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I picked this one out on piano. It's kind of tough to do the descending
baseline with a guitar, but it sounds really cool.
>From Space Oddity, or Man of Words, Man of Music.
FYI:
D/C#: X40232
D/C: X30232
D/B: X20232
Bb6: X13333
A#dim:X12023 or XX2323, I prefer the former.
E7sus:020200
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6 C E7sus E7
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6
Solemn faced the...
A A#dim
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6
A A#dim
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6
A A#dim
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6
C G F E7sus E7
(Chords the same until they pick up again)
Staring through the...
C G
As he breaks the...
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6
A A#dim
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6
A A#dim
D D/C# D/C D/B C C C C
C C7
And the mountain moved...
Bb Ab C E7sus E7
(Same chords)
And the village...
G C
And the women once proud...
G C
Am C
Am C E7sus E7
F C F C
Bb F C
F C F C
Bb F C
D D/C# D/C D/B Bb6
A A#sus D D/C# C
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