David Bowie - Id Rather Be High

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i’d rather be high – david bowie
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

david bowie
i’d rather be high ( 2013 )
( bowie )

from : “the next day”

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intro
| A | % | % | % |
| D | % | A | % |

Bm
nobokov is sun – licked now
D
upon the beach at grunewald
Bm
brilliant and naked just
G
the way that authors look

riff
| A | % |

Bm
clare and lady manners drink
D
until the other cows go home
Bm
gossip till their lips are bleeding
G
politics and all

riff
| A | % |

Em A
i’d rather be high ( i’d rather be high )
Em
i’d rather be flying ( i’d rather be flying )
Dm7
i’d rather be dead
F#m7
or out of my head
Dm7 D
than training these guns on those men in the sand
[ A ]
i’d rather be high

riff
| A | % |

Bm
the thames was black , the tower dark
D
i flew to cairo , find my regiment
Bm
city’s full of generals
G
and generals full of shit

riff
| A | % |

Bm
i stumble to the graveyard
D
and i lay down by my parents , whisper
Bm
just remember duckies
G
everybody gets got

riff
| A | % |

Em A
i’d rather be high ( i’d rather be high )
Em
i’d rather be flying ( i’d rather be flying )
Dm7
i’d rather be dead
F#m7
or out of my head
Dm7 D
than training these guns on those men in the sand
[ A ]
i’d rather be high

riff
| A | % | A | % |

D A
i’m seventeen and my looks can prove it
D A
i’m so afraid that i will lose it
E
i’d rather smoke and phone my E
x D7 [ A ]
be pleading for some teenage sxx , yeah . . .
yeah

riff
| A | % |

Em A
i’d rather be high ( i’d rather be high )
Em
i’d rather be flying ( i’d rather be flying )
Dm7
i’d rather be dead
F#m7
or out of my head
Dm7 D
than training these guns on those men in the sand
[ A ]
i’d rather be high

riff
| A | % | % | % |
| D | % | A | % |
| A | % | % | % |
| D | % | A | % | A

( i’d rather be flying , i’d rather be high , i’d rather be flying . . . )