David Bowie : Aladdin Sane

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Shakey threw a party that lasted all night

D

Everybody drank a lot of something nice

E

There was an old-fashioned band of married men

E

F#m

Looking up to me for encouragement, it was so-so The ladies looked bad but the music was sad No one took their eyes off Lorraine She shimmered and she strolled like a Chicago moll Her feathers looked better and better, it was so-so

D

A

Yeah! It was time to unfreeze

B

D

When the Reverend Alabaster danced on his knees

D

A

Slam! So it wasn't a game

E

Cracking all the mirrors in shame

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D

G

Watch that man!

G

D

C

Oh honey, watch that man!

D

Well he walks like a jerk

C

G

But he could eat you with a fork and spoon

A

D

G

Watch that man!

G

D

C

Oh honey, watch that man!

D

He walks like a jerk

C

B

But he's only taking care of the room

C

Must be in tune A Benny Goodman fan painted holes in his hands Shakey hung him up to dry The pundits were joking, the manholes were smoking Every bottle battled with the reason why The girl on the phone wouldn't leave me alone A throw back from someone's LP A lemon in a bag played a Tiger Rag And the villains on the screen stopped bleeding Yeah! I was shaking like a leaf For I couldn't understand the conversation Yeah! So I ran to the street, looking for information Watch that man! Oh honey, watch that man! Well he walks like a jerk But he could eat you with a fork and spoon Watch that man! Oh honey, watch that man! He walks like a jerk But he's only taking care of the room Must be in tune

G

Watch that man

C

Watch that man

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Cmaj6

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B5

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Asus2

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B5

Watching him dash away

Asus2

Swinging an old bouquet, dead roses

Cmaj6

Saki and strange divine

B5

Asus2

Uh-uh uh-uh uh-uh, you'll make it Passionate bright young things Takes him away to war, don't fake it Saddening glissando strings Uh-uh uh-uh uh-uh, you'll make it

Gm

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Gm

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Gm

F

Who...... will love Aladdin Sane

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A

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Battle cries and champagne just in time for sunrise

Gm

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Gm

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Gm

F

Asus2

Who...... will love Aladdin Sane Motor sensational Paris or maybe hell, I'm waiting Clutches of sad remains Waits for Aladdin Sane, you'll make it

Gm

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Gm

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Gm

F

Who...... will love Aladdin Sane

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A

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Millions weep a fountain just in case of sunrise

Gm

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Gm

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Gm

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Who...... will love Aladdin Sane

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Gm

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Will love Aladdin Sane

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Will love Aladdin Sane |

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| Who...... will love Aladdin Sane Millions weep a fountain just in case of sunrise Who...... will love Aladdin Sane Will love Aladdin Sane Will love Aladdin Sane

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A

Let me put my arms around your head

F#m

Gee it's hot, let's go to bed

E6

Don't forget to turn on the light

E

Don't laugh, babe, it'll be alright Pour me out another phone I'll ring and see if your friends are home Perhaps the strange ones in the dome Can lend us a book, we can read up alone

D

A7

And try to get it on like once before

D

A

When people stared in Jagger's eyes and scored

F#m

B

Like the video films we saw

C

D

G

His name was always Buddy

G7

E7

Am

/g

And he'd shrug and ask to stay

D/f#

G

And she'd sigh like Twig the wonder kid

C

G/b

D

And turn her face away

C

D

G

She's uncertain if she likes him

G7

E7

Am

/g

Though she knows she really loves him

D/f#

G

It's a crash course for the ravers

C

G/b

Am

C/g

D/f#

D/e

C

G/b

It's a drive in Saturday....................

