David Bowie - Hours
Thursdays Child
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Transcribed By: Emanuele
Thursday's Child (David Bowie, Reeves Gabrels)
Transcribed by Emanuele
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F#(add9) D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6)
F#(add9) D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6)
F# Esus4 F#
All of my life I've tried so hard
C#m D
Doing my best with what I had
C# D G#
Nothing much happened all the same
F# Esus4 F#
Something about me stood apart
C#m D
A whisper of hope that seemed to fail
C# G#
Maybe I'm born right out of my time
B F#(add9)
Breaking my life in two
CHORUS:
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F# C#m B
Throw me tomorrow
G#m F#
Now that I've really got a chance
C#7 A#7
Throw me tomorrow
G# F#
Everything's falling into place
C#m B
Throw me tomorrow
G#m F#
Seeing my past to let it go
C#7 A#7
Throw me tomorrow
D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6)
Only for you I don't regret
F#(add9)
That I was Thursday's Child
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D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6) F#(add9)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6) F#(add9)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
F# Esus4 F#
Sometimes I cried my heart to sleep
C#m D
Shuffling days and lonesome nights
C# D G#
Sometimes my courage fell to my feet
F# Esus4 F#
Lucky old sun is in my sky
C#m D
Nothing prepared me for your smile
C# G#
Lighting the darkness of my soul
B F#(add9)
Innocence in your arms
CHORUS
D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6) F#(add9)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was Thursday's Child
D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6) F#(add9)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was Thursday's Child
D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6) F#(add9)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6) F#(add9)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m(7,11) C#sus4 B(6) F#(add9)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
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CHORDS:
E A D G B E E A D G B E
F# = 2 (4) 4 3 2 (2)
F#add9 = 2 4 6 3 (2)(2) or * * 4 3 2 4
D#m = * 6 8 8 7 (6)
D#m7,11 = * 6 (4) 6 7 4 or * 6 6 6 7 6
C#sus4 = * 4 6 6 7 (4)
B = * 2 4 4 4 (2) or 7 (9) 9 8 7 (7)
B6 = 7 * 6 8 7 * or * 2 1 1 0 2
Esus4 = 0 2 2 2 0 0
C#m = * 4 6 6 5 (4)
D = * 5 7 7 7 (5) or * * 0 2 3 2
C# = * 4 6 6 6 (4)
G# = 4 (6) 6 5 4 (4)
G#m = 4 6 6 4 4 4
C#7 = * 4 6 4 6 (4) or * 4 3 4 2 *
A#7 = 6 (8) 6 7 6 (6) or * 1 3 1 3 (1)
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Transcribed By: ZL
THURSDAY'S CHILD from Hours
INTRO: F# D#m7 C# B
F# D#m7 C# B
F# E F#
All of my life I've tried so hard
C# D
Doing my best with what I had
C# D G#
Nothing much happened all the same
F# E F#
Something about me stood apart
C# D
A whisper of hope that seemed to fail
C# G#
Maybe I'm born right out of my time
B F#
Breaking my life in two
CHORUS 1:
F# C#
Throw me tomorrow
B G# F#
Now that I've really got a chance
C#
Throw me tomorrow
Bb G# F#
Everything's falling into place
C#
Throw me tomorrow
B G# F#
Seeing my past to let it go
C#
Throw me tomorrow
Bb G# F# B
Only for you I don't regret
F#
That I was Thursday's child
D#m7 C# B F#
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m7 C# B F#
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
E F#
Sometimes I cried my heart to sleep
C# D
Shuffling days and lonesome nights
C# D G#
Sometimes my courage fell to my feet
F# E F#
Lucky old sun is in my sky
C# D
Nothing prepared me for your smile
C# G#
Lighting the darkness of my soul
B F#
Innocence in your arms
CHORUS 2
D#m7 C# B F#
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was Thursday's Child
D#m7 C# B F#
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was Thursday's Child
D#m7 C# B F#
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m7 C# B F#
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m7 C# B D#m7 C# B
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
D#m7 C# B
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday born I was
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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B X24442
D XX0232
C# X46664
Bb X13331
E 022100
F# 244322
G# 466544
D#m7 X68676
Martin Lorimer has this to say:
"I'm sure most of the C# are C#m in the verse and first bit of chorus. and some
of the G# are minors as well. The D#m7 also sounds better as a minor chord."
