Young Americans - David Bowie
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Young Americans
Win
Fascination
Right
Somebody Up There Likes Me
Across The Universe
Can You Hear Me
Fame
Key
~ tremelo/trill
b bend
r return
h hammer
p pull off
(ghost note)
/ slide up
\ slide down
. kill note

Young Americans
C Dm  F  G  x2

|C                    |                      |Dm              |                |  
  They pulled in just behind the fridge  He lays her down           he frowns

|F                    |                      |G               |                |
 Gee my life's a funny thing              am I still too young?

|C                    |                      |Dm              |                |
  He kissed her then and there  She took his ring,        took his babies
 
|F                    |                      |G               |                |    
 It took him minutes, took her nowhere   Heaven knows she'd have taken anything

|F                    |                      |G               |                |  
All......................................... night she wants the young American

|C                    |                      |Dm/A            |                |
   Young American, young American             she wants the young American It's

|F                    |                      |G               |                |
 all......................................right but she wants the young American

repeat above until

|Am                |Am          Am  G |F             |          F G |Am x 2   


bridge:
|Am                |G         Em  |C            |G           |
   Do you    remember         your President Nixon?

|Am                |G             |F            |            | 
   Do you   remember          the bills you have to pay or even
            
|E                 |              |
yesterday?
                                         Strum
 D                    Em                 Dm     G7     E    A
|2-2-0-2-3-2-2-0---2----------------------10----------------5----
|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3---8-8-10-8-----------10-----8-----9----5----
|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2---9-9-9--9-etc-------10-----10----9----6----
|----------------------9-9-9--9------------------9-----9----7----
|----------------------7-7-7--7------------------10----7---------
|----------------------------------------------------------------


|D                    |                 |Em                 |                  | 
     Have you been the un American      Just you & your id singing falsetto bout

|G                    |                 |A                  |                  |  
     leather, leather everywhere and     not a myth left from the Ghetto

|D                    |                  |Em                |                  | 
Well, well, well would you carry a razor? In a case, just in case of depression

|G                    |                 |A                  |                  |
 Sit on your hands on a bus of survivors Blushing at all the afro sheeners

|D                    |                 |Em                 |                  |   
   Ain't that close to love?              Well ain't that poster love?

|G                    |                 |A                  |                  | 
  Well it ain't that barbie doll     Her hearts have been broken just like you

|G                    |                 |A               |                  |  
All..................................... night she wants the young American

|D                    |                 |Em              |                   |
   Young American, young American        she wants the young American It's

|G                    |                 |A               |                   |
 all.....................................right but she wants the young American

|D                    |                 |Em              |                    |
You ain't a pimp and you ain't a hustler Pimps got a Caddy, lady got a Chrysler

|G                    |                     |A               |                |
Blacks got respect whites got his soul train Mamas got cramps & look at your 
                                                                  hands shake
|D                     |                 |Em               |                  |
    I heard the news today,    oh boy......I got suite and you got defeat

|G                     |                 |A                |                  |
Aint there a man who could say no more   Aint there a woman I can sock on the jaw

|D                     |                     |
Ain't there a child I can hold without judging

|Em                    |                        |
Ain't there a pen that will write before they die

|G                     |                   |
Ain't you proud that you've still got faces
  
|A                      |                  |D            |            |Em drums
Ain't there one damn song that can make me         break down and cry...

|:G                    |                 |A               |                  |  
All..................................... night she wants the young American

|D                    |                 |Em              |                  :|
   Young American, young American        she wants the young American It's

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Win

 G         Fmaj7      F6     G             Fmaj                       A
|3----------0---0---------0--0--------------0--etc-----------------  -0-
|3----------1---1---1h3p1-1--3------3h5p3---1---------fills--------  -5-5h7p5
|4----------2---2---2---2-2--4--------------2----7/9\7~-----5/7\5~-  -6-
|5----------3---3---------3--5--------------3------could be bends--  -7-
|------------------------------------------------------------------  ---
|------------------------------------------------------------------  ---

Use above for verse then 
|A            |G             |Fmaj7          |G              |A  

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fascination                
Intro in E
|--------------------------------------------------------
|9h10--------------/10-----------------------------------
|9--strum---slide--/9---fills in E blues scale-----------
|9-----------------/9------------------------------------
|7-------------------------------------------------------
(0)-------------------------------------------------------

