David Bowie

David Bowie - The Width Of A Circle bass tab

I've looked everywhere on the net for a tab for this song, because it is truly an awesome

song! bt i cant find a tab for it anywhere. Although the bass to this song sounds complicated

Tony Visconti uses pretty much simple techniques and scales.

EADG (Standard)

Intro (Bass comes in after 4 bars)

0:37

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|7-777777-5-4-555555-4-2-444444-2-0-2222222---|

Fill 0:46

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|----------|

|----------|

|0-44-5h7--|

Pre-Verse 0:48

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|0000-4444-5555-666-7777---|

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|----------------------7--|

|0000-4444-5555-666-777----|

Verse 0:53

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|---------------------------| (dead notes are optional)

|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-777-------|

|5-x-x----------------------|

'In the corner of the morning...' (x2)

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|0000-4444-5555-666-7777----|

1:03

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|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|

|--------------------------------|

|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|

'the roads where straight and narrow'

1:11

|------------7h9-7h9------|

|----66-77-9--------------|

|777----------------------|

|-------------------------|

1:13

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|-------------------------|

|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|

|--12-----9---9-----------|

'And I ran across a monster...'

1:18

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|-------------777777------|

|8888-9999-77-------------|

|------------5------------|

'And I looked and frowned...

1:26 Back into Pre-Verse

1:31 Verse 2

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|-------------------------5----|

|-----4-x-5-x-6---777---77-777-| (x2)

|5-x-x---------------77--------|

'Well I said hello...'

1:42

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|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|

|--------------------------------|

|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|

'So we asked a simple blackbird...'

1:49

|------------7h9-7h9------|

|----66-77-9--------------|

|777----------------------|

|-------------------------|

1:51

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|-------------------------|

|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|

|--12-----9---9-----------|

'And I cried for all the others'

1:57

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|---------------77-5---------77-5----|

|7-8888-9999-77------7-5----7-----7-5-|(listen to timing carefully here)

|--------------5----------55-5--------|

'For I realised that God...'

2:05

|---------------|

|---------------|

|777777--777777-|

|------5-------5|

2:10 Guitar Solo

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|---------------------5-5--7-5----

|7---------------5h777-7-7----7-5-7

|-00-44-55-6-7777------------------

|-------------------------------------------------|

|---5-5--7-5----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

|----7-7----7-5-7------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|

|000---------------000----------------------------|

2:24

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|555-777-9999999--|

|-----------------|

|-----------------|

2:26

|--------------------------------------------------------12/19-(12)|

|14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14-17-14----------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------------------------|

2:36

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|-----------5-----------5-7-9/14---------5-/14--------5-/14

|--777---77---7---77--77---------77---77-------77---77

|-----7-7-----------7-7------------7-7-----------7-7

2:47

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|7777777777777777777777777777777777777777-7(full bend and hold on last 7)|

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2:57 Back into Pre-Verse

3:03

|--------------------------9---9--|

|---------------------------------|

|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-x-7777-77--77---|

|5-x-x------------------7---------|

'Well I said so-long and I waved bye-bye

3:08

|-------------------------99---99---99-|

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|-----4-x-5-x-6-x-x-77777---77----77---|

|5-x-x---------------------------------|

'And I smashed my soul...

3:13

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|---5----7----5----7----5----6---|

|--------------------------------|

|3-x--5-x--3-x--5-x--3-x--4-x----|

'Got laid by a young bordello...'

3:21

|------------7h9-7h9------|

|----66-77-9--------------|

|777----------------------|

|-------------------------|

3:24

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|-------------------------|

|12--12-11---9-9--5--5----|

|--12-----9---9-----------|

3:29

|-------------------------------------|

|-------------------------77-55-------|

|7-8888-9999-77-7777777--7------7-5-7-|

|--------------5--------5-------------|

3:37

|---------------7h999-7h99-7h99-7h9-7h9-7h9--|

|---66-77-88-999-----------------------------|

|777-----------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|

Back To Intro

4:21 (Melow Acoustic Breakdown - rest for 4 bars through guitar strumming)

4:43

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|---------------------------------|

|---4-7---8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6--|

|5-7---------8-10---------6-8-----|

4:53 (x2)

|-------7-6-5---4---7-------------|

|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|

|---------------------5-6-7-------|

|---------------------------------|

5:22

|----7-9-11---11-11---------------|

|0-0--0-0--0-0--0-----------------|

|------------------5-6-7----------|

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|

|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6(/14)------|

|---8-10---------6-8--------------|

5:35 (Breakdown Verse)

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|5-5-5-5-5-5-3---5-5-5-5-5-5-3----| (x3)

|-------------5-3-------------5-3-|

'He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips'

5:56

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|---5-5-5-5-5------5-5------7-7--------7-------------7-|

|3--------------5-5---5-5------4-4--7-7------4-4--7-7--|

|-3----------7-7--------------------------5-5----------|

'Go Back...He struck the ground a cavern appeared...'

6:05

|--------------------------|

|5-5------5-5-----------5--|

|------5-5-------2-2-5-5-5-|

|---7-7-------3-3----------|

'He crashed a thousand yards below...

6:39 Outro

|----

|---

|3--------4-4

|-5-3--5-5

6:11 Back To Breakdown Verse

6:39

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|------------------5-7---------------|

|3--------4-4--7-7--------4-4--7-7---|

|-5-3--5-5-------------5-5--------3--|

|----------------------------------------17|

|-----------------------------------17-19--|

|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---17-19-------| (x5)

|----------------------------17------------|

|---------------------|

|---------------------| (x2)

|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-/12--|

|-------------3-------|

6:34

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|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6-----------|

|---8-10---------6-8--------------|

|-------7-6-5---4---7-------------|

|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------|

|---------------------5-6-7-------|

|---------------------------------|

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|8-8----8-8---6-6---6-6---5--------|

|---8-10---------6-8--------------|

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