After All chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

David Bowie - After All
Album: The Man Who Sold the World (1970)

Tuning: Standard E MajorE

E minorEm        E minor 7Em7      A augmentedA       A minorAm  E minorEm   FF
Please trip them gently, they don't like to fall (Oh by jingo)
E minorEm          E minor 7Em7     A augmentedA    A minorAm   E minorEm   FF
There's no room for anger, we're all very small (Oh by jingo)

    C majorC           G+G               E MajorE
We're painting our faces and dressing in thoughts from the skies,
E7E7    A minorAm  Am7/GAm7/G
From paradise
     D7/F#D7/F#            E minorEm
But they think that we're holding a secretive ball.
    FF              G+G
Won't someone invite them, they're just taller children
    A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
That's all
   D7/F#D7/F# Fmaj7Fmaj7
After all

E minorEm     E minor 7Em7    A augmentedA     A minorAm   E minorEm   FF
Man is an obstacle, sad as the clown (Oh by jingo)
  E minorEm    E minor 7Em7       A augmentedA       A minorAm  E minorEm   FF
So hold on to nothing, and he won't let you down (Oh by jingo)
   C majorC          G+G             E MajorE
Some people are marching together and some on their own
E7E7    A minorAm  Am7/GAm7/G
Quite alone
D7/F#D7/F#           E minorEm
Others are running, the smaller ones crawl
    FF             G+G
But some sit in silence, they're just older children
    A minorAm Am7/GAm7/G
That's all
   D7/F#D7/F#  Fmaj7Fmaj7
After all

Middle section: F# minorF#m F#m7F#m7 BB D MajorD F# minorF#m G+G (x2)

  C majorC            G+G          E MajorE   E7E7
I sing with impertinence, shading impermanent chords,
    A minorAm  Am7/GAm7/G
With my words
   D7/F#D7/F#           E minorEm
I've borrowed your time and I'm sorry I called
     FF                G+G          A minorAm  Am7/GAm7/G
But the thought just occurred that we're nobody's children at all
   D7/F#D7/F#  Fmaj7Fmaj7
After all

E minorEm        E minor 7Em7    A augmentedA      A minorAm  E minorEm  FF
Live till your rebirth and do what you will (Oh by jingo)
E minorEm        E minor 7Em7     A augmentedA     A minorAm  E minorEm   FF
Forget all I've said, please bear me no ill (Oh by jingo)

After all, after all (E minorEm E minor 7Em7 A augmentedA Am, repeat until end)

Em:     Em7:     E:      E7:     F:      Fmaj7:
O-2-2-0-0-0 0-2-2-0-3-0 0-2-2-1-0-0 0-2-2-1-3-0 1-3-3-2-1-1 x-x-3-2-1-0
A:      Am:     Am7/G:    D7/F#:    G:      C:
x-0-2-2-2-0 x-0-2-2-1-0 3-0-2-0-1-0 2-x-0-2-1-2 3-2-0-0-3-3 x-3-2-0-1-0
F#m:     F#m7:    D:      G+G (barred): B:
2-4-4-2-2-2 2-4-4-2-5-2 x-x-0-2-3-2 3-5-5-4-3-3 x-2-4-4-4-2