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The Width of a Circle Chords by David Bowie

  • Key: A
  • BPM: 133
  • Capo: no capo

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THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE CHORDS

[Start]

[Intro]
E D B E D C#m A Esus4
             
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
     


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