Ziggy Stardust chords by
David Bowie

1972Rock8.4K views

Key: G major

Intro 1

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

Oh

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

Oh yeah

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

Verse 1
F# F# 
 
Ziggy played guitar
A#m A#m 
 
B B 
 
Jamming good with Weird and Gilly
C# C# 
 
And the Spiders from Mars
F# F# 
 
He played it left hand
D#m D#m 
 
But made it too far
G#m G#m 
 
Became the special man
G# G# 
 
B B 
 
Then we were Ziggy's band
F# F# 
 
Ziggy really sang
A#m A#m 
 
B B 
 
Screwed-up eyes and screwed down hairdo
C# C# 
 
Like some cat from Japan
F# F# 
 
He could lick 'em by smiling
D#m D#m 
 
He could leave 'em to hang
G#m G#m 
 
They came on so loaded, man
G# G# 
 
B B 
 
Well-hung and snow-white tan

Bridge 1
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
So where were the Spiders
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
While the fly tried to break our bones
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
With just the beer light to guide us
C# C# 
 
So we bitched about his fans
D# D# 
 
And should we crush his sweet hands? (Oh)

Interlude 1

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

Mmm

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

Hmm

Verse 2
F# F# 
 
Ziggy played for time
A#m A#m 
 
B B 
 
Jiving us that we were voodoo
C# C# 
 
The kids were just crass
F# F# 
 
D#m D#m 
 
He was the nazz with God-given ass
G#m G#m 
 
He took it all too   far
G# G# 
 
B B 
 
But, boy, could he play guitar

Bridge 2
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
Making love with his ego
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
Ziggy sucked up into his mind, ah
G#m G#m 
 
F# F# 
 
E E 
 
Like a leper messiah
C# C# 
 
When the kids had killed the man
D# D# 
 
I had to break up the band

Outro 1

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

F#

C#

B

F#

G#m

Oh, yeah

F#

C#

B

F#

Ooh, Ziggy played guitar

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