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Something In The Air
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Transcribed By: ZL
SOMETHING IN THE AIR from Hours
INTRO: Gm
Cm
Your coat and hat are gone
Cm9 Cm Cm9
I really can't look at your little empty shelf
Dm
A ragged teddy bear
F Dm
It feels like we never had a chance
F
Don't look me in the eye
Cm
We lay in each other's arms
Cm9 Cm Cm9
But the room is just an empty space
Dm
I guess we lived it out
F
Something in the air
Dm
We smile too fast
F Bb
Then can't think of a thing to say
F/A G#
Lived with the best times
Eb
Left with the worst
F# F
Danced with you too long
F# F
Nothing left to save
Bb F/A
Let's take what we can
G# Eb
I know you'll hold your head up high
F# F
We've raged for the last time
F# F
A place of no return
Bb F/A
And there's something in the air
Gm
Something in my eye
F# F
I've danced with you too long
Bb F/A
Yeah
Gm
Something in the air
F# F
Something in my eye
BREAK: Gm
Cm
Abracadoo, I lose you
Cm9 Cm Cm9 Dm
We can't avoid the clash, the big mistake
F
Now we're going to pay and pay
Dm
The sentence of our lives
F Cm
Can't believe I'm asking you to go
Cm9
We used what we could
Cm Cm9
To get the things we want
Dm F
But we lost each other on the way
Dm F Bb
I guess you know I never wanted anyone more than you
F/A G#
Lived all our best times
Eb
Left with the worst
F# F
I've danced with you too long
F# F Bb
Say what you will, there's something in the air
F/A
Raged for the last time
G# Eb
But I know you'll hold your head up high
F# F
There's nothing we have to say
F# F
There's nothing in our eyes
Bb F/A
But there's something in the air
Gm
Something in my eye
F# F Bb
I danced with you too long
F/A Gm
There's something I have to say
F# F Bb
There's something in the air
F/A Gm F# F Bb F/A
Something in my e.......y...e
Gm
Do do do
F# F
Do do do
Bb F/A Gm
I've danced with you too long
F#
Do do do
F
Do do do
Bb F/A
Danced with you too long
Gm F#
Do do
F Bb
Danced with you too long
F/A Gm
And there's something in the air
F# F Bb
Something in the air
F/A
Do do
Gm F# F Bb
Do do
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CHORDS: EA D GBE
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F 13 3 211
F# 24 4 322
Bb X1 3 331
G# 46 6 544
F/A X0 3 211
Eb XX 5 343
Gm 35 5 333
Dm XX 0 231
Cm 81010888
Cm9 81088810
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Survive
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Transcribed By: ZL
SURVIVE from Hours
INTRO: D9
D C
Oh, my naked eyes
D C
I should have kept you I should have tried
Am Em
I should have been a wiser kind of guy
D G
I miss you
D C
Give me wings, give me space
D C
Give me money for a change of face
Am Em
Those noisy rooms and passion pants
D G
I loved you
A G
Where's the morning in my life
A G
Where's the sense in staying right
A G
Who said time is on my side
D D/C# C
I've got ears and eyes and nothing in my life
Bb
But I'll survive your naked eyes
D
I'll survive
SOLO: C D C
Am Em
D G
A G
You alone across the floor
A G
You and me and nothing more
A G
You're the great mistake I never made
D D/C# C
I never lied to you, I hated when you lied
Bb
But I'll survive your naked eyes
D
I'll survive
D C
Beatle boys, all snowy white
D C
Razzle dazzle clubs, every night
Am Em
Wish I'd sent a Valentine
D G
I love you
D C D C
I'll survive, naked eyes, I'll survive
D C
I'll survive, my naked eyes
D C D C
I'll survive, I'll survive, naked eyes
D C D C
I'll survive, I'll survive
D C
I'll survive
OUTRO: D C D C
D C D C
D C G
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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G 320033
D XX0232
D9 XX0230
Em 022000
D/C# X4X232
A X02220
C 332010
Am X02210
Bb X13331
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If Im Dreaming My Life
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Transcribed By: ZL
IF I'M DREAMING MY LIFE from Hours
INTRO: Gm Eb C F D
Gm Eb C
F Gm
Was she never there was she ever
F
Was it air she breathed
Gm
At the wrong time
F Gm
Oh oh oh oh
F Gm
Oh oh oh oh
F
All the flowers so
Gm
From the gallery
F
With the hymns of night
Gm
Singing come to me
Eb
At the wrong time
F
On the wrong day
Gm
All the lights are fading now
F Gm Eb C
If I'm dreaming all my life
F
Just one living chance
Gm
When the Mother sighs
F
When the Father steps aside
Gm
At the wrong time
F Gm
Oh oh oh oh
F Gm
Was she never here was she ever
F
Was it air she breathed
Gm
At the wrong time
Eb
On the wrong day
F
All the lights are fading now
Gm
If I'm dreaming all my life
F
If I'm dreaming all my life
BREAK: Bb D Bb D
Bb D
Was she ever
Eb F
Was she ever here
Gm F
If I'm dreaming all my life
D Eb
If I'm dreaming all my life away
Dreaming my life
C# Bb
Dreaming my...dreaming my
Gm Eb
Dreaming my...dreaming my life
C F D
Dreaming my life away, oh oh
Gm Eb C F D
Dreaming my life, dreaming my, dreaming my life away, oh oh...repeat until fade...
