ZIGGY STARDUST (Bassline)
As recorded by Dvid Bowie
(From the 1972 Album THE RISE & FALL OF ZIGGY STARDUST)
Words and Music by David Bowie



Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Standard'


 Intro
  Moderately Slow Rock Q=80
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W          W            Q  Q  Q.   E
|----------|----------||---------------|
|----------|----------||o-5------------|
|----------|----------||o-------5------|
|----------|----------||---------------|


                     1st Verse
  Q.   E +Q   E E  3x H    E E S S E   Q.   S S E E S S E
|------------------||----------------|----------4-4-4-3-4-|
|---------------3-o||-5--------5-----|--------4-----------|
|-3----2-(2)--0---o||--------5---5-4-|-2------------------|
|------------------||----------------|--------------------|


  Q.   E E E E E   Q  a E E +E   E Q     H    +E  E E E
|-5--------------|----7s9-7-(7)--------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------/9-7\--|-5----(5)-4-5-7--|
|--------3-2-3-4-|-5-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|


  H    E E S S E   Q..   S E E E S S   Q..   S E E E S S
|-9----9---9-----|-------------------|-------------------||
|--------9---9-8-|-7-------7-7-7-----|---------------2-4-||
|----------------|-------7-------0-2-|-3-----0-3-2-3-----||
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------||


 2nd Verse
  H    E E S S E   Q.   S S E E S S E   Q.   E E E E E
|----------------|----------4-4-4-3-4-|-5--------------|
|-5--------5-----|--------4-----------|----------------|
|--------5---5-4-|-2------------------|--------3-2-3-4-|
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|


  Q  a E E +E   E Q     H    +E  E E E   H    E E S S E
|----7s9-7-(7)--------|----------------|-9----9---9-----|
|--------------/9-7\--|-5----(5)-4-5-7-|--------9---9-8-|
|-5-------------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|----------------|


                                           1st And 2nd Chorus
                                            $
  Q..   S E E E S S   Q..   S E E E S S     S S S S E  E S S S S E E
|-------------------|-------------------||---------------------------|
|-7-------7-7-7-----|---------------2-4-||o-7-7-7-7-7\---5-5-5-5-5---|
|-------7-------0-2-|-3-----0-3-2-3-----||o--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------||---------------------------|


                                               1.
  E E E E E E E E   S S S S E  E S S S S E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------||
|-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-5-|-7-7-7-7-7\---5-5-5-5-5---|-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-5-o||
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------------|------------------||


  2.
  E S S E S S +S  S E E E    e E e E E E E E   H    E E S S E
|-------7---7-(7)-5--------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----7-------------7-7-7\-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-|-5--------5-----|
|-5------------------------|-----------------|--------5---5-4-|
|--------------------------|-----------------|----------------|


  Q.   S S E E S S E   Q.   E E E E E   Q  a E E +E   E Q
|----------4-4-4-3-4-|-5--------------|----7s9-7-(7)--------|
|--------4-----------|----------------|--------------/9-7\--|
|-2------------------|--------3-2-3-4-|-5-------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|---------------------|


  H    +E  E E E   H    E E S S E   Q..   S E E E S S
|----------------|-9----9---9-----|-------------------|
|-5----(5)-4-5-7-|--------9---9-8-|-7-------7-7-7-----|
|----------------|----------------|-------7-------0-2-|
|----------------|----------------|-------------------|


                      3rd Verse
           To Coda
  Q..   S E E E S S    H    E E S S E   Q.   S S E E S S E
|-------------------||----------------|----------4-4-4-3-4-|
|---------------2-4-||-5--------5-----|--------4-----------|
|-3-----0-3-2-3-----||--------5---5-4-|-2------------------|
|-------------------||----------------|--------------------|


  Q.   E E E E E   Q  a E E +E   E Q     H    +E  E E E
|-5--------------|----7s9-7-(7)--------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------------/9-7\--|-5----(5)-4-5-7--|
|--------3-2-3-4-|-5-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|


                                           D.S. al Coda
  H    E E S S E   Q..   S E E E S S   Q..   S E E E S S
|-9----9---9-----|-------------------|-------------------||
|--------9---9-8-|-7-------7-7-7-----|---------------2-4-||
|----------------|-------7-------0-2-|-3-----0-3-2-3-----||
|----------------|-------------------|-------------------||


  &
  Q  Q  Q.   E   Q.   E +Q   E E   Q  Q  Q.   E
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-5------------|---------------3-|-5------------|
|-------5------|-3----2-(2)--0---|-------5------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|


  W           H    E E S  S  E   W          +W
|----------||------------------:----------:--------*|
|----------||-5--------5-(5)-5-:----------:--------*|
|-3--------||------------------:----------:--------*|
|----------||------3-3---------:-3--------:-(3)----*|




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Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths