{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":61262,"song":"Sweet Thing","artist":"David Bowie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/61262-sweet-thing-chords-by-david-bowie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/61262?type=chord","rating":4.75816,"votes":76,"content":"[Chords]\r\nBbmaj13#11     play [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]Fmaj13[/ch]         play [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]C6/9[/ch]           play [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]D(add9)[/ch]        play [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D/C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D/C[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D/C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D/C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's safe in the city, to love in a doorway[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo wrangle some screens from the door[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D/C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nAnd isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nLike a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D/C[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nWill you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSo I'll break up my room, and yawn and I[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nRun to the center of things,[/tab]\r\nWhere the knowing one says\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am/C[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D/C[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm glad that you're older than me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D/C[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMakes me feel important and free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDoes that make you smile, isn't that me?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D/C[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nI'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf his trade is a curse, then I'll bless you[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd turn to the crossroads of hamburgers, and[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBoys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am/C[/ch]       [ch]G/B[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Gm/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Gm/D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Gm/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Gm/D[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n2. Song: Candidate\r\n\r\n[Sax and guitar solo]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'll make you a deal, like any other candidate[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy set is amazing, it even smells like a street[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                        [ch]Am[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeone scrawled on the wall \"I smell the blood of les tricoteuses\"[/tab]\r\nWho wrote up scandals in other bars\r\n[tab]          [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm having so much fun with the poisonous people[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpreading rumours and lies and stories they made up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome make you sing and some make you scream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne makes you wish that you've never been seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut there's a shop on the corner that's selling paper mache[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMaking bulletproof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo you scream out of line \"I want you! I need you![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnyone out there? Any time?\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTres butch little number whines \"Hey dirty, I want you[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor I put all I have in another bed[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn another floor, in the back of a car[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the cellar like a church with the door ajar[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, I guess we must be looking for a different kind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Dm[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n'Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young nights[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho press you on the ground while shaking in fright[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI guess we could cruise down one more time[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith you by my side, it should be fine[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll buy some drugs and watch a band[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen jump in the river holding hands[/tab]\r\n\r\n3. Song: Sweet thing (reprise)\r\n\r\n(Sax solo)\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am/C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIf you want it, boys, get it here, thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D/C[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D/C[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIs it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDo you think that your face looks the same?[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]D/C[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D/C[/ch]\r\nThen let it be, it's all I ever wanted[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIts a street with a deal, and a taste[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A/G[/ch]\r\nIts got claws, its got me, its got you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A/G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]","plain_text":"[Chords]\nBbmaj13#11     play Bb\nFmaj13         play F\nC6/9           play C\nD(add9)        play D\n\n[Intro]\nC          D/C          C          D/C               C\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWhere the knowing one says\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nD          F#m        Bm         Bb\nD          Gm/D       D          Gm/D\nD          F#m        Bm         Bb\nD          Gm/D       D          Gm/D       D\n\n2. Song: Candidate\n\n[Sax and guitar solo]\nDm         Am         G\nDm         Am         G\nDm         Am         G\nDm         Am         G\nDm         Am         G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\nWho wrote up scandals in other bars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Song: Sweet thing (reprise)\n\n(Sax solo)\nDm         Am         G\nDm         Am         G\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG          A/G        G        A","chords":["Bb","Fmaj13","F","C6/9","C","D(add9)","D","D/C","Em","Bm","Dm","Am","G","Am/C","G/B","F#m","Gm/D","A/G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}