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Drive-in Saturday by David Bowie

Drive-in Saturday tab by David Bowie

Guitar tabs

  • Difficulty: Intermediate
Key: A

Intro:


  E
e|---4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4-----|
B|-----5----5----5----5----5----5----5----5---|
G|--4----4----4----4----4----4----4----4------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

    A
  put my arms around your head
e|-----------9----------------------------------|
B|-----------10---------------------------------|
G|-----------9----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
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    F#m
   gee, its hot, let's go to bed
e|-----------14---------------------------------|
B|-----------14---------------------------------|
G|-----------14---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

    Amaj7/E
    don't forget to turn on the light,
e|-----------9---------------------------------|
B|-----------9---------------------------------|
G|-----------9---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    E
    don't laugh Babe
e|-----------4---------------------------------|
B|-----------5---------------------------------|
G|-----------4---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    A
   Pour me out another phone  (foam)
e|-----------9----------------------------------|
B|-----------10---------------------------------|
G|-----------9----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

    F#m
   I'll ring and see if your friends are home,
e|-----------14---------------------------------|
B|-----------14---------------------------------|
G|-----------14---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

    Amaj7/E
 Perhaps the strange ones in the dome
e|-----------9---------------------------------|
B|-----------9---------------------------------|
G|-----------9---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    E
 lend us a book we can read up alone
e|-----------4---------------------------------|
B|-----------5---------------------------------|
G|-----------4---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    D              A
  And try to get it on like once before
e|-----------14--------------------------9-----|
B|-----------15--------------------------10----|
G|-----------14--------------------------9-----|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    D                A
When people stared in Jagger's eyes and scored
e|---------14--------------------------------9-----|
B|---------15--------------------------------10----|
G|---------14--------------------------------9-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

    F#m       B
Like the video films we saw
e|------------14------------11--------11--------|
B|------------14------------12--------12--------|
G|------------14------------11--------11--------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

Chorus:

  C    D    G
His name was always Buddy
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|------------------5------------|
A|-3--------5---------5--2-------|
D|--------------------------5-4--|

  F     Em   Am
  shrug and ask to stay
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-------------------0---|
D|--3--------2-----------|

  G  D    G
She'd sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
D|--5---4--2--0--5---|

     C    G/Bm D
   And turn her face away
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------0-----4--2--0------------|
A|----0-2-3-------2-----------------------------|
D|--5-------------------------------------------|

    C    D   G
She's uncertain if she likes him
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-------------|
A|------3-------5--------5--2--------|
D|----------------------------5-------|

      F     Em   Am    G
  But she knows she really loves him
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0-------------------|
D|-----4---3---------2---------------5----------|

  D          G
  crash course for the ravers
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|--4--------4--2--0----5-----------------------|

        C Bm A G F#m Em C  Bm Am G Fm Em D
  It's a   Dri ve- in Saturday
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0--2-----3--2--0------------3--2--0--------------5-|
D|-5--------------------5--4--2------------5--4--2--0----|

Verse 2:

    A
Jung the foreman prayed at work
e|-----------9----------------------------------|
B|-----------10---------------------------------|
G|-----------9----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

    F#m
That neither hands nor limbs would burst
e|-----------14---------------------------------|
B|-----------14---------------------------------|
G|-----------14---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

    Amaj7/E
It's hard enough to keep formation
e|-----------9---------------------------------|
B|-----------9---------------------------------|
G|-----------9---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    E
 with this fall out saturation
e|-----------4---------------------------------|
B|-----------5---------------------------------|
G|-----------4---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    A
 Cursing at the Astronette
e|-----------9----------------------------------|
B|-----------10---------------------------------|
G|-----------9----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

    F#m
 Who stands in steel by his cabinet
e|-----------14---------------------------------|
B|-----------14---------------------------------|
G|-----------14---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

    Amaj7/E
 He's crashing out with Sylvian
e|-----------9---------------------------------|
B|-----------9---------------------------------|
G|-----------9---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    E
 The Bureau Supply for ageing men
e|-----------4---------------------------------|
B|-----------5---------------------------------|
G|-----------4---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    D              A
 With snorting head he gazes to the shore
e|-----------14--------------------------9-----|
B|-----------15--------------------------10----|
G|-----------14--------------------------9-----|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|

    D                A
Which once had raised a sea that raged no more
e|---------14--------------------------------9-----|
B|---------15--------------------------------10----|
G|---------14--------------------------------9-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|

    F#m       B
Like the video films we saw
e|------------14------------11--------11--------|
B|------------14------------12--------12--------|
G|------------14------------11--------11--------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|

Chorus 2:

  C    D    G
His name was always Buddy
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|------------------5------------|
A|-3--------5---------5--2-------|
D|--------------------------5-4--|

  F     Em   Am
  shrug and ask to stay
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-------------------0---|
D|--3--------2-----------|

  G  D    G
She'd sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
D|--5---4--2--0--5---|

     C    G/Bm D
   And turn her face away
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------0-----4--2--0------------|
A|----0-2-3-------2-----------------------------|
D|--5-------------------------------------------|

    C    D   G
She's uncertain if she likes him
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-------------|
A|------3-------5--------5--2--------|
D|----------------------------5-------|

      F     Em   Am    G
  But she knows she really loves him
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0-------------------|
D|-----4---3---------2---------------5----------|

  D          G
  crash course for the ravers
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|--4--------4--2--0----5-----------------------|

        C Bm A G F#m Em D
  It's a   Dri ve- in Saturday
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|----0--2-----3--2--0--------------5--|
D|-5--------------------5--4--2--0-----|

Chorus 3:

  C    D    G
His name was always Buddy

e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|------------------5------------|
A|-3--------5---------5--2-------|
D|--------------------------5-4--|

  F     Em   Am
  shrug and ask to stay
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-------------------0---|
D|--3--------2-----------|

  G  D    G
She'd sigh like Twig the Wonder Kid
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
D|--5---4--2--0--5---|

     C    G/Bm D
   And turn her face away
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------0-----4--2--0------------|
A|----0-2-3-------2-----------------------------|
D|--5-------------------------------------------|

    C    D   G
She's uncertain if she likes him
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------5-------------|
A|------3-------5--------5--2--------|
D|----------------------------5-------|

      F     Em   Am    G
  But she knows she really loves him
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------0-------------------|
D|-----4---3---------2---------------5----------|

  D          G
  crash course for the ravers
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|--4--------4--2--0----5-----------------------|

        C Bm A G F#m Em C  Bm Am G Fm Em D
  It's a   Dri ve- in Saturday yeah
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|----0--2-----3--2--0------------3--2--0--------------5-|
D|-5--------------------5--4--2------------5--4--2--0----|

Outro:
        C Bm A G F#m Em D
  It's a   Dri ve- in Saturday
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|----0--2-----3--2--0--------------5--|
D|-5--------------------5--4--2--0-----|

        C Bm A G F#m Em D
  It's a   Dri ve- in Saturday
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|----0--2-----3--2--0--------------5--|
D|-5--------------------5--4--2--0-----|

        C Bm A G F#m Em D
  It's a   Dri ve- in Saturday
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|----0--2-----3--2--0--------------5--|
D|-5--------------------5--4--2--0-----| repeat to fade

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