David Bowie - Quicksand
Album: Hunky Dory (1971)

Transcribed by Jon Malmin (jogusmal@hotmail.com)
Tuning: Standard E
This is how I play Quicksand... This is very close to the album version.
The dim-chords are shown at the bottom of the page, if you need them.

Intro: G Am7 x4

    CI'm (x32010@1)closer to the Golden Dawn
                                     GImmersed (320003@1)in Crowley's uniform of imagery
     CI'm (x32010@1)living in a silent film
                                        GPortraying (320003@1)Himmler's sacred realm of dream reality
                                   
I'm frightened by the total goal,   drawing to the ragged hole
     Eb (x43121@3)                            Fe|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|---5-----5-----5-----5-----5------| (133211@1)B|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----|
G|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
D|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|

       G (320003@1)           Em (022000@1)     CAnd (x32010@1)I ain't got the power anymore
      C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)Am7 (x02010@1)name="chord_x02200@1">Asus2 ANo (x02220@1)I ain't got the power anymore

          DI'm (xx0232@1)the twisted name on Garbo's eyes
                                         AI'm (x02220@1)living proof of Churchill's lies, I'm destiny
     DI'm (xx0232@1)torn between the light and dark
                                       AWhere (x02220@1)others see their targets, divine symmetry
 FShould (133211@1)I kiss the viper's fang
    GOr (320003@1)herald loud the death of Man
       A (x02220@1)            F#m (244222@1)           DI'm (xx0232@1)sinking in the quicksand of my thought
        D (xx0232@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)I ain't got the power anymore

CHORUS:
 A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)        F#mDon't (244222@1)believe in yourself
       D#dim (2312xx@1)       EDon't (022100@1)deceive with belief
          Edim (3423xx@1)                 BmKnowledge (x24432@1)comes with death's release
     D#dim (2312xx@1)       AAaah, (x02220@1)aaah, aaah, aaah
       F#m (244222@1)       EAaah, (022100@1)aaah, aaah, aaaha

     D (xx0232@1)                  
I'm not a prophet or a stone age man
                                                A (x02220@1)Just a mortal with potential of a superman, I'm living on
      D (xx0232@1)           
I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
                                               ACan't (x02220@1)take my eyes from the great salvation of bullshit faith
      FIf (133211@1)I don't explain what you ought to know
         GYou (320003@1)can tell me all about it on the next Bardo
     A (x02220@1)              F#m (244222@1)          EI'm (022100@1)sinking in the quicksand of my thought
       E (022100@1)                    AAnd (x02220@1)I ain't got the power anymore
(Chorus x2, then the song ends)

D#dim:        Edim:
x-x-1-2-1-2   x-x-2-3-2-3