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Ziggy Stardust

Ziggy Stardust is a song from the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars by David Bowie. It tells the story of Ziggy Stardust, an androgynous and bisexual rock star who acts as an intermediary between humanity and space beings, ultimately falling victim to his own success. Ziggys creation was influenced by various artists and Bowies growing fascination with occult and extraterrestrial themes.

Key: G

Introduction:  G   D   C9   G/B   G/A  

difficulty
intermediate |||||
 G 
 Now Ziggy played guitar,
 Bm                             C 
  Jamming good with Weird and Gilly,
            B     C     D 
And the Spiders from Mars.
                        G 
He played it left hand,
                     Em 
But made it too far.
                A 
Became the special man,
              C 
Then we were Ziggy' s band.

 G 
Ziggy really sang,
 Bm                                C 
screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo,
               B     C  D 
like some cat from Japan.
                           G 
He could lick ' em by smiling,
                         Em 
he could leave them to hang.
                 A 
They came on so loaded, man,
            C 
well hung, snow white tan....

 Am     G5               F5        G5  Am 
  So where were the spiders,
           G5                 F5          G5  Am 
While the fly tried to break our balls?
             G5            F5 
Just the beer light to guide us,
    G5  D                  D2 
so we bitched about his fans
 D              E 
and should we crush his sweet hands?

 G 
Ziggy played for time,
 Bm                         C 
Jiving us that we were voodoo.
          B     C     D 
The kids were just crass,
            G 
He was the nazz,
                Em 
With God given ass.
            A 
He took it all too far,
                    C 
But, boy, Could he play guitar!

 Am      G5              F5        G5  Am 
Making love with his ego,
       G5           F5            G5  Am 
Ziggy sucked up into his mind,
        G5         F5 
Like a leper Messiah,
      G5   D                  D2 
When the kids had killed the man
 D         E 
I had to break up the band!

 G      D      C9  G/B  G/A  G 
Yeah...               ooo....
 D      C9                   G 
            ZIGGY PLAYED GUITAR!