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It Ain't Easy by David Bowie
It Ain't Easy
Asus4 Asus4 A A repeat
|--0-------0--------0------0-----|
|--5-------5--------5------5-----|
|--7-------7--------6------6-----|use the 4th finger to
|--7-------7--------7------7-----|lift on and off. For the
|0-------0--------0------0-------|"Strange things" put it on the C
|--------------------------------|------8br--
When you climb to the top of the mountain, look out over the sea
Think about the places perhaps, where a young man could be
Then you jump back down to the rooftops, look out over the town C
Think about all of the strange things circulating round It ain't
(Note only the bass plays the C for 1 beat on the count of 4)
|A C |A C |A Eb | (Eb=xx5343)
easy It ain't easy It ain't easy to get to
|D A |A
heaven when you're going down
Asus4 A Eb D
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|8b10~-8~---------8-|8b10~-8~---------8-|-------------------|
|---------9~--7-9---|---------9~--7-9---|9~-----9-7~--------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
A
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------6/7\6-|-------------------|
|------2-4/7.-------|7~-----------------|
|0-3/4--------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
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Lady Stardust
A E
|------------------|-----------------|
|5-5-4---5-7-5-4-5-|-----------------|
|6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6-|4-4-3--4--3--4---|x2
|7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|6-6-6--6--6--6---|
|------------------(7)---------------|
|------------------|0-0-0--0--0--0---|
|A |C# |F#m |D |
People stared at the makeup on his face
|A |F#m |E |C# |
Laughed at his long black hair his animal grace
|F#m |D |A |C# |
The boy in the bright blue jeans... jumped up on the stage and
|A |E |D |E |
Lady Stardust sang his songs of darkness and disgrace And he was
|A6 |E |D |E |
al................right the band was altogether yes he was
|A6 |E |D |E |
al................right the song went on forever yes he was
|Em |Em#7(B+/D#) |Em7(G/D) |Em6(A/C#) |
aw...........ful nice really quite out of sight.. and he sang
|A |E |D |E |
all.............. night lo.....ng
|D |B |Esus4 | E
Ooh, how I sighed when they asked if I knew his name
Correction by Mark
Lady Stardust - its a more sophisticated song than the others ...
A |C# |F#m |D |
A |F#m |E |Ddim - not C sharp
Theres also something funny about your interpretation of the "awful nice" bit
- its a simple Em descending sequence not Em to Em7 - I'm won't work out what
the full chord names are for they will all be E's
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version 2
INTRO: D/A A D/A A D/A A D/A A
D/A A
When you climb to the top of the mountain
D/A A
Look out over the sea
D/A A D/A A
Think about the places perhaps where a young man could be
D/A A
Then you jump back down to the rooftops
D/A A
Look out over the town
D/A C A D/A A
Think about all of the strange things circulating round
CHORUS 1:
C A C A
It ain't easy, it ain't easy
C Cm D A
It ain't easy to get to heaven when you're going down
D/A A
Well all the people have got their problems
D/A A
That ain't nothing new
D/A A D/A A
With the help of the good Lord we can all pull on through
D/A A
We can all pull on through
D/A A
Get there in the end
D/A A D/A A
Sometimes it'll take you right up and sometimes down again
CHORUS 2
D/A A
Satisfaction, satisfaction
D/A A
Keep me satisfied
D/A A D/A A
I've got the love of a Hoochie Coochie woman she calling from inside
D/A A
She's a-calling from inside
D/A A
Trying to get to you
D/A A D/A A
All the woman really wants you can give her something too
CHORUS 3+4
OUTRO: D/A A D/A A C D A
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