9 Chords used in the song: F, C, D, G, Dsus4, Bm, Ab, Gb, F+
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F* C* D*
A|-3-----|-2-----|-0-----|
E|-------|-------|-------|
C|---3---|---0---|---0---|
G|-----0-|-----0-|-------|
Intro:
G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D F* C* D* (play four times)
Verse 1:
G Bm
Ziggy played guitar, jamming good
C D
Wih wiert and gilly and the spders from mars.
G Bm
He played it left hand, but made it too far
C D
become the special man, and we were Ziggy`s band.
Verse 2:
G Bm
Ziggy really sang, with screwed up eyes and
C D
screwed down hairdo like some cat from Japan.
G Bm
He could lick `em by smiling, he could leave `em to hang.
C D
He came on so loaded man, well hung and snow-white tan.
chorus:
Ab Gb F F+ F F+ F F+ F Gb
But where were the spiders,
Ab Gb F F+ F F+ F F+ F Gb
while the fly tride to break our balls.
Ab Gb F F+ F F+ F F+ F
Just the beer light to guide us.
G D
And we bitched about his fans and should we crush his sweet hands.
G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D F* C* D*
G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D F* C* D*
verse 3:
G Bm
Ziggy played for times, Jiving us that
C D
we were voodoo and the kids was just crass.
G Bm
He was the nazz with god-given ass.
C D
He look it all too far but boy could he play guitar.
chorus:
Ab Gb F F+ F F+ F F+ F Gb
Making love with his eog,
Ab Gb F F+ F F+ F F+ F Gb
Ziggy sucked up into his mind.
Ab Gb F F+ F F+ F F+ F Gb
Like a leper messiah.
G D
When the kids had killed the man I had to break up the Band.
outro: G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D F* C* D*
G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D F* C* D*
G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D F* C* D*
G D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D F* C* D* G
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DHollowood
(Fairfax)
Second B minor should be E minor
(D) He played it left (G) hand, but he took it too (Em) far...
(D) He played it left (G) hand, but he took it too (Em) far...
19 Jun 2019
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About this song: Ziggy Stardust
Pivotal song on "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" (1972) which tells the central story of Ziggy Stardust's rise and fall. It was recorded in November 1971 at London's Trident Studios. "My records were selling and I was being a man in demand. I thought of Vince Taylor and wrote "Ziggy Stardust" - Bowie (1976). Special recordings of this song were broadcast on the Sounds of the Seventies (January 1972) and on Top Gear (May 1972).