• Song:

    All The Madmen

  • Artist:

    David Bowie

ALL THE MADMEN from The Man Who Sold The World

INTRO:  See tab at end...

E5 (022xxx@1)               E7sus4 (020200@1)         EDay (022100@1)after day they send my friends away
   E7sus4 (020200@1)          E (022100@1)         FTo (133211@1)mansions cold and grey to the far side of town
          Dm (xx0231@1)               Em (022000@1)              F (133211@1)            E5Where (022xxx@1)the thin men stalk the streets while the sane stay underground

E7sus4 (020200@1)      E (022100@1)     E7sus4 (020200@1)      EDay (022100@1)after day they tell me I can go they tell me I can blow
       F (133211@1)                         Dm (xx0231@1)            EmTo (022000@1)the far side of town where it's pointless to be high
         F (133211@1)             EFor (022100@1)it's such a long way down, so I tell them that

Dm (xx0231@1)            EmI (022000@1)can fly I will scream I will break my arm
Dm (xx0231@1)         EI (022100@1)will do me harm

Dm (xx0231@1)          EmHere (022000@1)I stand foot in hand talking to my wall
    Dm (xx0231@1)               EI'm (022100@1)not quite right at all am I?

F (133211@1)                      GDon't (320003@1)set me free I'm as heavy as can be
        F (133211@1)                   EJust (022100@1)my librium and me and my EST makes three

CHORUS 1:
           A (x02220@1)                   E'Cause (022100@1)I'd rather stay here with all the madmen
     F#m (244222@1)           A (x02220@1)             C#Than (x43121@1)perish with the sad men roaming free
        A (x02220@1)                   EAnd (022100@1)I'd rather play here with all the madmen
        F#m (244222@1)                 A (x02220@1)            Bm (x24432@1)EFor (022100@1)I'm quite content they're all as sane as me

SOLO:  A (x02220@1)F#m (244222@1)Bm (x24432@1)G (320003@1)SPOKEN:  Where can the horizon lie when a nation hides its organic minds
         In a cellar dark and grim they must be very dim

E (022100@1)                E7sus4 (020200@1)         EDay (022100@1)after day they take some brain away
     E7sus4 (020200@1)      E (022100@1)          FThen (133211@1)turn my face around to the far side of town
    Dm (xx0231@1)              Em (022000@1)      F (133211@1)          EAnd (022100@1)tell me that it's real then ask me how I feel

SOLO 2:  E (022100@1)F (133211@1)Dm (xx0231@1)E (022100@1)FHere (133211@1)I stand foot in hand talking to my wall
    Dm (xx0231@1)               EI'm (022100@1)not quite right at all
F (133211@1)                      GDon't (320003@1)set me free I'm as helpless as can be
     F (133211@1)                           EMy (022100@1)libido's split on me gimme some good ole lobotomy

CHORUS 2

A (x02220@1)            F#mZane (244222@1)zane zane ouvre le chien
Bm (x24432@1)           GZane (320003@1)zane zane ouvre le chien
A (x02220@1)            F#mZane (244222@1)zane zane ouvre le chien
Bm (x24432@1)           GZane (320003@1)zane zane ouvre le chien

Repeat until fade...

-----------------------------------------
INTRO: This whole intro is played with lots of open strings ringing. I've just
mentioned the fingered notes.
            Em7              Em (022000@1) Em7                 G (320003@1)name="chord_022xxx@1">E5
        E---------------------------------------------3-0-|
        B---------------------------------------------3-0-|
        G---------------------------------------------0-4-|
        D-9/12-12-12-12-12-7/9--9/12-12-12-12-12-7/9--0-2-|
        A-7/10-12P10-12P10-5/7--7/10-12P10-12P10-5/7--2-2-|
        E---------------------------------------------3-0-|

SOLO: Two guitars playing a harmony together. This is the same for the outro,
just repeated many times.
   Bm (x24432@1)       E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)       F#m (244222@1)     Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)E-----------------------+      +-------------------------------------------|
 B----23B5B3P2----2B3B2--+Repeat+-----2B3B2-----2B3B2----23B5B3P2----2B3B2--|
 G-4-4--------4-24-----4-+ From +-2-24-----42-24-----44-4--------4-24-----4-|
 D-----------------------+ Here +-------------------------------------------|
 A-----------------------+      +-------------------------------------------|
 E-----------------------+      +-------------------------------------------|

Bm (x24432@1)       E (022100@1)                 A (x02220@1)       F#m (244222@1)     Bm (x24432@1)       G (320003@1)E-----------------------+      +-------------------------------------------|
 B----57B9B7P5----5B7B5--+Repeat+-----5B7B5-----5B7B5----57B9B7P5----5B7B5--|
 G-7-7--------7-67-----7-+ From +-6-67-----76-67-----77-7--------7-67-----7-|
 D-----------------------+ Here +-------------------------------------------|
 A-----------------------+      +-------------------------------------------|
 E-----------------------+      +-------------------------------------------|

SOLO 2: Two guitars in harmony again. The sequence repeats with vocals over it the
second time:
   E (022100@1)                                  F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1)           E (022100@1)E-----------------------------------------------------------|
 B-9-10-B12--9-10-B12B10--9-10-12B13B12-10--10-9-10-B12B10-9-|
 G-----------------------------------------------------------|
 D-----------------------------------------------------------|
 A-----------------------------------------------------------|
 E-----------------------------------------------------------|

E (022100@1)                                  F (133211@1) Dm (xx0231@1)           E (022100@1)E-----------------------------------------------------------|
 B-----------------------------------------------------------|
 G-9-11-B13--9-11-B13B11--9-11-13B14B13-10--10-9-10-B12B10-9-|
 D-----------------------------------------------------------|
 A-----------------------------------------------------------|
 E-----------------------------------------------------------|
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