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The Man Who Sold the World Guitar Tablature
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From [email protected] Wed Apr 30 09:41:52 1997
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 1997 22:56:45 GMT
From: kitch 
To: [email protected]
Subject: The Man Who Sold The World        Nirvana

=The Man Who Sold The World      David Bowie/Nirvana===Key:F===Tempo:
113 ===

    Riff
    F           G       F2
e:----------------------------------|
B:----------------------------------|
G:--2-----2-2---0-------2h3p2---0---|
D:----------------------------------|
A:----------------------------------|
E:----------------------------------|
    1   .   2   .   3   .   4   .


    Pattern 1                  Pattern 2
    C                          F
e:--------------------------|--------------------------|
B:-----------------------1--|--------------------------|
G:--------------0--2--3-----|--------------------------|
D:-----0--2--3--------------|-----------------0--2--3--|
A:--3-----------------------|--------0--1--3-----------|
E:--------------------------|--1--3--------------------|
    1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .     1  .  2  .  3  .  4  .



F         G    F   |F         G    F   |F         G    F   |F
G    F   
[riff]             [riff]              [riff]              [riff]
   
F         G    F   |F         G    F   |Dm                 |F

[riff]             [riff]               [tacet]           We passed
along the
   
A                  |A                  |Dm                 |F

stairs                 spoke of was and when               Altho' I
wasn't
   
A                  |A                  |F/c                |F/c

there                 he said I was his friend             which came
as a
   
C                  |C                  |A                  |A  [2
beats only!]
surprise               I spoke into his eyes                 I thought
you

Dm                 |Dm                 |C    C/e  C/g  C/bb|F    F/a
F/c  F/e 
died alone            a long long time ago   [patterns 1 & 2]
oh...
   
C    C/e  C/g  C/bb|F    F/a  F/c  F/e |C#                 |F    F/a
F/c  F/e 
no              not me                    we never lost control,
you're
   
C    C/e  C/g  C/bb|F    F/a  F/c  F/e |C#                 |F
G    F   
face            to face            with the man who sold the world....
[riff]
   
F         G    F   |F         G    F   |F         G    F   |F
G    F   
[riff]             [riff]              [riff]              [riff]
   
F         G    F   |Dm                 |F                  |A

[riff]              [tacet]         I laughed and shook his hand

A                  |Dm                 |Dm                 |A

and made my way back home           I searched for form and land

A                  |F/c                |F/c                |C/g

for years & years I roamed                 I gazed a gazely stare

C/g                |A                  |A  [2 beats only]  |Dm

way more than a million years,            I must have died alone a

Dm                 |C    C/e  C/g  C/bb|F    F/a  F/c  F/e |C    C/e
C/g  C/bb
long long      time ago  [patterns 1 & 2]               Who knows?
not

F    F/a  F/c  F/e |C#                 |F    F/a  F/c  F/e |C    C/e
C/g  C/bb
me,                   I never lost control,          you're face
to

F    F/a  F/c  F/e |C#                 |F         G    F   |F
G    F   
face,           with the man who sold the world... [riff]   [riff]

F         G    F   |F         G    F   |C    C/e  C/g  C/bb|F    F/a
F/c  F/e 
[riff]             [riff]           Who knows?          not me,
we

C#                 |F    F/a  F/c  F/e |C    C/e  C/g  C/bb|F    F/a
F/c  F/e 
never lost control               you're face             to face
with

C#                 |F         G    F   |F         G    F   |F
G    F   
the man who sold the world.. [riff]     [riff]              [riff]

F         G    F   |F         G    F   |F         G    F   |F
G    F   
[riff]             [riff]              [riff]              [riff]

F         G    F   |A                  |A                  |F
G    F   
[riff] [slide up to and hold an "e"]                       [riff]

F         G    F   |F                  |F                  |A
Dm       
[riff]
[/f......................................e......d.....

Dm                 |A                  |A                  |F
G    F   
{d}................/e........................]             [riff]

F         G    F   |F/c                |F/c                |A
Dm       
[riff]
[/f....................................e.......d....

Dm                 |A                  |A                  |F
G    F   
{d}................/e............................]         [riff]

F         G    F   |F                  |
[riff]             [end]


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