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Intro (riff 1)
||-----------------------------|------------2--2---------||-
||---2^--2--0--2--3p2p0--2~~~--|--2^--2--0--------2~~~---||-
||*----------------------------|------------------------*||-
||*----------------------------|------------------------*||-
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Baby, I've been, breaking glass in your room again
Don't look at the carpet, I drew something awful on it
(riff 2)
||----------------5--|-----------|------------5--|-------------
||---5-----8p7p5-----|-----------|--5--8p7h8-----|-------------
||*------------------|--7^p5-----|---------------|--7^--7^-----
||*------------------|--------7--|---------------|----------7--
||-------------------|-----------|---------------|-------------
||-------------------|-----------|---------------|-------------
 
Listen...
See...
|-------------|------------------------||
|----------5--|------------------------||
|-------------|-----7--6--4-----4-----*||
|----5--7-----|--------------7--------*||
|/7-----------|--------------------7---||
|-------------|------------------------||
 
You're such a wonderful person
But you got problems oh-oh-oh-oh
I'll never touch you
||-----------------------------|------------2--2---------||-
||---2^--2--0--2--3p2p0--2~~~--|--2^--2--0--------2~~~---||-
||*----------------------------|------------------------*||-
||*----------------------------|------------------------*||-
||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-
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repeat riff 2...fade
 
transcribed by T.C. Ireland
email: UNH92@aol.com
Corrections are welcome.
 
 
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== TABLATURE EXPLANATION ==
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----5h8--- Hammeron
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----5p8--- Pulloff
 
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----5/8--- Slide Up
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----5\8--- Slide Down
 
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----5~~~-- Vibrato ||*----*|| ---5^--- Bend
---------- ||*----*|| --------
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How to play 1977

Use the controls above to change the key and text size. Follow the highlighted chords while listening, then practice each section slowly before playing at the original tempo.

What is the starting chord?

The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.

Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?

Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.

More chords by (written by David Bowie, produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti)

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