DAVID BOWIE - "Quicksand" Tablature
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Song: Quicksand
By: David Bowie
Album: Honky Dory (1972)
This song is my favorite from David Bowie. I saw him play it with Robert Smith live on
David Bowie's 50th. B-day and it was very cool. Here it is, the "Honkey Dory" version. (it is
the same as the live one).
||Chords Used||
(E A D G B E) STANDARD TUNING = ( E A D G B E )
G = 3 2 0 0 3 3
Am = x 0 2 2 1 0
C = 0 3 2 0 1 0
Eb = x x x 3 4 3 <---> play this chords arpeggiated
F2 = x x x 5 6 5 <--->
Em = 0 2 2 0 0 0
A = 0 0 2 2 2 0 Comments, Corrections, Suggestions & Contributions welcome at:
Asus2 = 0 0 2 2 0 0 afxdan@hotmail.com
D = x x 0 2 3 2
F = 1 3 3 2 1 1
F#m = 2 4 4 2 2 2
Dsus2 = x x 0 2 3 3
E = 0 2 2 1 0 0
B7 = 0 2 4 2 4 0
Bm = 0 2 4 4 3 2
C#m = 0 4 6 6 5 4
Adim = x 0 1 2 1 2
||INTRO||
G Am G Am G Am G Am
C
I'm closer to the Golden Dawn
Immersed in Crowley's uniform
G
Of imagery
C
I'm living in a silent film
Portraying Himmler's sacred realm
G
Of dream reality
Eb
I'm frightened by the total goal
F2
Drawing to the ragged hole
G Em C
And I ain't got the power anymore
G Am Asus2 A
No I ain't got the power anymore
D
I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes
Living proof of Churchill's lies
A
I'm destiny
D
I'm torn between the light and dark
Where others see their targets
A
Divine symmetry
F
Should I kiss the viper's fang
G
Or herald loud the death of Man
A F#m D
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
D Dsus2 A
And I ain't got the power anymore
A E F#m
Don't believe in yourself
B7 E
Don't deceive with belief
Em Bm
Knowledge comes with death's release
Adim A F#m C#m E
oh oh ohh ho oh oh ohh ho ohh
D
I'm not a prophet or a stone age man
Just a mortal with the potential of a superman
A
I'm living on
D
I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
Can't take my eyes from the great salvation
A
Of bull*** faith
F
If I don't explain what you ought to know
G
You can tell me all about it
On the next Bardo
A F#m D
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
D Dsus2 A
And I ain't got the power anymore
A E F#m
Don't believe in yourself
B7 E
Don't deceive with belief
Em Bm
Knowledge comes with death's release
Adim A F#m C#m E
oh oh ohh ho oh oh ohh ho ohh
A E F#m
Don't believe in yourself
B7 E
Don't deceive with belief
Em Bm
Knowledge comes with death's release
Adim A F#m C#m E
oh oh ohh ho oh oh ohh ho ohh
||Repeat the same chords but without lyrics until song fades||
Thats it... Enjoy... I recommend you to hear both versions...listen to the song for timing.
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