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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C 332010
D XX0232
Gm 355333
Bb X13331
F 133211
C# X46664
Eb XX5343
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Seven
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Transcribed By: ZL
SEVEN from Hours
INTRO: C F C G
C G
I forgot what my Father said
Am G F
I forgot what he said
C G
I forgot what my Mother said
Am G F
As we lay upon your bed
G# C
A city full of flowers
G# F
A city full of rain
C G
I got seven days to live my life
Am G F
Or seven ways to die
BREAK: C G Am G F
C G
I forgot what my Brother said
Am G F
I forgot what he said
C G
I don't regret anything at all
Am G F
I remember how we wept
G# C
On a bridge of violent people
G# F
I was small enough to cry
C G
I got seven days to live my life
Am G F
Or seven ways to die
D G
Hold my face before you
E A A/B
Still my trembling heart
C G
Seven days to live my life
Am G F
Or seven ways to die
BREAK: C F C G Gsus4 G
C G
The Gods forgot they made me
Am G F
So I forgot them too
C G
I listen to their shadows
Am G F
I play among their graves
G# C
My heart was never broken
G# F
My patience never tried
C G
I got seven days to live my life
Am G F
Or seven ways to die
C G
Seven days to live my life
Am G F
Or seven ways to die
C F C G
Seven, Seven, Seven
C F C G
Seven, Seven, Seven
C F C G
Seven, Seven, Seven
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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G 320003
D XX0232
F 133211
G# 466544
Gsus4 320013
E 022100
C 332010
Am X02210
A/B X20220
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Whats Really Happening
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Transcribed By: ZL
WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING? from Hours
INTRO: Bb Ab G Gb F G
G Bb
Grown inside a plastic box
F G
Micro thoughts and safety locks
G Bb
Hearts become outdated clocks
F G
Ticking in your mind
G Bb
Now it's time to close our eyes
F G
Now it's time to say goodbye
G Bb
Now it's time to face the lie
F G
That we'd never cry
CHORUS 1:
D
What's really happening
C
What tore us apart
B A
What's really happening
D
What's really happening
C
What tore us apart
B A B G
What's really happening
G Bb
All the clouds are made of glass
F G
And they're slowly sinking
G Bb
Falling like the shattered past
F G
Were we built to last
CHORUS 2
INTRO
G Bb
Now it's time to close our eyes
F G
Now it's time to say goodbye
G Bb
Now it's time to face the lie
F G
That we'd never cry
CHORUS 3:
D
What's really happening
C
What tore us apart
B A B F E A B F
What's really happening
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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G 320033
D XX0232
F 133211
A X02220
Ab 466544
E 022100
C 332010
B X24442
Bb X13331
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The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell
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Transcribed By: ZL
THE PRETTY THINGS ARE GOING TO HELL from Hours
INTRO: C
F
What to wear, what to say, what to do on a sunny day
Who to phone, who to fight, who to dance with on a Sunday night
Reaching the very edge, you know, reaching the very edge
Going to the other side this time, reaching the very edge
CHORUS 1:
C G#
You're still breathing but you don't know why
C G
Life's a bit and sometimes you die
C G#
You're still breathing but you just can't tell
C G C
Don't hold your breath but the pretty things are going to hell
C
I am a drug I am a dragon
F
I am the best jazz you've ever seen
I am a dragon I am the sky
C
I am the blood at the corner of your eye I found the secrets, I found gold
F
I find you out before you grow old I find you out before you grow old
RIFF: C
F
What is eternal? What is damned? What is clay and what is sand?
Who to dis? Who to truss? Who to listen to? Who to suss?
