------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aladdin Sane - David Bowie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: EADGBe Did my best to tab out the piano on the guitar; you really have to play along to the record with this one until you've got all the timing down. INTRO (0:00-0:19) e|----------14---------------------| B|-14---12-----14---5/6/7----------| G|-------------------------9---7---| D|---------------------------------| x4 A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| (0:17) e|---------------------------------| B|---------------------------------| G|-7/9--9/7---7/9--9/7-------------| D|---------------------------------| A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| VERSE 1 (0:20-0:29) e|----------14---------------------| B|-14---12-----14------5/7---------| G|-------------------------9---7---| D|---------------------------------| x2 A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| e|----------14---------------------| B|-14---12-----14-----5/7----------| G|-----------------------9---7-----| D|---------------------------------| x2 A|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------| (0:30) e|----------14---------------------| B|-14---12-----14------------------| G|------------------9---7----------| D|--Timing different on this one--- A|----Wait longer to start---------| E|--Riffs are at the same time-----| 0:32-34 piano does something incomprehensible (0:35-39) e|-----------------------------------| B|--5/6/7----------------------------| G|---------9-7---7/9--9/7---7/9--9/7-| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| The piano seems to play mainly higher than my 22-fret guitar will go w/o an octave pedal so here's guitar only for: VERSE II (0:40) e|----------14----------------------| B|-14---12-----14-------------------| G|------------------9---7-----------| D|----------------------------------| A|----Same timing as 0:30-----------| D|----------------------------------| (0:45-0:56) e|-----------------------------------| B|--5/6/7----------------------------| G|---------9-7--------x3-------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| CHORUS (0:56-1:15) e|-----------------------------------| B|-------(all palm muted softly)-----| G|-----------------------------------| D|--5555-3333-5555-3333 5555-3333----| A|--3333-1111-3333-1111-3333-1111----| E|--3333-1111-3333-1111-3333-1111----| Who will love Aladdin Sane D|-----------------------------------| A|-------(all palm muted softly)-----| E|-----------------------------------| D|--7777-5555-7777 3333--------------| A|--5555-3333-5555-1111--------------| E|--5555-3333-5555-1111--------------| Battlecries and Champagne/ just in time for sunrise e|------------------------------------| B|------(all palm muted softly)-------| G|------(let pm ring on last A5)------| D|-5555-3333-5555-3333 5555-3333-7~---| A|-5555-3333-5555-3333-5555-3333-5~---| E|-3333-1111-3333-1111-3333-1111-5~---| Who will love Aladdin Sane e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|-7/9--9/7---7/9--9/7----------------| D|------------------------------------| A|--(Played by 2nd guitar-------------| E|------while pmA5 rings)-------------| Verse III (1:15-1:31) e|-----------------------------------| B|--5/6/7----------------------------| G|---------9-7--------x3-------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| CHORUS (1:34-1:59) e|-----------------------------------| B|-------(all palm muted softly)-----| G|-----------------------------------| D|--5555-3333-5555-3333 5555-3333----| A|--3333-1111-3333-1111-3333-1111----| E|--3333-1111-3333-1111-3333-1111----| Who will love Aladdin Sane (1:38) With distortion D|-----------------------------------| A|-------(all palm muted softly)-----| E|-----------------------------------| D|--77-7---55-5---77-7---33-3--------| A|--55--5--33--3--55--5--11--1-------| E|--55-----33-----55-----11----------| Millions weep a fountain/ just in case of sunrise (1:55) With distortion e|-----------------------------------| B|------(all palm muted softly)------| G|-----------------------------------| D|--------55-5---33-3----------------| A|--------33--3--11--1----x6---------| E|--------33-----11------------------| Who will love Aladdin Sane PIANO SOLO (2:00-3:31) e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-This bass line plays throughout---| A|-----------------------------------| E|----3-5~----5-3~-------------------| (2:03-2:11 Piano solo on guitar, approximately) e|-----------------------------------| B|--------19-18----------------------| G|--16-18-------x4----16-18----------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| (2:12-2:16 Piano solo...) e|-------------------------------------| B|-19h20p19h20p19h20h19h21p19h21p19h21-| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------| B|-19h22p19h22p19h22h19h22p19h22p19h22-| G|-------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------| Piano is doing who knows what for the rest of the solo If you want to play along with the piano, noodle around the 17th fret in the Amaj scale FINAL CHORUS (3:31-3:59) e|-----------------------------------| B|-------(all palm muted softly)-----| G|-----------------------------------| D|--5555-3333-5555-3333 5555-3333----| A|--3333-1111-3333-1111-3333-1111----| E|--3333-1111-3333-1111-3333-1111----| Who will love Aladdin Sane (3:37) With distortion D|-----------------------------------| A|-------(all palm muted softly)-----| E|-----------------------------------| D|--77-7---55-5---77-7---33-3--------| A|--55--5--33--3--55--5--11--1-------| E|--55-----33-----55-----11----------| Millions weep a fountain/ just in case of sunrise e|-----------------------------------| B|------(all palm muted softly)------| G|-----------------------------------| D|--------55-5---33-3----------------| A|--------33--3--11--1----x6---------| E|--------33-----11------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-------(all palm muted softly)-----| E|-----------------------------------| D|--77-7---55-5---77-7---33-3--------| A|--55--5--33--3--55--5--11--1-------| E|--55-----33-----55-----11----------| OUTRO/Piano Solo (4:00-4:45) e|-----------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|----5-5----3-3---------------------|