LOVING THE ALIEN (Reality Tour Version)
David Bowie
Capo 1
Bm (x24432) alternates with (x24430)
A (x02220) alternates with Asus2 (x02200)
G {320033) alternates with Gmaj7 (320032)
A7add4 (540055)
Bb6 (650066)
[Riff 1] (plays during Intro and throughout the Verses)
e|-------10--14----------10--14---------|
B|----12--------------12----------------|
G|-11--------------11-------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Intro]
Bm A G A
[Verse 1]
Bm
Watching them come and go
A
The templars and the Saracens
G
They're traveling the Holy Land
A
Opening telegrams
Bm
Torture comes and torture goes
A
Knights who'd give you anything
G
They bear the cross of Coeur de Lion
A F#
Salvation for the mirror-blind
[Prechorus]
G m F C Cm
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
Am Em Cm
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
[Riff 2]
e|-------------------------------0-2----|
B|-------------------------0-1-3--------|
G|--------0-2--------0-2----------------|
D|--0-2-4------0-2-4--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
G A7add4
Prayers they hide the saddest view
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
[Instrumental, with Riff 1]
Bm A G A
[Verse 2]
Bm
Thinking of a different time
A
Palestine a modern problem
G
Bounty and your wealth in land
A F#
Terror in a best laid plan, oh
Bm
Watching them come and go
A
Tomorrows and the yesterdays
G
Christians and the unbelievers
A F#
Hanging by the cross and nail
[Prechorus]
Gm F C Cm7
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
Am Em Cm
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
[Riff 2]
e|-------------------------------0-2----|
B|-------------------------0-1-3--------|
G|--------0-2--------0-2----------------|
D|--0-2-4------0-2-4--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
[Outro Chorus]
G A7add4
Prayers they hide the saddest view
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
You'll pray till the break of dawn
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And you'll believe you're loving the alien
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