I'm reaching the very edge, you know, I'm reaching the very edge
I'm going to the other side this time, I'm reaching the very edge
CHORUS 2
C
I am a dragon, I am a drug
F
I am the best jazz you've ever heard, I am a dragon I am the sky
C
I am the blood at the corner of your eye, I found the secrets, I found gold
F
I find you out before you grow old, I find you out before you grow old
RIFF: C
F
The pretty things are going to hell they wore it out but they wore it well
RIFF: C
F
The pretty things are going to hell they wore it out but they wore it well
RIFF: C
F
The pretty things are going to hell they wore it out but they wore it well
RIFF: C
F
The pretty things are going to hell they wore it out but they wore it well
RIFF: C
SOLO: C G# C G
C G# C G
CHORUS 3:
C G# C G
Still breathing but you don't know why
C G#
Still breathing but you just can't tell
C G C
Don't hold your breath but the pretty things are going to hell
RIFF: C
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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G 355433
C X35553
F 133211
G# 466544
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Transcribed By: Aladdin
The Pretty Things Are Going To Hell- David Bowie
(Written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrel)
INTRO: C
F
What to do
What to say
What to do on a sunny day
Who to phone
Who to fight
Who to dance with on a Sunday night
F
Reaching the very edge, you know
Reaching the very edge
Going to the other side this time
Reaching the very edge
CHORUS:
C Ab
You're still breathing but you don't know why
C G
Life's a bit and sometimes you die
C Ab
You're still breathing but you just can't tell
C G C
Don't hold your breath 'cause the pretty things are going to hell
C
I am a drug, I am a dragon
F
I am the best jazz you've ever seen
I am a dragon,I am the sky
C
I am the blood in the corner of your eye
I found the secrets,I found gold
F
I find you out before you grow old
I found you out before you grow old
INTERLUDE: C
F
What is eternal
What is dammed
What is clay and what is sand
Who to dis
Who to truss
Who to listen to
Who to suss
F
I'm reaching the very edge, you know
I'm reaching the very edge
I'm going to the other side this time
I'm reaching the very edge
CHORUS
C
I am a dragon
I am a drug
F
I am the best jazz you've ever heard
I am a dragon
I am the sky
C
I am the blood at the corner of your eye
I find the secrets
I find gold
F
I find you out before you grow old
I find you out before you grow old
INTERLUDE: C
| F
| The pretty things are going to hell
|
4x | They wore it out
|
| But they wore it well
|
| INTERLUDE: C
INSTRUMENTAL: C Ab C G C Ab C G
CHORUS
ENDING: C
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The guitar lick in the intro, the interlude
and the ending is:
B------------------------------------
G--10bu12rb10--10~~----10----9~~-----
D-------------------12----12---------
A------------------------------------
the lick is played with many artificial
harmonics in different places in the lick
10bu12rb10 = bend up from 10 to 12 and then release
the bend back to 10 again.
~~ = vibrato
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New Angels Of Promise
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Transcribed By: ZL
NEW ANGELS OF PROMISE from Hours
INTRO: F#m G G# A
F#m G G# A G
A G
New angels of promise
A G
We despair
A G
We are the dead dreams
A C
We take the blame
D C
Take us to the edge of time
D G
Take us to the edge of time
A G
We are the fabulous lovers
A
I am a blind man she is my eyes
CHORUS 1:
F#m
Suspicious minds
F G
You didn't feel us coming in this lonely crowd
F#m
It's always time
F
Suspicious minds
G F#m G
You didn't feel us coming in this lonely crowd...it's always time
A G
New angels of promise
A G
We despise
A G
Don't fall apart now
A C
We are the silent ones
D C
Take us to the edge of time
D G
Take us to the edge of time
A G
We are the tabular lovers
A
We listen to the strorm
CHORUS 2
BREAK: F#m G G# A
F#m G G# A
F#m G G# A
F#m G G# A G
A G
New angels of promise
A G
We despair
A G
We are the dead dreams
A C
We take the blame
D C
Take us to the edge of time
D G
Take us to the edge of time
A G
We are the fabulous lovers
A
I am a blind man she is my eyes
CHORUS 3:
F#m
Suspicious minds
F G
You didn't feel us coming in this lonely crowd
F#m
It's always time
F
Suspicious minds
G F#m
You didn't feel us coming in this lonely crowd
F
It's always time
G
Suspicious minds
F#m F
You didn't feel us coming in this lonely crowd
G
It's always time
F#m
It's always time...repeat until fade
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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G 320033
D XX0232
F 133211
F#m 244222
A X02220
C 332010
G# 466544
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Brilliant Adventure is yet to be transcribed.
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The Dreamers
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Transcribed By: ZL
THE DREAMERS from Hours
INTRO: F# F# Bb Bb G# G# Bb
Bb
Black eyed ravens
F#
They spiral down
Bb
And they tilt his head back
F#
To the flame filled sunset
Bb
Raise their guns high
F#
As the darken falls
Bb
These are the days boys
G#
Shallow man
F#
Shallow man and they
G#
Eats in the doorway
F#
With his head inclined
G#
And he's always in decline
F#
No one heals anymore
G#
So he shrinks as they ride
F#
Under vermillion sky
Bb Gm
So it goes just a searcher
F# Gm
A lonely soul the last of the dreamers
G#
Shallow man
F#
Shallow man
G#
Speaks to the shadows
F#
Moves his trembling hands
G#
And he's always a little late
F#
For the dawning of the day
Bb Gm
So it goes just a searcher
F# F
Lonely soul the last of the dreamers
Bb Gm
So it goes just a searcher
F# F
Lonely soul the last of the dreamers
Bb Gm
So it goes just a searcher
F# F F# Bb G# Bb
A Lonely soul the last of the dreamers...so it goes...so it goes
OUTRO: F# Bb F# Bb
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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F 133211
G# 466544
Bb X13331
F# 244322
Gm 355333
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