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LOVING THE ALIEN (Reality Tour Version)
David Bowie

Capo 1
B minorBm   (x24432) alternates with (x24430)
A augmentedA   (x02220) alternates with Asus2Asus2 (x02200)
G+G   {320033) alternates with Gmaj7Gmaj7 (320032)
A7add4 (540055)
Bb6Bb6  (650066)


[Riff 1] (plays during Intro and throughout the Verses)
e|-------10--14----------10--14---------|
BB|----12--------------12----------------|
G+G|-11--------------11-------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|

[Intro]
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA

[Verse 1]
       B minorBm
Watching them come and go
           A augmentedA
The templars and the Saracens
           G+G
They're traveling the Holy Land
    A augmentedA
Opening telegrams
         B minorBm
Torture comes and torture goes
            A augmentedA
Knights who'd give you anything
            G+G
They bear the cross of Coeur de Lion
         A augmentedA       F#F#
Salvation for the mirror-blind


[Prechorus]
      G+G m      FF        C majorC    C minorCm
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
A minorAm      E minorEm        C minorCm
Pray and the heathen lie will  disappear

[Riff 2]
e|-------------------------------0-2----|
BB|-------------------------0-1-3--------|
G+G|--------0-2--------0-2----------------|
D MajorD|--0-2-4------0-2-4--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|

[Chorus]
G+G               A7add4
Prayers they hide the saddest view
        Bb6Bb6             A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
     G+G              A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
        Bb6Bb6            A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien

[Instrumental, with Riff 1]
B minorBm A augmentedA G+G A augmentedA


[Verse 2]
       B minorBm
Thinking of a different time
      A augmentedA
Palestine a modern problem
        G+G
Bounty and your wealth in land
      A augmentedA        F#F#
Terror in a best laid plan, oh
       B minorBm
Watching them come and go
         A augmentedA
Tomorrows and the yesterdays
          G+G
Christians and the unbelievers
        A augmentedA        F#F#
Hanging by the cross and nail

 [Prechorus]
      G minorGm      FF        C majorC    Cm7Cm7
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
A minorAm      E minorEm        C minorCm
Pray and the heathen lie will  disappear

[Riff 2]
e|-------------------------------0-2----|
BB|-------------------------0-1-3--------|
G+G|--------0-2--------0-2----------------|
D MajorD|--0-2-4------0-2-4--------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|


[Outro Chorus]
G+G               A7add4
Prayers they hide the saddest view
        Bb6Bb6             A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
     G+G              A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
        Bb6Bb6            A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
    G+G           A7add4
You'll pray till the break of dawn
        Bb6Bb6            A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
       G+G            A7add4
And you'll believe you're loving the alien
        Bb6Bb6            A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien