David Bowie - After All
Album: The Man Who Sold the World (1970)
Transcribed by Jon Malmin (jogusmal@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Standard E

Em (022000@1)             Em7           A (x02220@1)           Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)    FPlease (133211@1)trip them gently, they don't like to fall (Oh by jingo)
Em (022000@1)                 Em7          A (x02220@1)     Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)   FThere's (133211@1)no room for anger, we're all very small (Oh by jingo)
        
       C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)                            E (022100@1)We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies, 
E7 (020130@1)      Am (x02210@1) Am7/GFrom (302020@1)paradise 
         D7/F# (200212@1)                      EmBut (022000@1)they think that we're holding a secretive ball. 
       F (133211@1)                          G (320003@1)                      
Won't someone invite them, they're just taller children
       Am (x02210@1)Am7/GThat's (302020@1)all 
      D7/F# (200212@1)Fmaj7After (1x3210@1)all 

Em (022000@1)       Em7       A (x02220@1)       Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)    FMan (133211@1)is an obstacle, sad as the clown (Oh by jingo) 
    Em (022000@1)      Em7              A (x02220@1)           Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)    FSo (133211@1)hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down (Oh by jingo) 
      C (x32010@1)                 G (320003@1)                        E (022100@1)      
Some people are marching together and some on their own
E7 (020130@1)     Am (x02210@1) Am7/GQuite (302020@1)alone
D7/F# (200212@1)                   Em (022000@1)Others are running, the smaller ones crawl
       F (133211@1)                        G (320003@1)                              
But some sit in silence, they're just older children 
       Am (x02210@1)Am7/GThat's (302020@1)all 
      D7/F# (200212@1)  Fmaj7After (1x3210@1)all 

Middle section: F#m  F#m7  B  D  F#m G (x2) 

   C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)                 E (022100@1)   E7I (020130@1)sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords, 
        Am (x02210@1) Am7/GWith (302020@1)my words 
      D7/F# (200212@1)                    EmI've (022000@1)borrowed your time and I'm sorry I called 
          F (133211@1)                             G (320003@1)                 Am (x02210@1) Am7/GBut (302020@1)the thought just occurred that we're nobody's children at all 
      D7/F# (200212@1)  Fmaj7After (1x3210@1)all 

Em (022000@1)             Em7       A (x02220@1)         Am (x02210@1)  Em (022000@1)  F (133211@1)Live till your rebirth and do what you will (Oh by jingo) 
Em (022000@1)             Em7          A (x02220@1)       Am (x02210@1) Em (022000@1)   FForget (133211@1)all I've said, please bear me no ill (Oh by jingo)

After all, after all (Em Em7 A Am, repeat until end)

Em:          Em7:         E:           E7:          F:           Fmaj7:
O-2-2-0-0-0  0-2-2-0-3-0  0-2-2-1-0-0  0-2-2-1-3-0  1-3-3-2-1-1  x-x-3-2-1-0
A:           Am:          Am7/G:       D7/F#:       G:           C:
x-0-2-2-2-0  x-0-2-2-1-0  3-0-2-0-1-0  2-x-0-2-1-2  3-2-0-0-3-3  x-3-2-0-1-0
F#m:         F#m7:        D:           G(barred): (320003@1) B:
2-4-4-2-2-2  2-4-4-2-5-2  x-x-0-2-3-2  3-5-5-4-3-3  x-2-4-4-4-2