Am

C/g

D/f#

D/e

D

D/c

Jung the foreman prayed at work Neither hands nor limbs would burst It's hard enough to keep formation With this fall out saturation Cursing at the astronette Who stands in steel by his cabinet He's crashing out with Sylvia The bureau supply for aging men With snorting head he gazes to the shore Once had raised a sea that raged no more Like the video films we saw His name was always Buddy And he'd shrug and ask to stay She'd sigh like twig the wonder kid And turn her face away She's uncertain if she likes him But she knows she really loves him It's a crash course for the ravers It's a drive-in Saturday

D(v)

Riff

E(vii)

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D(v)

Riff

E(vii)

He looked a lot like Che Guevara, drove a diesel van

D(v)

E(vii)

Kept his gun in quiet seclusion, such a humble man

G

A

G

A

The only survivor of the National People's Gang

D

C

D

C

Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph

D

G

A

He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone

D

Riff

E

Panic in Detroit! He laughed at accidental sirens that broke the evening gloom The police had warned of repercussions, they followed none too soon A trickle of strangers were all that were left alive Panic in Detroit, I asked for an autograph He wanted to stay home, I wish someone would phone Panic in Detroit!

D

C

G

Putting on some clothes I made my way to school

Bm

C

G

And found my teacher crouching in his overalls

D

C

G

I screamed and ran to smash my favorite slot machine

Bm

C

D

And jumped the silent cars that slept at traffic lights Having scored a trillion dollars, made a run back home Found him slumped across the table, a gun and me alone I ran to the window, looked for a plane or two Panic in Detroit, he'd left me an autograph Let me collect dust, I wish someone would phone Panic in Detroit!

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I've come on a few years from my Hollywood Highs

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D

The best of the last, the cleanest star they ever had

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Am

I'm stiff on my legend, the films that I made

E

Forget that I'm fifty 'cause you just got paid

Bm

A

Crack, baby, crack, show me you're real

G

F#7

Smack, baby, smack is all that you feel Suck, baby, suck, give me your head Before you start professing that you're knocking me dead

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F

G

Oh stay, please stay

E

F

G

B

Please stay You caught yourself a trick down on Sunset and Vine But since he pinned you, baby, you're a porcupine You sold me illusions for a sack full of cheques You've made a bad connection 'cause I just want your sex Crack, baby, crack, show me you're real Smack, baby, smack, is all that you feel Suck, baby, suck, give me your head Before you start professing that you're knocking me dead

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F

G

Oh yeah

E

F

G

Oh stay for a day

Em

Time, he's waiting in the wings

F

He speaks of senseless things

C

His script is you and me, boy

Em

Time, he flexes like a whore

F

Falls wanking to the floor

C

His trick is you and me, boy

Ddim

Dm

Time, in quaaludes and red wine

C

/e

F

D

C

Demanding Billy Dolls and other friends of mine, take your time

/c

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Am/g

F

The sniper in the brain, regurgitating drain

D/f#

G

F/g

C

Incestuous and vain, and many other last names

C

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Am

Am/g

Ooh I look at my watch it says 9:25

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D/f#

And I think, oh God I'm still alive

G

C

/c

/b

Am

We should be on by now

Am/g

F

D/f#

We should be on by now

G

La la-la-la, la la-la-la

Em

You are not a victim You just scream with boredom

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C

You are not evicting time |

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Ddim

Dm

Chimes, goddamn you're looking old

C

/e

F

You'll freeze and catch a cold

D

C

'Cause you left your coat behind, take your time

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Am

Am/g

F

Breaking up is hard, but keeping dark is hateful

D/f#

G

F/g

C

I had so many dreams, I had so many breakthroughs

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Am

But you my love were kind

Am/g

F

But love has left you dreamless

D/f#

G

The door to dreams was closed

C

Your path was real and dreamless

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Am

Perhaps you're smiling now

Am/g

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Smiling through this darkness

D/f#

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But all I have to give is guilt for dreaming |

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D/f#

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| ... We should be on by now We should be on by now

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D#(b5)

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/c

Dm

Cold fire, you've got everything but cold fire

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D#(b5)

