The Drowned Girl chords by David Bowie

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Advanced

Am7b5 = x 0 1 1 2 x
A6/9 = x x 7 6 7 7 (or 5 4 4 4 5 5)
Am7b5b9 = x 0 1 3 1 3 (or 5 3 5 3 4 3)
Bm7b5 = x 2 0 2 3 1 (or x 2 0 2 0 1)
Bdim = x 2 3 4 3 x (or x x x 4 3 1)
A9 = 5 7 5 6 5 7 (or 5 4 5 4 5 x)


Intro:
Am7  Am6  A6/9

Em       Em9                         Am7
Once she had drowned and started her slow descent
                             Am7b5  Em6    A6/9
Down the streams to where the great rivers broaden
    Em      Em9                Am7
Oh, the open sky shone most magnificent
  Am7b5b9                  A9     Emaj
As if it was acting as her body's guardian
E7                         A9            Bm7b5
Wreck and duck weed slowly increased her weight
   Bm7                   Am7
By clasping her in their slimy grip
   E7                                A9    Bm7b5
Through her limbs, the cold blooded fishes played
              Am7b5b9                         A9   Emaj
Creatures and plant life kept on, thus obstructing her last trip

Em     Em9                     Am7
And the sky that same evening grew dark as smoke
                                        Am7b5   Em6       A6/9
And its stars through the night kept the brightness still soaring
Em    Em9                      Am7
But it quickly grew clear when dawn now broke
  Am7b5b9                  A9     Emaj
To see that she got one further morning
         E7                         A9    Bm7b5
Once her pallid trunk had rotted beyond repair
   Bm7                                   Am7
It happened quite slowly that she gently slipped from God's thoughts
   E7                                     A9                 Bm7b5
First with her face, then her hands, right at the last with her hair
Am7b5b9       A9  E6b5 Em7    E7         A7          Bdim
Leaving those corpse---choked rivers just one more corpse