WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Bowie David - Rebel Rebel Bass | Ver. 1
The song starts with this intro, an E mixolidian scale derived riff:
G:--9-7-6-------------|-------------------------------------
D:--------9-7-6-------|-------------------------------------
A:--------------7-5---|-------------------------------------
E:--------------------|-------------------------------------
Then, while the guitar is playing D and E, the bass has two riffs, one
after the other:
G:----------------|-----------------------------------------
D:----------------|-----------------------------------------
A:--------0-2-4-5-|-5-5-----7------------------------------- repeat
E:--0-2-4---------|-----5-7---------------------------------
Then the pre-chorus (bridge) is:
G:------------------|---------------|-------------------|---
D:------------------|---------------|-------------------|---
A:------------------|-5-5-----------|-------------------|---
E:--5---------------|---------------|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|---
G:----------------------------------------------------------
D:----------------------------------------------------------
A:--7-7-7---------------------------------------------------
E:----------------------------------------------------------
Followed by the chorus itself:
x3
G:----------------|-----------------------------------------
D:----------------|-----------------------------------------
A:--------0-2-4-5-|-5-5-----7-------------------------------
E:--0-2-4---------|-----5-7---------------------------------
Followed by:
Hot tramp...
G:----------------|-----------------------------------------
D:----------------|-----------------------------------------
A:--5-------------|-----------------------------------------
E:----------------|--0--0---3b------------------------------