A

You will be my rest and peace child

C

I moved up to take a place near you So tired, it's the sky that makes you feel tried It's a trick to make you see wide It can all but break your heart in pieces

Bb

Am

Staying back in your memory

Eb

F

Are the movies in the past

Gm

Dm

How you moved is all it takes

C

Bb

To sing a song of when I loved

A

The prettiest star One day though it might as well be someday You and I will rise up all the way All because of what you are The prettiest star Staying back in your memory Are the movies in the past How you moved is all it takes To sing a song of when I loved The prettiest star One day though it might as well be someday You and I will rise up all the way All because of what you are The prettiest star

E

F#m

E

A

C#m

E

Well, don't you worry 'bout what's been on my mind

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C#m

E

I'm in no hurry, I can take my time

D

A

E

I'm going red and my tongue's getting tired

D

C#m

E

Out of my head and my mouth's getting dry, I'm high!

E

Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever

A

C#m

E

Let's spend the night together now I feel so strong that I can't disguise, oh my Well, I just can't apologise, no Don't hang me up but don't let me down We could have fun just by moving around and around and around Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now

A

Oh, You know I'm smiling, baby

D

You need some guiding, baby

A

I'm just deciding, baby Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now This doesn't happen to me every day No excuses I've got anyway, hey I'll satisfy your every need And I'll know you'll satisfy me, oh my, my, my, my, my Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together They said we were too young Our kind of love was no fun But our love comes from above Do it! Let's make love! Hoo! Let's spend the night together Now I need you more than ever Let's spend the night together now!

Harp:

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A small Jean Genie snuck off to the city Strung out on lasers and slash-back blazers Ate all your razors while pulling the waiters Talking 'bout Monroe and walking on Snow White New York's a go-go, and everything tastes right Poor little Greenie, ooh-ooh, keep her comin'

B

The Jean Genie lives on his back The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls

A

Jean Genie, let yourself go, whoa Sits like a man but he smiles like a reptile She love him, she love him but just for a short while She'll scratch in the sand, won't let go his hand He says he's a beautician and sells you nutrition And keeps all your dead hair for making up underwear Poor little Greenie, ooh-ooh The Jean Genie lives on his back The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks He's outrageous, he screams and he bawls Jean Genie, let yourself go, whoa He's so simple-minded, he can't drive his module He bites on the neon and sleeps in a capsule Loves to be loved, loves to be loved

Solo over repeated chorus riff

The Jean Genie lives on his back The Jean Genie loves chimney stacks He's outrageous he screams and he bawls Jean Genie let yourself go, whoa

F#m

G

A

G

A

F#m

She'll come, she'll go

G

She'll lay belief on you

A

Skin sweet with musky oil

G#m

B

The lady from another grinning soul Cologne she'll wear Silver and Americard She'll drive a beetle car And beat you down at cool Canasta

Bb

Ebm

B

And when the clothes are strewn

Bb

B

Don't be afraid of the room

C#

Touch the fullness of her breast

E

Feel the love of her caress

G#m

F#m

She will be your living end

F#m

G

A

G#m

B

She'll come she'll go She'll lay belief on you But she won't stake her life on you How can life become point of view And when the clothes are strewn Don't be afraid of the room Touch the fullness of her breast Feel the love of her caress She will be your living end She will be your living end

G#m

G

G#m

B

G#m

G

G#m

B

David Bowie : Aladdin Sane
1973

Watch That Man

Aladdin Sane

Drive-In Saturday

Panic In Detroit

Cracked Actor

Time

Prettiest Star

Let's Spend The Night Together

Jean Genie

Lady Grinning Soul

David Bowie : Aladdin Sane 1973

Watch That Man

Aladdin Sane

Drive-In Saturday

Panic In Detroit

Cracked Actor

Time

Prettiest Star

Let's Spend The Night Together

Jean Genie

Lady Grinning Soul

David Bowie : Aladdin Sane
1973