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This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation
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SONG TITLE: Rebel Rebel
ARTIST/GROUP: David Bowie
ALBUM:
TRANSCRIBED BY: qualitytabs@qualitytabs.tk
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CHORDS:
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EADGBE
D (xx0232)
E (022100)
A (x02220)
Bm (x24432)
Cool song, just one riff and then a few chords now and then.
Someone requested this a few months ago. Then I didn't have it
on tape so I couldn't help him but I just bought a 'best of' cd
so I decided to tab it. I don't remember the guy's email address
so I can't send it to him, but I hope he checks my page out and
finds it.
MAIN RIFF:
D E
E|------0-------(0)(0)--------------|
B|------3--3--2--0--0-----2p0-------| p = pull off
G|---------------1--1---------1-----|
D|---0--------------------------2---|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------0-----------|
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You really should pick these two notes with an upstroke.
I don't wanna bother dividing this song into verses and choruses,
it's pretty much the main riff throughout the song. So it's just
the lyrics and where you see chords above them, stop playing the riff
and play the chords instead. Easy as pie.
LYRICS:
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Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Got your mother in a whirl
She's not sure if you're a boy or a girl
Hey, babe, your hair's alright
Hey, babe, lets go out tonight
You like me, and I like it all
We like dancing, and we look divine
You love bands when they play it hard
You want more, and you want it first
A D
Put you down, you say I'm wrong
Bm E
You tacky thing, you put them on
Rebel Rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know?
D E
Hot tramp, I love you so!
[play this before starting the main
riff again:]
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------| b = bend
A|---------|
E|--3b4----|
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
You got your mother in a whirl
'Cause she's not sure if you're a boy or a girl
Hey, babe, your hair's alright
Hey, babe, lets stay out tonight
You like me, and I like it all
We like dancing, and we look divine
You love bands when they play it hard
You want more, and you want it first
A D
They put you down, they say I'm wrong
Bm E
You tacky thing, you put them on
Rebel Rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know?
D E
Hot tramp, I love you so!
[play this before starting the main
riff again:]
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------| b = bend
A|---------|
E|--3b4----|
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo-doo doo doo doo doo
Rebel Rebel, you've torn your dress
Rebel Rebel, your face is a mess
Rebel Rebel, how could they know?
D E
Hot tramp, I love you so!
[play this before starting the main
riff again:]
E|---------|
B|---------|
G|---------|
D|---------| b = bend
A|---------|
E|--3b4----|
Don't ya?
You've torn your dress, your face is a mess
You can't get enough, but enough ain't the test
You've got transmission and a live wire
Got your cue lines and a handful of ludes
You wanna be there when they count up the dues
And I love your dress
You're a juvenile success
Because your face is a mess
So how could they know?
I said, how could they know?
To what you wanna know
Calamitys child, chi-chile, chi-chile
Where'd you wanna go?
Can I do for you? Looks like you've been there too
'Cause you've torn your dress
And your face is a mess
Ooo, ooo, your face is a mess
Ooo, ooo, so how could they know?
How could they know?
[Then end with one strum on the D chord]
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