I'd Rather Be High Uke tab by David Bowie

8 Chords used in the song: A, D, Bm, G, Em, Dm7, F#m7, E

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Year:  2013
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5.88
(Intermediate)
Key: D, BmChords and Tablature
INTRO
| A A | % | % | % |
| D D | % | A A | % |


VERSE
Bm Bm
Nobokov is sun-licked now
D D
Upon the beach at Grunewald
Bm Bm
Brilliant and naked just
G G
The way that authors look


RIFF
| A A | % |


VERSE
Bm Bm
Clare and Lady Manners drink
D D
Until the other cows go home
Bm Bm
Gossip till their lips are bleeding
G G
Politics and all


RIFF
| A A | % |


CHORUS
Em Em A A
I'd rather be high (I'd rather be high)
Em Em A A
I'd rather be flying (I'd rather be flying)
Dm7 Dm7
I'd rather be dead
F#m7 F#m7
Or out of my head
Dm7 Dm7 D D
Than training these guns on those men in the sand
[A A]
I'd rather be high


RIFF
| A A | % |


VERSE
Bm Bm
The Thames was black, the tower dark
D D
I flew to Cairo, find my regiment
Bm Bm
City's full of generals
G G
And generals full of shit


RIFF
| A A | % |


VERSE
Bm Bm
I stumble to the graveyard
D D
And I lay down by my parents, whisper
Bm Bm
Just remember duckies
G G
Everybody gets got


RIFF
| A A | % |


CHORUS
Em Em A A
I'd rather be high (I'd rather be high)
Em Em A A
I'd rather be flying (I'd rather be flying)
Dm7 Dm7
I'd rather be dead
F#m7 F#m7
Or out of my head
Dm7 Dm7 D D
Than training these guns on those men in the sand
[A A]
I'd rather be high


RIFF
| A A | % | A A | % |


MIDDLE 8
D D A A
I'm seventeen and my looks can prove it
D D A A
I'm so afraid that I will lose it
E E
I'd rather smoke and phone my ex
D7 D7 [A A]
Be pleading for some teenage sex, yeah ...


RIFF
| A A | % |


CHORUS
Em Em A A
I'd rather be high (I'd rather be high)
Em Em A A
I'd rather be flying (I'd rather be flying)
Dm7 Dm7
I'd rather be dead
F#m7 F#m7
Or out of my head
Dm7 Dm7 D D
Than training these guns on those men in the sand
[A A]
I'd rather be high


OUTRO (riff)
| A A | % | % | % |
| D D | % | A A | % |
| A A | % | % | % |
| D D | % | A A | % | A A

(I'd rather be flying, I'd rather be high, I'd rather be flying ...)

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