Dead Man Walking
By David Bowie
From the album "Earthling" (1997)
Chords & Tabs by: RTV "TheIronicTea"
This is a tab for the version acoustic version of the song they performed live regularly.
Here's a link to the performance I tabbed this to:
http://teamcoco.com/video/david-bowie-s-1997-performance-of-dead-man-walking
Tuning: Down one step: Standard D
INTRO (Alternate lifting the finger off of the low E string. Listen to the recording to get the timing right.)
F - G 2X
VERSE
F G
He swivels his head tears his eyes from the screen
F G
As his past puts him back in Atlantic City
F G
There's not even a demon in Heaven or Hell
F G
Is it all just human disguise as I walk down the aisle
CHORUS
F
And I'm gone
G
Now I'm older than movies
F
And I know who's there
G
When silhouettes fall
Bb
And I'm gone
Dm
Like I'm dancing on angels
G# G
And I'm gone through a crack in the past
Like a dead man
INTRO
F - G x2
Walking
Like a dead man walking
VERSE
F G
Three old men dancing under the lamplight
F G
Shaking their sex and their bones and the boys that we were
F G
An alien nation in therapy sliding naked and new
F G
Like a bad tempered child on a rain slicked street
CHORUS
F
And I'm gone
G
Now I'm older than movies
F
And I know who's there
G
When silhouettes fall
Bb
And I'm gone
Dm
Like I'm dancing on angels
G# G / D6sus4
And I'm gone through a crack in the past
Like a dead man
INTRO
F - G x4
Walking
Like a dead man walking
Dead man
Dead man
Dead man
BRIDGE
C D Em F#m G A Bm C
e|-------------------------------------------------8---|
B|-------------------------------------------------8---|
G|---5-----7-----9-----11-----12-----14-----16-----9---|
D|-------------------------------------------------10--|
A|---3-----5-----7-----9------10-----12-----14---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS
F / Fadd9
And I'm gone
G / G13
Now I'm older than movies
F / Fadd9
And I know who's there
G / G13
When silhouettes fall
Bb
And I'm gone
Dm / Dm7
Like I'm dancing on angels
G# G / D6sus4
And I'm gone through a crack in the past
Like a dead man
F - G x2
Walking
Like a dead man walking
BRIDGE
C D Em F#m G A Bm B / C C
e|-------------------------------------------------7------8---|
B|-------------------------------------------------8------8---|
G|---5-----7-----9-----11-----12-----14-----16-----9------9---|
D|-------------------------------------------------10-----10--|
A|---3-----5-----7-----9------10-----12-----14----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
