# # #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# ##This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# ##song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# # #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# # #Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:56:40 -0400 #From: riley.90@osu.edu (Bo Riley) #Subject: b/bowie_david/sweet_thing.crd # #Song: "Sweet Thing" from the album "Diamond Dogs" (1974) #Artist: David Bowie #Words and Music by: David Bowie #Transcribed and Submitted by: Bo Riley (riley.90@osu.edu) # #This post contains the chords to the song "Sweet Thing" by David Bowie. #The version, below, is from the "Diamond Dogs" album, on which the song #"Sweet Thing" is divided into three parts, "Sweet Thing," "Candidate," #and "Sweet Thing (reprise)." The song also appears on the "David Live" #album, where it is referred to as simply "Sweet Thing." This post contains #chords for the entire "Sweet Thing" sequence. A special thanks to the #lyrics archive at Teenage Wildlife (www.etete.com/Bowie) for help with #some of the lyrics. # #Any questions? Email me. (riley.90@osu.edu) #(www.freeyellow.com/members2/glendor/domain.html) # #* Special note: The big, extended chords towards the end can be #substituted with the following chords: # #Bbmaj13#11 play Bb #Fmaj13 play F #C6/9 play C #D(add9) play D # # #"SWEET THING" (Sweet Thing, Candidate, Sweet Thing (reprise)) # #(INTRO) CDCDCC (VERSE 1) D/C C D/C C It's safe in the city, to love in a doorway D Em D To wrangle some screens from the door C D/C C D/C And isn't it me, putting pain in a stranger? C D Em Like a portrait in flesh, who trails on a leash D C D/C C D/C Will you see that I'm scared and I'm lonely? C D Em So I'll break up my room, and yawn and I D Bm Run to the center of things, Where the knowing one says (CHORUS) Dm Am G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing Dm Am F G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing Dm Am/C G/B G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am F G C 'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing (VERSE 2) D/C C I'm glad that you're older than me D/C C Makes me feel important and free D Em D Does that make you smile, isn't that me? C D/C C D/C I'm in your way, and I'll steal every moment C D If his trade is a curse, then I'll bless you Em D Bm And turn to the crossroads of hamburgers, and (CHORUS) Dm Am G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing Dm Am F G Boys, boys, it's a sweet thing, sweet thing Dm Am/C G/B G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am F G 'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing (GUITAR SOLO) DFBBb DGDGm/D DFBBb DGDGD/D "CANDIDATE" (SAX AND GUITAR SOLOS) DAG DAG DAG DAG DAG Dm Am I'll make you a deal, like any other candidate G We'll pretend we're walking home 'cause your future's at stake Dm Am My set is amazing, it even smells like a street G There's a bar at the end where I can meet you and your friend Dm Am G Someone scrawled on the wall "I smell the blood of les tricoteuses" Who wrote up scandals in other bars Dm Am I'm having so much fun with the poisonous people G Spreading rumours and lies and stories they made up Dm Am Some make you sing and some make you scream G One makes you wish that you've never been seen Dm Am But there's a shop on the corner that's selling paper mache G Making bulletproof faces, Charlie Manson, Cassius Clay Dm Am G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am So you scream out of line "I want you! I need you! G Anyone out there? Any time?" Dm Am Tres butch little number whines "Hey dirty, I want you G When it's good, it's really good, and when it's bad I go to pieces" Dm Am G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am Well, on the street where you live I could not hold up my head G For I put all I have in another bed Dm Am On another floor, in the back of a car G In the cellar like a church with the door ajar Dm Am Well, I guess we must be looking for a different kind G But we can't stop trying 'til we break up our minds Dm Am 'Til the sun drips blood on the seedy young nights G Who press you on the ground while shaking in fright Dm Am I guess we could cruise down one more time G With you by my side, it should be fine Dm Am We'll buy some drugs and watch a band G Then jump in the river holding hands "SWEET THING (reprise)" (SAX SOLO) DAG DAG Dm Am/C G If you want it, boys, get it here, thing Dm Am F G C 'Cause hope, boys, is a cheap thing, cheap thing VERSE 3 D/C C D/C C Is it nice in your snow storm, freezing your brain? D Em D Do you think that your face looks the same? C D/C C D/C Then let it be, it's all I ever wanted C D Its a street with a deal, and a taste Em D G A/G Its got claws, its got me, its got you (OUTRO) GAGA Bbmaj13#11* Fmaj13* Bbmaj13#11* Fmaj13* Bbmaj13#11* C6/9* D(add9)* E (more or less, there are alot of #9's, dominant 7's, and such in the bass. E5 would be the safest bet here). Any questions? Email me. (riley.90@osu.edu) (www.freeyellow.com/members2/glendor/domain.html) Bo Riley riley.90@osu.edu www.freeyellow.com/members2/glendor/domain.html Oh, rain-BOWS. Yeah, I like those. Those are coo.