WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | David Bowie - Loving The Alien Tabs | Ver. 1
[Riff 1] (plays during Intro and throughout the Verses)
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[Intro]
Bm A G A
[Verse 1]
Bm
Watching them come and go
A
The templars and the Saracens
G
They're traveling the Holy Land
A
Opening telegrams
Bm
Torture comes and torture goes
A
Knights who'd give you anything
G
They bear the cross of Coeur de Lion
A F#
Salvation for the mirror-blind
[Prechorus]
G m F C Cm
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
Am Em Cm
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
[Riff 2]
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[Chorus]
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Prayers they hide the saddest view
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
[Instrumental, with Riff 1]
Bm A G A
[Verse 2]
Bm
Thinking of a different time
A
Palestine a modern problem
G
Bounty and your wealth in land
A F#
Terror in a best laid plan, oh
Bm
Watching them come and go
A
Tomorrows and the yesterdays
G
Christians and the unbelievers
A F#
Hanging by the cross and nail
[Prechorus]
Gm F C Cm7
But if you pray all your sins are hooked upon the sky
Am Em Cm
Pray and the heathen lie will disappear
[Riff 2]
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[Outro Chorus]
G A7add4
Prayers they hide the saddest view
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And your prayers they break the sky in two
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
You'll pray till the break of dawn
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien
G A7add4
And you'll believe you're loving the alien
Bb6 A7add4
Believing the strangest things, loving the alien