Watch That Man chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice


Watch That Man by David Bowie

Submitted by: graetchen

This is just the chords version with lyrics. It's based off of my tab.
This is also my first tab of just chords, so hopefully it comes out right.
There is a chord chart at the bottom.

Tuning: Standard


INTRO (played twice): G, Cadd9, Em, A augmentedA

VERSE 1:
A augmentedA
Shakey threw a party that lasted all night
D MajorD
Everybody drank a lot of something nice
       E MajorE
There was an old fashioned band of married men
            F# minorF#m
Looking up to me for encouragement - it was so-so

A augmentedA
The ladies looked bad but the music was sad
D MajorD
No one took their eyes off Lorraine
   E MajorE
She shimmered and she strolled like a Chicago moll
                F# minorF#m
Her feathers looked better and better - it was so-so

BRIDGE:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
Yea! it was time to unfreeze
     BB            D MajorD
When the Reverend Alabaster danced on his knees
D MajorD      A augmentedA
Slam! so it wasn't a game
E MajorE
Cracking all the mirrors in shame

CHORUS:
A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G             C majorC
Watch that man! Oh honey, watch that man
  D MajorD               C majorC            G+G
He talks like a jerk but he could eat you with a fork and spoon
A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G             C majorC
Watch that man! Oh honey, watch that man
  D MajorD             C majorC             BB
He walks like a jerk, but he's only taking care of the room
      C majorC
Must be in tune

INTRO again: G, Cadd9, Em, A, G, Cadd9, Em, A augmentedA
VERSE 2:
A augmentedA
A majorA Benny Goodman fan painted holes in his hands
  D MajorD
So Shakey hung him up to dry
  E MajorE
The pundits were joking, the manholes were smoking and every bottle battled
     F# minorF#m
with the reason why
  A augmentedA
The girl on the phone wouldn't leave me alone
 D MajorD
A augmentedA throw back from someone's LP
 E MajorE
A augmentedA lemon in a bag played the Tiger Rag
                   F# minorF#m
And the bodies on the screen stopped bleeding

BRIDGE 2:
D MajorD      A augmentedA
Yeah! I was shaking like a leaf
   BB              D MajorD
For I couldn't understand the conversation
D MajorD    A augmentedA         E MajorE
Yeah! I ran to the street, looking for information

CHORUS 2:

A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G             C majorC
Watch that man! Oh honey, watch that man
  D MajorD               C majorC            G+G
He talks like a jerk but he could eat you with a fork and spoon
A augmentedA   D MajorD  G+G             C majorC
Watch that man! Oh honey, watch that man
  D MajorD             C majorC             BB
He walks like a jerk, but he's only taking care of the room
      C majorC
Must be in tune

ENDING: (the repetition of "watch that man")*
G+G         Cadd9Cadd9
  Watch that man

*NOTE: For the remainder of the ending, its just G+G and Cadd9. Listen
for the changes, they are easy to hear. And that's it!

CHORDS USED: You can use whatever variation you want, barre chords, power
chords and so on but here are the good ol' classical chords that I used.
   Don't hit strings with an 'x' on them.
   E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
G:  3 2 0 0 3 3

Cadd9:x 3 2 0 3 3

A:  x 0 2 2 2 0

Em:  0 2 2 0 0 0

D:  x x 0 2 3 2

E:  0 2 2 1 0 0

F#m: 2 4 4 2 2 2

B:  x 2 4 4 4 2

C:  0 3 2 0 1 0



THE END!

Watch That Man chords

"Watch that man" is the opening track off of David Bowie's 1973 album "Aladdin Sane". The song is written by David Bowie.

The sound and style of the song is sometimes compared with The Rolling Stones' "Exile on main street" which were released the year before. Use these guitar chords to play "Watch that man".

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