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Speed Of Life Tabs

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David Bowie
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David Bowie - Speed of Life
1977
(written by David Bowie, produced by David Bowie and Tony Visconti)

consists of three basic guitar riffs.  There are of course a number of
Eno sonic treatments not easily transcribed.  Have a listen to the recording
to get a feel for the song.  The tab written here is merely a guide to get
started in the right direction with the lead guitar.


Song structure
Riff 1 4x
Riff 2
Riff 3 2x

Riff 1 4x
Riff 2
Riff 3 2x

Riff 1 4x (fade)

Riff 1

E---||--------------|---------------------|--------------|------------|
B---||---8^--8^--8--|--7--6---------------|--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--6|
G---||*-------------|--------8--6--8^--8--|--8--8--8--8--|--5--5--5--5|
D---||*-------------|---------------------|--------------|----------- |
A---||--------------|---------------------|--------------|------------|
E---||--------------|---------------------|--------------|------------|

E---|---------||
B---|--4--4---||
G---|--5--5--*||
D---|--------*||
A---|---------||
E---|---------||


Riff 2

E----------------|---------------|---------------|------|
B----------------|---------------|---------------|------|
G------7^--7--5--|-----6^--6--4--|-----5^--5--3--|------|
D---5------------|--4------------|--3------------|--1---|
A----------------|---------------|---------------|------|
E----------------|---------------|---------------|------|


Riff 3
                 4x                 4x
E---9---9----9---||--||---8--8--8---||----------------------------------|
B---9---9----9---||--||---8--8--8---||----------------------------------|
G---10--10---10-*||--||*--9--9--9--*||----------------------------------|
D---------------*||--||*-----------*||----------------------------------|
A----------------||--||-------------||----------------------------------|
E----------------||--||-------------||----------------------------------|



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==                       TABLATURE EXPLANATION                        ==
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               ||------|| Repeat         --------|
               ||*----*||                ---5^---| Bend
               ||*----*||                --------|
               ||------||                --------|
            
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