Chords for David Bowie – Slip Away (Live Berlin 2002)
Tempo:
110.05 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
This is another new song.
hero in America.
and Lennon and Iggy Pop used to watch in the afternoons.
Crazy guy and we were [F] very adult and used to love fooling around watching [Ab] this guy Uncle Floyd.
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hero in America.
and Lennon and Iggy Pop used to watch in the afternoons.
Crazy guy and we were [F] very adult and used to love fooling around watching [Ab] this guy Uncle Floyd.
[G] [Db] [F]
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This is another new song.
It's about a television hero in America.
From the 70s that myself and Lennon and Iggy Pop used to watch in the afternoons.
[N] _ _
Crazy guy and we were [F] very adult and used to love fooling around _ watching [Ab] this guy Uncle Floyd.
And his song is called [Gm] Slip Away. _
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Rookie waits just [E] for another day
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Drags his bones to [F] see the Yankees play
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Bones forge hearts and [Bb] flickers gray
_ _ _ Oh they slip [C] away _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
once in a time
When [E] Lennon and I could [E] be
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Bones to give it all [F] myself to scream
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
No one knew what they [Bb] could do
_ _ Except for me [C] and you
_ _ _ _ They slip [Eb] away
_ _ _ _ Oh [C] they _ _ _ _ slip [Am] away
Don't forget to keep [F] your hat on
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Twinkle _ twinkle Uncle Floyd
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Watching all the [G] world in water
_ Where _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] you are
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Sailing over Coney [F] Island
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Twinkle twinkle Uncle [F] Floyd
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _
We were done with you [G] old farm boy
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
I wonder where [G] you are
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] Oogie boogie there's [E] never ever a time
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[G] Some of us will [F] always stay behind
_ _ _ _ [Dm]
Down in space it's always _ [Bb] _
1982
_ _ _ _ [C] Joke would always loom
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ What's the matter [C] with you
Come _ _ _ on [Eb] let's go
_ _ _ Slip [C] away
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Don't forget to keep [F] your hat on
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Twinkle _ twinkle [F] Uncle Floyd
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Watching all the world [G] in water
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ Where _ [G] you are
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Sailing over _ [F] Coney Island
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ Twinkle twinkle Uncle [F] Floyd
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] We were done with you [G] old farm boy
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ Where [G] you are
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Guitar on the [N] far right over there, this is Earl Slick
This _ _ _ _ _ _ guitar right here, this is Mark Platten _
_ _ _ That's Catherine Russell up on keyboards and percussion
_ _ _ This is Sterling Campbell on drums
_ _ _ _ That's Beck
_ _ _ On _ _ bass guitar, Gayle Anderson _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wearing one of my old outfits, as you see there
It's about a television hero in America.
From the 70s that myself and Lennon and Iggy Pop used to watch in the afternoons.
[N] _ _
Crazy guy and we were [F] very adult and used to love fooling around _ watching [Ab] this guy Uncle Floyd.
And his song is called [Gm] Slip Away. _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Db] _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Rookie waits just [E] for another day
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _
Drags his bones to [F] see the Yankees play
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Bones forge hearts and [Bb] flickers gray
_ _ _ Oh they slip [C] away _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
once in a time
When [E] Lennon and I could [E] be
_ _ _ [G] _ _
Bones to give it all [F] myself to scream
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
No one knew what they [Bb] could do
_ _ Except for me [C] and you
_ _ _ _ They slip [Eb] away
_ _ _ _ Oh [C] they _ _ _ _ slip [Am] away
Don't forget to keep [F] your hat on
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Twinkle _ twinkle Uncle Floyd
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Watching all the [G] world in water
_ Where _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] you are
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Sailing over Coney [F] Island
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Twinkle twinkle Uncle [F] Floyd
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ _
We were done with you [G] old farm boy
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
I wonder where [G] you are
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] Oogie boogie there's [E] never ever a time
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
[G] Some of us will [F] always stay behind
_ _ _ _ [Dm]
Down in space it's always _ [Bb] _
1982
_ _ _ _ [C] Joke would always loom
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ What's the matter [C] with you
Come _ _ _ on [Eb] let's go
_ _ _ Slip [C] away
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Don't forget to keep [F] your hat on
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
Twinkle _ twinkle [F] Uncle Floyd
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
Watching all the world [G] in water
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ [Dm] _
_ _ Where _ [G] you are
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ Sailing over _ [F] Coney Island
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ Twinkle twinkle Uncle [F] Floyd
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[Dm] We were done with you [G] old farm boy
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ Where [G] you are
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Guitar on the [N] far right over there, this is Earl Slick
This _ _ _ _ _ _ guitar right here, this is Mark Platten _
_ _ _ That's Catherine Russell up on keyboards and percussion
_ _ _ This is Sterling Campbell on drums
_ _ _ _ That's Beck
_ _ _ On _ _ bass guitar, Gayle Anderson _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wearing one of my old outfits, as you see there