{"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":790461,"song":"Dead Man Walking","artist":"David Bowie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/790461-dead-man-walking-chords-by-david-bowie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/790461?type=chord","rating":4.8092,"votes":11,"content":"This is an acoustic version of David Bowie's dance/rock track from his album Earthling.\r\nA video of him playing it on Conan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n22ImOPXOnw\r\n\r\nTuned down one step.\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    x2\r\nAlternate lifting the finger off of the low E string.  Listen to the recording to get timing.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] (Basically repeat the intro but without lifting off from the low E):\r\nHe swivels his head\r\nTears his eyes from the screen\r\nAs his past puts him back in Atlantic City\r\n\r\nThere's not even a demon in Heaven or Hell\r\nIs it all just human disguise?\r\nAs I walk down the aisle\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm older than movies[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I know who's there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen silhouettes fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike I'm dancing on angels[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone through the cracks in the past[/tab]\r\n\r\nLike a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)\r\nLike a dead man walking\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nThree old men dancing under the lamplight\r\nShaking their sex and their bones\r\nAnd the boys that we were\r\nAn alien nation in therapy\r\nSliding naked and new\r\nLike a bad tempered child\r\nOn a rain slicked street\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm older than movies[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I know who's there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen silhouettes fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike I'm dancing on angels[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone through the crack in the past[/tab]\r\n\r\nLike a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)\r\nLike a dead man walking\r\nDead man\r\nDead man\r\nDead man ...\r\n\r\nAfter this, he does a short instrumental section that I don't really know.\r\nI think it's a chromatic walk up from F.\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm older than movies[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I know who's there[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen silhouettes fall[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nLike I'm dancing on angels[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Ab[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm gone through the crack in the past[/tab]\r\n\r\nLike a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)\r\nDead man walking\r\nDead man ...","plain_text":"This is an acoustic version of David Bowie's dance/rock track from his album Earthling.\nA video of him playing it on Conan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n22ImOPXOnw\n\nTuned down one step.\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Verse 1] (Basically repeat the intro but without lifting off from the low E):\nHe swivels his head\nTears his eyes from the screen\nAs his past puts him back in Atlantic City\n\nThere's not even a demon in Heaven or Hell\nIs it all just human disguise?\nAs I walk down the aisle\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)\nLike a dead man walking\n\n[Verse 2]\nThree old men dancing under the lamplight\nShaking their sex and their bones\nAnd the boys that we were\nAn alien nation in therapy\nSliding naked and new\nLike a bad tempered child\nOn a rain slicked street\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)\nLike a dead man walking\nDead man\nDead man\nDead man ...\n\nAfter this, he does a short instrumental section that I don't really know.\nI think it's a chromatic walk up from F.\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLike a dead man walking (repeat intro through this part)\nDead man walking\nDead man ...","chords":["A","F","G","E","Bb","Dm","Ab"],"chord_diagrams":{"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"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]}}}