Ziggy Stardust — Bauhaus
Chords and lyrics for Ziggy Stardust by Bauhaus (key of C).
Verse 1
**In main riff, descending A & F# are single bass notes**
Intro
[G] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [D/C] [D/B] [A] [F#]
[G][D][Dsus4][D][Dsus4][D]Ahh[F#][A][D/B][D/C]
[G][D]Ohh,[Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [D/C][D/B]yeah[F#][A]
[G][D][Dsus4][D][Dsus4][D]Ahh[F#][A][D/B][D/C]
Verse 1
[G]Now, Ziggy played guitar
[Bm]Jamming good with Weird and [C]Gilly
And the Spiders From [D]Mars
He played it left [G]hand
But made it too [Em]far
Became the [A]special man
Then we were [C]Ziggy's band
[G]Ziggy really sang
[Bm]Screwed up eyes and screwed down [C]hair-do
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Like some cat from Japan
He could lick 'em by [G]smiling
He could leave them to [Em]hang
Came on so [A]loaded, man
Well hung and [C]snow-white tan[Am]
Chorus 1
So [G]where were the [F][E][F][E][F][E]Spiders[Am][G][F]
While the [G]flies tried to [F][E]break [F][E]our [F][E][G]balls?[Am]
Just the [G]bare light to [F]guide [E][F][E][F][E]us[Am][G]
So we [D]bitch about his fans
and should we [E/G]crush his sweet hands?
Bridge?
[G][D][Dsus4][D][Dsus4][D]Oh[F#][A][D/B][D/C]
[G][D]Oh, [Dsus4][D][Dsus4][D][D/C]Oh-oh[F#][A][D/B]
Verse 2
[G]Ziggy played for time
[Bm]Jiving us that we were [C]voodoo
But the kids were just [D]crass
Ah, he was the [G]nazz,
with God-given [Em]ass
He took it all [A]too far
But boy, could he [C]play guitar[Am]
Chorus 2
Making [G]love with his [F][E][F][E][F]ego[Am][G][F][E]
Ziggy [G]sucked up into his [F][E][F][E][F][E]mind[Am][G][F]
Like a [G]leper [F][E][F][E][F]messiah[Am][G][F][E]
When the [D]kids had killed the man
I had to [E/G]break up the band
Bridge
[G]Oh[D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [D/C] [D/B] [A][F#]Oh, yeah
[G] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [D/C] [D/B] [A] [F#]Ooh-ooh
[G] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [D/C] [D/B] [A] [F#]Oh yeah
Outro
[G] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [Dsus4] [D] [D]
[D/C]Now, Ziggy played [G]guitar[G]
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