Tabs (Ver. 2)
This is (in case you hadn't noticed) the tab for The Man Who Sold The World, by David
Bowie. Not Nirvana you idiots, they copied it, I mean the better, original version, by
David Bowie.
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The Man Who Sold The World - GUITAR
E MajorE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - }
BB - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - }
G+G 2 2 2 0 2h3 2 0 2 2 2 0 2h3 2 0 2 2 2 0 2h3 2 0 2 2 2 0 2h3 2 0 2 2 2 0 2h3 2 0 } RIFF 1
D MajorD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - }
A augmentedA - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - }
E MajorE - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - }
E MajorE - - - - - - - - }
BB - - - - - - - - }
G+G - - - - 0 2 4 5 } Riff 2
D MajorD - 0 2 3 - - - - }
A augmentedA 3 - - - - - - - }
E MajorE - - - - - - - - }
E MajorE - - - - - - 0 1 }
BB - - - - 1 3 - - }
G+G - 0 2 3 - - - - } RIFF 3
D MajorD 3 - - - - - - - }
A augmentedA - - - - - - - - }
E MajorE - - - - - - - - }
RIFF 1 (w/distortion)
A7A7 
DmDm
We passed upon the stairs, we spoke of was and when
A7A7 
FF
Although I wasn't there, he said I was his friend
C majorC A augmentedA
Which came as some surprise, I spoke into his eye
DmDm RIFF 2 RIFF 2(w/distortion)
I thought you died alone, a long long time ago
RIFF 2 RIFF 3
Oh no, Not me,
AbmAbm FF
I never lost control,
RIFF 2 RIFF 3
You're face, to face
AbmAbm A augmentedA
With the man who sold the world
RIFF 1 (w/distortion)
A7A7 DmDm
I smiled and shook his hand, and made my way back home.
A7A7 FF
I searched for form and land, for years and years I roamed
C majorC A augmentedA
I gazed a gazely stare, at all the millions here
DmDm RIFF 2 RIFF 2(w/distortion)
We must've died alone, a long long time ago
RIFF 2 RIFF 3
Who knows? Not me,
AbmAbm FF
We never lost control,
RIFF 2 RIFF 3
You're face, to face
AbmAbm A augmentedA
With the man who sold the world
RIFF 1 (w/distortion)
[repeat second chorus]
Other versions of The Man Who Sold The World
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