The Man Who Sold The World
David Bowie
Nirvana
Unplugged
1994
This song is really simple, and a great song for beginners. Enjoy it,
and if you want, get together with your friends to play it because there
are important parts for 2 guitars, bass, and drums going.
Tune Down 1/2 Step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
INTRO
Guitar 1 (Cobain) plays the tab.
Guitar 2 (Smear) plays chords shown above the tab.
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G:-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|
D:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
F F Dm We passed upon the
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
B:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
G:-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2~~~~~~~~~~----|-----------------|
D:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
E:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
A
We passed upon the stair
Dm
We spoke of was and when
A
Although I wasn't there
F
He said I was his friend
C
Which came as a surprise
A
I spoke into his eyes
Dm
I thought you died alone
A long long time ago
Chorus
This tab is doubled by the bass
ago Oh no Not me I never lost
C F Bbm
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:---------------1-|---------------1-|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------------|
G:---------0-2-3---|---------0-2-3---|---------0-2-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
D:---0-2-3---------|---0-2-3---------|---0-2-3---------|-----------0-2-3-|---------3-------|
A:-3---------------|-3---------------|-3---------------|-----0-1-3-------|-4-----4-----4---|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1-3-------------|-----------------|
control You're face to face With the man who sold the world
F C F Bbm
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B:-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------------|
G:-----------------|---------0-2-3---|-----------------|-----------------|
D:-----------0-2-3-|---0-2-3---------|-----------0-2-3-|---------3-------|
A:-----0-1-3-------|-3---------------|-----0-1-3-------|-4-----4-----4---|
E:-1-3-------------|-----------------|-1-3-------------|-----------------|
Intro riff
A Dm
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B:-2--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G:-2---2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|
D:-2--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
F C F C Dm I laughed and shook his
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
B:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
G:-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2~~~~~~~~~~----|-----------------|
D:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
A:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
E:----------------------|----------------------|----------------|-----------------|
I laughed and shook his hand
And made my way back home
I searched for form and land
For years and years I roamed
I gazed a gazely stare
For all a million years
We must have died alone
A long long time ago
Who knows, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face with the man who sold the world
Intro riff (1st 4 bars)
Who knows, not me
I never lost control
You're face to face with the man who sold the world
A Dm
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B:-2--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G:-2-----0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|
D:-2--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
A:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
F F Dm
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
B:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
G:-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-2-2-2-0------2h3p2-0-|-----------------|
D:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
A:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
E:----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
Keep repeating the chords to intro riff shown above.
Cobain's solo is easy, so figure it out.
end on F
For chords you don't understand, check here.
Created on 4-20-97 by Daniel E. Smith.