• Song:

    The Man Who Sold The World

  • Artist:

    David Bowie

  • Album:

    The Best of David Bowie...

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                             Man Who Sold the World - David Bowie
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tabbed by: Iheartnirvana
Email:

Tuning: standard
 This is the original, album version of the "man who sold the world" by David
 Bowie, not Nirvana. --Tom

Intro:
e|----------trill-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-2-2-0-2b3-2b3--0-2-2-2-0-2(3)-0-2-2-2-0-2b3-2b3--0-2-2-2-0-2b3-2b3-0-2-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------0-0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------|
B|-----------------------------------2-2-2-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------|
G|-------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|
D|-------------------------------2-2-------2-2-2-------2-2-2-----------------|
A|-------------------------------0-0-------0-0-0-------0-0-0-----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  we passed up on the stairs                         we spoke of was and
e|-----1-1-1-------1-1-1---1-1--0-0---0-----0-0-------0-0-0-------1-1-1---1-|
B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2---2-----2-2-------0-0-0-------1-1-1---1-|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D|-0-0-------0-0-0-------0---0--2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-2---------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
A|------------------------------0-0-0---0-0-----0-0-0---------3-3-------3---|
E|------------------------------------------------------------1-1-------1---|
   when       although I wasn't then        He said I was his friend
e|-1-------1-1-1---0-0-----0-0-------0-0-0-----0-0-0------------------------|
B|-1-------1-1-1---1-1-----1-1-------1-1-1-----1-1-1------------------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------------------|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-----2-2-----2-2-2-------2-2------------------------------|
A|---3-3-3-------3-----3-3-----3-3-3-------3-3------------------------------|
E|---1-1-1------------------------------------------------------------------|
  which came as a surprise      I spoke into his eyes
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2---2---2--2--2b--2-------2-2-2-0-2b3-2b3-0-2-2-2-0-2b3-2b3--------------|
G|----------------------3---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-0---0-----0---0---0--0---------------------------------------------------|
B|-2---2-----2---2---2--2---------------------------------------------------|
G|-2---2-----2---2---2--2---------------------------------------------------|
D|-2---2-----2---2---2--2---------------------------------------------------|
A|-0---0-----0---0---0--0---------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  I thought you died a long    a long long time ago
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------2-3-5-----------2-3-5------------------------------------------|
D|-----2-3-5-----------2-3-5-----------------0-2-3--------3-----------------|
A|-3-5-------------3-5-----------------0-1-3----------4-4---4---------------|
E|---------------------------------1-3--------------------------------------|
                             oh no           not me   I never lost
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------2-3-5-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------0-2-3------2-3-5------------------0-3-5-------------3----------|
A|-----0-1-3--------3-5------------------0-3-5-----------4----4-----4-------|
E|-1-3-------------------------------1-3------------------------------------|
   control              you're face           to face   with the man who
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  sold the world
after this repeat the whole song over to fill in for the other verses

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
============================================================================
Show more