Rock N Roll Suicide Chords & Tabs

by David Bowie

[Version Description]
Strumming Patterns:
Main Pattern:
BPM: 68
Denominator: 8
Triplet: Yes
Measures: [3, 202, 1, 3, 202, 1, 3, 202, 1, 3, 1, 1]

[Intro]
C   G   C   G

[Verse 1]
             C                           E   
Time takes a cigarette, puts it in your mouth
                  F                    G                 Am      
You pull on your finger, then another finger, then your cigarette
G                   F           G                    Am 
The wall to wall is calling, it lingers, then you forget
G        F   N.C.                         | C G |
Oh-oh-oh-oh, you're a rock'n roll suicide

[Verse 2]
                  C                     E        
You're too old to lose it, too young to choose it
        F              G                 Am  
And the clock waits so patiently on your song
G               F                  G                         Am  
You walk past a cafe but you don't eat when you've lived too long
G        F   N.C.                         | C G |
Oh no no no, you're a rock'n roll suicide

[Verse 3]
                C                        E             
Chev brakes are snarling as you stumble across the road
        F             G                 Am  
But the day breaks instead so you hurry home
G             F                 G  
Don't let the sun blast your shadow
              E                   Am   
Don't let the milk float ride your mind
           F          D9            G7
They're so natural, religiously unkind

[Chorus]
N.C.                    C
Oh no love, you're not alone
                        A                     
You're watching yourself but you're too unfair
            C                                       A             
You got your head all tangled up but if I could only make you care
   Dbm                  Abm 
Oh no love, you're not alone
         B                    Ebm
No matter what or who you've been
          Bbm                   Db 
No matter when or where you've seen
         B                           Ebm  
All the knives seem to lacerate your brain
            Bbm                           Db  
I've had my share, I'll help you with the pain
N.C.
You're not alone

[Outro]
Bb
Bb B C Db                      Bb         
Just turn on with me and you're  not alone
Bb B C Db                Bb                   
Let's turn on and be ... not alone (wonderful)
Bb B C Db                          Bb                  
Gimme your hands ... cause you're wonderful (wonderful)
Bb B C Db                           Bb                 
Gimme your hands ... cause you're wonderful (wonderful)
Bb B C Db       Fm  Cm Gb Db
Oh, gimme your hands