The Man Who Sold The World Tab by
David Bowie
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Key: D minor•
Intro 1
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)5-----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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We passed upon
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Verse 1
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the stair
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We spoke of was and when
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Although I wasn't there
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He said I was his friend
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Which came as some surprise
I spoke into his
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eyes "I thought you
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died a lone A
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long, long time a go"
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Chorus 1
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Oh no, not me
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I
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never lost con trol You're face
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to face With the
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man who sold the world
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Interlude 1
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)5-----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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I laughed and
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Verse 2
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shook his hand
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And made my way back home
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I searched for form and land
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For years and years, I roamed
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I gazed a gazely stare
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At all the millions here
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We must have died a lone
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A long, long time ago
Chorus 2
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Who knows? Not me
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We never lost control
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You're face to face
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With the man who sold the world
Interlude 2
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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Who knows?
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Chorus 3
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Not me
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We never lost control
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You're face to face
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With the man who sold the world
Outro 1
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)5-----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| B|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| D|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----|-7---7---7---5-------7---(7)-5----| A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
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