The Width of a Circle Chords by David Bowie

[Start]

[Intro]
E D B E D C#m A Esus4
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E D C#m Bm7 B E
■ ■ ■   ■   ■ ■
D C#7 B E
■ ■   ■ ■


[Verse]
       A      D                     E7  
In the corner of the morning in the past
A                                          E   
I would sit and blame the master first and last
        G                   A         
All the roads were straight and narrow
        G                      A     
And the prayers were small and yellow
        G                  G#7   G#m   E   
And the rumour spread that I was aging fast
D            A                                
■ Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping
F#m  D   
By a tree
                 F               A              E
And I looked and frowned and the monster was me ■
       A                     E    
Well I said hello and I said hello
E7             A                             E   
■  And I asked why not and I replied I don't know
E7 E       G              A          G                    A 
■  ■ So we asked a simple black bird who was happy as can be
       G                          E            
And he laughed insane and quipped Kahlil Gibran
      A                                                D      
And I cried for all the others till the day was nearly through
                                  A   A7 A    
For I realized that God's a young man ■  ■ too


[Solo]
A7 E E7 Em7 A7 E7 A7 E7
■  ■ ■  ■   ■  ■  ■  ■ 
E G E E7 Em7 E E7 E
■ ■ ■ ■  ■   ■ ■  ■
        E7   E A                   E     
Ho Oh I said ■ so long and I waved byebye


[Verse]
      A                             E   
And I smashed my soul and traded my mind
G                   A       
Got laid by a young bordello
                G    A     
Who was vaguely half asleep
    G                              G#m     E   
For which my reputation swept back home in drag
        A                   G#m  
And the moral of this magic spell
F#m           D   
Negotiates my hide
         F                       A   
When God did take my logic for a ride


[Solo]
E D C#m B E D C#m A
■ ■ ■   ■ ■ ■ ■   ■
Bm E D C#m Bm E D C#7
■  ■ ■ ■   ■  ■ ■ ■  


[Break]
A Bm7 A Esus4 E7 A F D#
■ ■   ■ ■     ■  ■ ■ ■ 


[Solo]

[Intro]
D F D# D F D# Dsus4 D
■ ■ ■  ■ ■ ■  ■     ■
F D# D7 D D7 D
■ ■  ■  ■ ■  ■


[Verse]
C        D                                        
Oh oh He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips
                                              C
And showed me the leather belt round his hips ■
D                                     
My knees were shaking my cheeks aflame
G              D                              
He said you'll never go down to the Gods again
C  G                                  
He struck the ground a cavern appeared
      A                            
And I smelt the burning pit of fear
G            D              G    
We crashed a thousand yards below
       D                 C    
I said do it again do it again
    D                         
His nebulous body swayed above
C D                                   
■ His tongue swollen with devil's love
C     D                       
■ The snake and I a venom high
                         G    
I said do it again do it again
G                             
Breathe breathe breathe deeply
          A                  C#m    A
And I was seething breathing deeply ■
G                                
Spitting sentry horned and tailed
D           A7    
Waiting for you oh


[Solo]
D7 A7 D A A7 D A7 G7
■  ■  ■ ■ ■  ■ ■  ■ 
A7 Am7 A7 G A G A A7
■  ■   ■  ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ 
F           D#         
Oh oh oh oh ■  oh oh oh
      D7          D 
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
D7 D D7 D
■  ■ ■  ■


[Outro]