Verse & Chorus use 3 chords
 E            D            C                  
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|9------------7------------5---5-5---3-5-3-5-|
|9------------7------------5---5-5---3-5-3-5-|
|7------------5------------3---3-3---3-3-3-3-|
(0)------------------------------------------| 


++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Right
 
repeat this pattern with variations on the fills
 Fmaj7              E                  Fmaj7              E
|0-0-0-0-0-3-0---0-|0-0-0-0---3-0---0-|0-0-0-0-3/5-3---0-|0-0-0-0--3-0------|
|1-1-1-1-----------|0-0-0-0-----------|1-1-1-1-----------|0-0-0-0-----00-1-3|
|2-2-2-2-----------|1-1-1-1-----------|2-2-2-2--(5)------|1-1-1-1-----------|
|3-3-3-3-----------|2-2-2-2-----------|3-3-3-3-----------|2-2-2-2-----------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Somebody Up There Likes Me
 
Intro/outro repeat
 D/A                C#/Ab               B/F#
|------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|
|7-----------------|6------------------|4-----------------|------------------|
|7-----------------|6------------------|4-----------------|------------------|
|7-----------------|6------------------|4-----------------|------------------|
|5-----------------|4------------------|2-----------------|------------------|
|5-----------------|4------------------|2-----------------|------------------|

|A                               |                           |
 He's everybody's token,             on everybody's wall
 Blessing all the papers,           thanking one and all

|E                               |                           |
  Hugging all the babies,            kissing all the ladies

|A                               |                           | 
 Knowing all that you think about from writing on the wall

|:D                              |C                          |
  1  He's so divine                     his soul shines    
  2  His ever loving face smiles   on the whole human race 
  3  He's got his eye on your soul, his hand on your heart he says 
 
|B                               |A                         :|
   1  Breaks the night                  sleep tight
   2  he says "I'm somebody"                               

|B                               |F      F    F    F         |
   3 "Don't hurry, baby"             Somebody up there ,somebody 

|A back to intro
likes....... me"

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Across The Universe

|E                  |                 |G#m                |                |
Words are flowing out like endless rain... in  to   a       paper   cup  They

|F#m7               |                 |B7                 |                |
 slither wildly as they slip a way......     Across   the    universe

|E                  |                 |G#m                |                |
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are      drifting through my open  mind   pos..

|F#m7               |Am                |                   |E              |
sessing   and  caressing me

|B7                 |B7sus4    B7      |                   |               |
  Nothing's gonna    change    my world................

|A                  |                  |E                  |               |
  Nothing's gonna    change    my world

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Can You Hear Me

Intro One bar each of C F C F C F C F  then C Bb 

|C          |F         |x3  |C        |F   C Bb|  

|F                       |Bbmaj7                  |C                    |       
          Once we were lovers,                       can they understand..

|F                       |Bbmaj7                  |Am                   |
...                                 Closer than others I was your, 

|Gm7                     |C                  C Bb |F                    |                     
           I was your man...                          Don't talk of heart-

|Bbmaj7                  |C                       |F                    |
 -aches           oh....... I remember them all....

|Bbmaj7                  |Am                      |Gm7                  |
  When I'm checking you out one day,     to see if I'm         faking it 

|C                        |
 all               Can you..

|Bbmaj7                   |F           bass G   A |Bbmaj7               |
...     hear..........     me?              Can you...          feel me 

|F           bass F   G   |Ab                     |Gm7                  |
inside?          Show your...               love, love

|Bbmaj7 Bbmaj7            |F                      |C               C Bb |
             Take it in right            Take it in right
                           Take it in right           take it in right

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Fame
 Fm                 Cm                 Bb7
|1-----------------|1-----------------|6-----------------|------------------|
|1-----------------|4-----------------|6-----------------|------------------|
|1-----------------|5-----------------|7-----------------|------------------|
|3-----------------|5-----------------|6-----------------|------------------|
|3-----------------|3-----------------|8-----------------|------------------|
|1-----------------|------------------|6-----------------|------------------|

 F9  fills                      strum                           Bb9
|8--------------------8b---------13-----------------------------1------------|
|8------8-------------8b---------13-----------------------------1------------|
|8--8-7-8-7h8b--8p7h8------8-----13-----------------------------1------------|
|7----with variations---------------------3b~-------------------0------------|
|8-------------------------------------1h3--------------1h3-1~--1------------|
|---------------------------1---1---1h3------1---1---1h3---------------------|
 F9 for most of the song                                        Fame, it's not
                                                                 your brain... 

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