Quicksand chords by
David Bowie

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Key: G major

Intro 1

B

C#m

B

C#m

B

C#m

B

C#m

Verse 1
E E 
 
I'm closer to the Golden Dawn
Immersed in Crowley's uniform
B B 
 
Of imagery
E E 
 
I'm living in a silent film
Portrayibg Himmler's sacred realm
B B 
 
Of dream reality

Pre-chorus 1
G G 
 
I'm frightened by the total goal
A A 
 
Drawing to the ragged hole
B B 
 
G#m G#m 
 
E E 
 
And I ain't got the power anymore
No, I ain't got the power
B B 
 
C#m C#m 
 
C# C# 
 
anymore

Verse 2
Gb Gb 
 
I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes
Living proof of Churchill's lies,
Db Db 
 
I'm destiny
Gb Gb 
 
I'm torn between the light and dark
Where others see their targets,
Db Db 
 
diving symmetry

Pre-chorus 2

A

Should I kiss the viper's fang?

B

Or herald loud the death of Man

Db

Bbm

Gb

I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought

Db

And I ain't got the power anymore

Chorus 1
Db Db 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Don't believe in yourself,
Eb Eb 
 
Ab Ab 
 
don't deceive with belief
Bb Bb 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
Knowledge comes with death's release
Eb Eb 
 
Db Db 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Ah- ah, ah- ah, ah- ah,   ah- ah

Verse 3
Gb Gb 
 
I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man
Just a mortal with the potential
of a superman
Db Db 
 
I'm living on
Gb Gb 
 
I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
Can't take my eyes from
Db Db 
 
the great salvation of bullshit faith

Pre-chorus 3

A

If I don't explain what you ought to know

B

You can tell me all about it on the next Bardo

Db

Bbm

Gb

I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought

Db

And I ain't got the power anymore

Chorus 2
Db Db 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Don't believe in yourself,
Eb Eb 
 
don't deceive
Ab Ab 
 
with belief
Bb Bb 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
Knowledge comes with death's release
Eb Eb 
 
Db Db 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Ah- ah, ah- ah, ah- ah,   ah- ah

Chorus 3
Db Db 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Don't believe in yourself,
Eb Eb 
 
don't deceive
Ab Ab 
 
with belief
Bb Bb 
 
Ebm Ebm 
 
Knowledge comes with death's release
Eb Eb 
 
Db Db 
 
Bbm Bbm 
 
Ab Ab 
 
Ah- ah, ah- ah, ah- ah,   ah- ah

Outro 1

Db

Ab

Bbm

Eb

Ab

Bb

Ebm

Eb

Db

Bbm

Ab

[Repeat and Fade out]

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