Chords for David Bowie & Mick Ronson interview + Ziggy Stardust,Moonage Daydream,Hang On To Yourself solos
Tempo:
81.525 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
Ab
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D] Britain had seen nothing like it [C] for years.
Ziggy [G] fever took over.
[C] [G] A key element of Bowie's chart success in Britain
was the hard, muscular sound of his guitar player.
[G] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] Mick Ronson could also [D] supply a reflective style of playing
that [G] gave the Ziggy character a real depth [D] and range.
[G]
[D] When I first heard him play, I thought,
[G] oh, that's my Jeff Beck.
He is fantastic.
This kid is [N] great.
And so I sort of hoodwinked him into working with me.
I didn't quite actually have to tell him in the beginning
that we'd have to wear make-up and all that,
cos Mick came from Hull, you know,
and was very down-to-earth,
as was the rest of the Spider, you know.
What do you mean, make-up?
I said, well, you know, it might sort of
So I reverted to things like,
you look very green tonight on stage.
I think if you wore make-up,
you'd probably look a little more natural-looking.
And sort of eyes like this.
And gradually got them into sort of, you know,
areas of costume and this.
Actually, when they realised how many guards they could pull
when they looked so otherworldly,
they [F] took to it like a fish to water.
[Cm] For
[Bb] [Ab] me, when I was on stage,
I was kind of doing what [Bb] I had to do, you know.
I mean, just as a
I guess what I felt I had to do.
I felt like the way I played, you know.
I think a lot of [Ab] people saw it as a very good sort of [G] counterfire
between me and David,
because David would be more delicate
[Eb] and a little more woman-like.
[Gm] And I was kind of, like, stomping along on the [Ab] side there,
a bit more like [Eb] a
I can't really say [F] bricklayer,
but [G] that's kind of what I mean, you know.
[Ab] [Eb]
HE SINGS
[F] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] I'm
[N]
[G] [D] [C] [G] [Gb]
[A] [B] [Gb] [B]
[Gb] [A] [B]
[A] [B] [C] [D]
[C] [D] [C] [D]
[C] [A] [G]
HE BELCHES
Well, that's like, hang on to yourself.
I mean, pretty much that was
[C] Strap the guitar on and thrash it to death, basically.
[Db] [Eb] HE [Bbm] SINGS
[Ab]
Ziggy [G] fever took over.
[C] [G] A key element of Bowie's chart success in Britain
was the hard, muscular sound of his guitar player.
[G] [A] [G]
[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G] Mick Ronson could also [D] supply a reflective style of playing
that [G] gave the Ziggy character a real depth [D] and range.
[G]
[D] When I first heard him play, I thought,
[G] oh, that's my Jeff Beck.
He is fantastic.
This kid is [N] great.
And so I sort of hoodwinked him into working with me.
I didn't quite actually have to tell him in the beginning
that we'd have to wear make-up and all that,
cos Mick came from Hull, you know,
and was very down-to-earth,
as was the rest of the Spider, you know.
What do you mean, make-up?
I said, well, you know, it might sort of
So I reverted to things like,
you look very green tonight on stage.
I think if you wore make-up,
you'd probably look a little more natural-looking.
And sort of eyes like this.
And gradually got them into sort of, you know,
areas of costume and this.
Actually, when they realised how many guards they could pull
when they looked so otherworldly,
they [F] took to it like a fish to water.
[Cm] For
[Bb] [Ab] me, when I was on stage,
I was kind of doing what [Bb] I had to do, you know.
I mean, just as a
I guess what I felt I had to do.
I felt like the way I played, you know.
I think a lot of [Ab] people saw it as a very good sort of [G] counterfire
between me and David,
because David would be more delicate
[Eb] and a little more woman-like.
[Gm] And I was kind of, like, stomping along on the [Ab] side there,
a bit more like [Eb] a
I can't really say [F] bricklayer,
but [G] that's kind of what I mean, you know.
[Ab] [Eb]
HE SINGS
[F] [Ab]
[Eb] [F] I'm
[N]
[G] [D] [C] [G] [Gb]
[A] [B] [Gb] [B]
[Gb] [A] [B]
[A] [B] [C] [D]
[C] [D] [C] [D]
[C] [A] [G]
HE BELCHES
Well, that's like, hang on to yourself.
