By a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for
Cdim(A) Db7
All the strangers coday
And it looks as though they're Gbhere to stay
Chorus:
Gb Bbmin/F Ebmin
Oh You Pretty Things
Don't you Gb/Dbknow you're driving your
B7Mamas and Papas Gbinsane
Gb Bbmin/F Ebmin
Oh You Pretty Things
Don't you Gb/Dbknow you're driving your
B7Mamas and Papas Gbinsane
Let me Ab7make it plain
You Db7gotta make way for the B7Homo SuperioGbr
Verse3:
Gb Db/F
Look at your children
Eb(A) Ebm
See their faces in golden rays
Gb Db/F
Don't kid yourself they belong to you
Ab They're the start of a Ebcoming race
GbThe earth is a bitch, we've Dbfinished our news
Bb7/D Ebmin Gb7/E B/Eb
Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use
Cdim(A) Db7
All the strangers came today
And it looks as though they're Gbhere to stay
[Chorus]