Hang On To Your Self Tab by David Bowie
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From: Winston Campbell
Hang On To Yourself
(words & music by David Bowie)
This song is featured off of Bowie~s -The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
and the Spiders From Mars- album. It is quite simple and fun to play as
are most of Bowie~s songs. Before I write down the chords, I must explain
that the chords G5* and B5* are played respectively:
G5*
E --3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--|
B --3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3--| (of course, it would be auspicious to
G --0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--| accent the bass notes to give it that
D --0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0--| cool song that the song cannot live
A --x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x--x-x-x--| without. -h- stands for hammer-on)
E --2h3--3-3--2h3--3-3--2h3-3--|
B5*
E ----------------------------|
B ----------------------------|
G --4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-| (this time instead of hammering on, it
D --4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-| would be better to slide from the first
A --1s2--2-2--1s2--2-2--1s2-2-| fret to the second playing B5*)
E ----------------------------|
The song with the chords are:
D-C-G5*
D-C-G5*
F#m A
Well she is a tongue twisting storm, she will come to the show tonight
Bm F#5-A5-B5*
Praying to the light machine
F#m A
She wants my honey not my money she~s a funky-thigh collector
Bm F#5-A5-B5*
Laying on electric dreams
C D C D
So come on, come on, we~ve really got a good thing going
C D C
Well come on, come on, if you think we~re gonna make it
A
You better hang on to yourself
D-C-G5*
D-C-G5*
F#m A
We can~t dance, we don~t talk much, we just ball and play
Bm F#5-A5-B5*
But then we move like tigers on vaseline
F#m A
Well the bitter comes out better on a stolen guitar
Bm F#5-A5-B5*
You~re the blessed, we~re the spiders from Mars
C D C D
So come on, come on, we~ve really got a good thing going
C D C
Well come on, come on, if you think we~re gonna make it
A
You better hang on to yourself
D-C-G5*
D-C-G5*
Solo Chords: A D A D
C D C D
So come on, come on, we~ve really got a good thing going
C D C
Well come on, come on, if you think we~re gonna make it
A
You better hang on to yourself
(and the song ends...or whatever...)
The Chords are:
E A D G B E
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D x x 0 2 3 2
C x 3 2 0 1 0
F#m 2 4 4 2 2 x
A x 0 2 2 2 x
Bm x 2 4 4 3 2
F#5 2 4 4 x x x
A5 x 0 2 2 x x
(Note that the lyrics for this song is not the one from the Rykodisc
release of -The Man Who Sold The World-, this is the original)Hang On To Yourself Tab by David Bowie
Hang On To Yourself
David Bowie
Album: The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars.
Guitarist: Mick Ronson.
Tuning: Standard Low To High E A D G B e
b: Bend
r: Release Bend
h: Hammer On
s: Silde
~: Vibrato
.: Stacato
*: Repeat
*
Intro
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-*---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------7--5-------------------------------7--3--------------------------------|
D|------7--5-------------------------------7--3--------------------------------|
A|-*----5--3-------------------------------5--5--------------------------------|
E|------------2h3-3-3--2h3-3-3--3-2h3-3-3--------2h3-3-3--2h3-3-3--3-2h3-3-3-3-|
Verse
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------2--x-2--4--x-4----2----------------------------------2--x-2--4--x-4-|
D|--4--x-4--2--x-2--4--x-4--4-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--x-4--2--x-2--4--x-4-|
A|--4--x-4--0--x-0--2--x-2--4-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--4--x-4--0--x-0--2--x-2-|
E|--2--x-2------------------2----------------------------2--x-2-----------------|
Chorus
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--x--x--7--x--x--5---|
G|----2--------------------------x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--x--x--7--x--x--5---|
D|--4-2-4h4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--x--x--7--x--x--5---|
A|--4-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--x--x--3--x--x--3--x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--3---|
E|--2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-x--x--5--x--7-7--7--x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--x--x--7--x--x--5--x--x--5----|
G|-x--x--5--x--7-7--7--x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--x--x--7--x--x--5--x--x--5----|
D|-x--x--5--x--7-7--7--x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--7--x--x--7--x--x--5--x--x--5----|
A|-x--x--3--x--5-5--5--x--x--3--x--x--3--x--x--5--x--x--5--x--x--3--x--x--3----|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------|
B|-------------*--|
G|-2-2-2-2--2-----|
D|-2-2-2-2--2-----|
A|-0-0-0-0--0--*--|
E|----------------|
Backing chords for the solo are played the same way as the chorus, but instead of C and D
play A and D
Guitar Solo . . |Change to C and D again
e|-------7b9r7-5~--3s5-3-.-.-----------------7b9r7-5~-3-.-.--------------------|
B|-2-3-5-----------------5-3-----------2-3-5------------5-3--------------------|
G|---------------------------4-4s6-2~-----------------------/5~--/7~--/5~-/7~--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Everything you need to know for the rest of the song is all there because it pretty much
repeats itself from there on.