I mean, pretty much that was
[C] Strap the guitar on and thrash it to death, basically.
[Db] [Eb] HE [Bbm] SINGS
[Ab]
Key:
G
C
D
Ab
A
G
C
D
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] Britain had seen nothing like it [C] for years.
Ziggy [G] fever took over. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] A key element of Bowie's chart success in Britain
was the hard, muscular sound of his guitar player.
[G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ Mick Ronson could also [D] supply a reflective style of playing
that [G] gave the Ziggy character a real depth [D] and range.
_ [G]
[D] When I first heard him play, I thought,
[G] oh, that's my Jeff Beck.
He is fantastic.
This kid is [N] great.
And so I sort of hoodwinked him into working with me.
I didn't quite actually have to tell him in the beginning
that we'd have to wear make-up and all that,
cos Mick came from Hull, you know,
and was very down-to-earth,
as was the rest of the Spider, you know.
What do you mean, make-up?
I said, well, you know, it might sort of_
So I reverted to things like,
you look very green tonight on stage.
I think if you wore make-up,
you'd probably look a little more natural-looking.
And sort of eyes like this.
And gradually got them into sort of, you know,
areas of costume and this.
Actually, when they realised how many guards they could pull
when they looked so _ otherworldly,
they [F] took to it like a fish to water.
[Cm] For _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] me, when I was on stage,
I was kind of doing what [Bb] I had to do, you know.
I mean, just as a_
I guess what I felt I had to do.
I felt like the way I played, you know.
_ I think a lot of [Ab] people saw it as a very good sort of [G] counterfire
between me and David,
because David would be more delicate
[Eb] and a little more woman-like.
[Gm] And I was kind of, like, stomping along on the [Ab] side there,
a bit more like [Eb] a_
I can't really say [F] bricklayer,
but [G] that's kind of what I mean, you know.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb]
HE SINGS
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ I'm_
[N] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ HE BELCHES
Well, that's like, hang on to yourself.
I mean, pretty much that was_
[C] Strap the guitar on and thrash it to death, basically.
[Db] _ [Eb] HE [Bbm] SINGS
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
Ziggy [G] fever took over. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] A key element of Bowie's chart success in Britain
was the hard, muscular sound of his guitar player.
[G] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ Mick Ronson could also [D] supply a reflective style of playing
that [G] gave the Ziggy character a real depth [D] and range.
_ [G]
[D] When I first heard him play, I thought,
[G] oh, that's my Jeff Beck.
He is fantastic.
This kid is [N] great.
And so I sort of hoodwinked him into working with me.
I didn't quite actually have to tell him in the beginning
that we'd have to wear make-up and all that,
cos Mick came from Hull, you know,
and was very down-to-earth,
as was the rest of the Spider, you know.
What do you mean, make-up?
I said, well, you know, it might sort of_
So I reverted to things like,
you look very green tonight on stage.
I think if you wore make-up,
you'd probably look a little more natural-looking.
And sort of eyes like this.
And gradually got them into sort of, you know,
areas of costume and this.
Actually, when they realised how many guards they could pull
when they looked so _ otherworldly,
they [F] took to it like a fish to water.
[Cm] For _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] me, when I was on stage,
I was kind of doing what [Bb] I had to do, you know.
I mean, just as a_
I guess what I felt I had to do.
I felt like the way I played, you know.
_ I think a lot of [Ab] people saw it as a very good sort of [G] counterfire
between me and David,
because David would be more delicate
[Eb] and a little more woman-like.
[Gm] And I was kind of, like, stomping along on the [Ab] side there,
a bit more like [Eb] a_
I can't really say [F] bricklayer,
but [G] that's kind of what I mean, you know.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb]
HE SINGS
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Eb] _ _ [F] _ I'm_
[N] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ [Gb] _
_ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Gb] _ [B] _ _
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[C] _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ HE BELCHES
Well, that's like, hang on to yourself.
I mean, pretty much that was_
[C] Strap the guitar on and thrash it to death, basically.
[Db] _ [Eb] HE [Bbm] SINGS
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _