xDavid Bowie - Quicksand Album: Hunky Dory (1971) Transcribed by Jon Malmin ([email protected]) Tuning: Standard E This is how I play Quicksand... This is very close to the album version. The dim-chords are shown at the bottom of the page, if you need them. [Intro] G Am7 G Am7 G Am7 G Am7 C I'm closer to the Golden Dawn G Immersed in Crowley's uniform of imagery C I'm living in a silent film G Portraying Himmler's sacred realm of dream reality I'm frightened by the total goal, drawing to the ragged hole Eb F e|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|---5-----5-----5-----5-----5------| B|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4--|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6----| G|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5--| D|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| A|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|----------------------------------| G Em C And I ain't got the power anymore C G Am7 A7sus2 A No I ain't got the power anymore D I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes A I'm living proof of Churchill's lies, I'm destiny D I'm torn between the light and dark A Where others see their targets, divine symmetry F Should I kiss the viper's fang G Or herald loud the death of Man A F#m D I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought D A And I ain't got the power anymore [BRIDGE] A E F#m Don't believe in yourself D#dim E Don't deceive with belief Edim Bm Knowledge comes with death's release D#dim A Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah F#m E Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaaha D I'm not a prophet or a stone age man A Just a mortal with potential of a superman, I'm living on D I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien A Can't take my eyes from the great salvation of bullshit faith F If I don't explain what you ought to know G You can tell me all about it on the next Bardo A F#m D I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought D A And I ain't got the power anymore [BRIDGE] A E F#m Don't believe in yourself D#dim E Don't deceive with belief Edim Bm Knowledge comes with death's release D#dim A Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah F#m E Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaaha A E F#m Don't believe in yourself D#dim E Don't deceive with belief Edim Bm Knowledge comes with death's release D#dim A Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaah F#m E Aaah, aaah, aaah, aaaha D#dim: Edim: x-x-1-2-1-2 x-x-2-3-2-3
