Chords for David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World (Live BBC Radio Theatre 2000)
Tempo:
118.1 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Okay, here's some drama.
We'll touch right back to 1917.
This is a song I'm very proud to have written.
no end of times.
signature song for me.
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[F]
[C] [D] Passed upon [A] the stairs
We'll touch right back to 1917.
This is a song I'm very proud to have written.
no end of times.
signature song for me.
[D]
[F]
[C] [D] Passed upon [A] the stairs
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_ _ _ _ Okay, here's some drama. _
_ We'll touch right back to _ 1917. _
This is a song I'm very proud to have written.
_ _ It's been covered no end of times.
And I guess at the time it was sort of a signature song for me.
_ This is called Man Who Sold The World.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Passed upon [A] the stairs
_ We spoke of what and where
[Dm] _ _ _ Although I was [A] not there
_ He said I was his [F] man
_ _ Which came as some [C] surprise
_ I spoke and dug [A] his eyes
And thought you'd die [Dm] for love
_ But no, not time [D] ago
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ Oh no, _ [F] not me
I [C#]
never lost [G] control
_ [C] Your past _ [F] took flight
_ [C#] With the man who sold [A] the world _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ I loved and shook [A] his hand
_ _ Made my way back [Dm] home
_ Not such a mournful [A] man
_ For years and years I [F] know
_ I gazed, I [C] gazed, he said
_ And all who knew [A] him
We must have died [D] in love
[Dm] _ A long, long time [C]
ago
_ _ _ _ _ Who knows, _ [F] not me
_ [A#m] We never lost [F] control
_ [C] Your past _ [F] took flight
_ [A#m] With the man who sold the [A] world _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Who knows, _ [F] not me
_ [A#m] We never lost [F]
control
_ Your past _ took flight
_ [C#] With the man who sold [A] the world
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_ We'll touch right back to _ 1917. _
This is a song I'm very proud to have written.
_ _ It's been covered no end of times.
And I guess at the time it was sort of a signature song for me.
_ This is called Man Who Sold The World.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Passed upon [A] the stairs
_ We spoke of what and where
[Dm] _ _ _ Although I was [A] not there
_ He said I was his [F] man
_ _ Which came as some [C] surprise
_ I spoke and dug [A] his eyes
And thought you'd die [Dm] for love
_ But no, not time [D] ago
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ Oh no, _ [F] not me
I [C#]
never lost [G] control
_ [C] Your past _ [F] took flight
_ [C#] With the man who sold [A] the world _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [D] _ I loved and shook [A] his hand
_ _ Made my way back [Dm] home
_ Not such a mournful [A] man
_ For years and years I [F] know
_ I gazed, I [C] gazed, he said
_ And all who knew [A] him
We must have died [D] in love
[Dm] _ A long, long time [C]
ago
_ _ _ _ _ Who knows, _ [F] not me
_ [A#m] We never lost [F] control
_ [C] Your past _ [F] took flight
_ [A#m] With the man who sold the [A] world _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Who knows, _ [F] not me
_ [A#m] We never lost [F]
control
_ Your past _ took flight
_ [C#] With the man who sold [A] the world
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