Cracked Actor Chords & Tabs
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CRACKED ACTOR - David Bowie
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Tabbed by: ironmanben
Email: bentrooper@gmail.com
Tuning: e B G D A e
Lead guitar - Mick Ronson
Rhythm guitar - David Bowie
Lead is on the top, rhythm on the bottom.
e|-0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0---0-|-------------------------------------|
B|-0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0---0-|-------------------------------------|
G|-1--1---1--1---1---1--1---1--1---1-|-------------------------------------|
D|-2--2---2--2---2---2--2---2--2---2-|-------------------------------------|
A|-2--2---2--2---2---2--2---2--2---2-|-2--2-4-4-2--2-3--3-5-5-3--3-5-5-7-3-|
E|-0--0---0--0---0---0--0---0--0---0-|-0--0-0-0-0--0-1--1-1-1-1--1-3-3-3---|
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e|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|----------------------21~----------|----------------(21~)-----------------|
G|--------------------21-------------|--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-7-5--5-7-3-5-5-7-7-|-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4-3-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-5-7-7-3-3-7-3-|
E|-3-3-3-3--3-3---3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
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e|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|-2-2-4---2-2-----3-3-5---3-3-3-4-5-5-7---5-7-5---|
E|------------------------|-0-0-0---0-0-----1-1-1---1-1-1-2-3-3-3---3-3-3---|
e|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-77-77-77-77--------------|
G|-----------|-10-10-10-10-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--77-77-77-777/1010-10-10--|
D|-----------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-77-77-77-77----10-10-10--|
A|-99-99-99--|-8--8--8--8-----------------------------------------8--8--8---|
E|-77-77-770-|--------------------------------------------------------------|
-| |
e|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------|-------------------------------------2------------------------|
D|-----------|-------------2-----------------------0--------------10--------|
A|-99-99-99--|-3-----------0-----------2--------------------------8---------|
E|-77-77-77--|-1-----------------------0------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----9-9-9-9--------------------888888888-|-3-3-3-3-3------2-----3-3-333---|
G|-10-9-9-9-9--------------------777777777-|-4-4-4-4-5^(7)--------4-4-444---|
D|-10-9-9-9-9--------------------666666666-|-4-4-4-4--------------5-5-555---|
A|-8--7-7-7-70-2-2-4-4-2-2-4-4---777777777-|--------------------------------|
E|-------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------|--------------------------------|
-| |
e|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-5-4-|
A|----7--------2---------------------------|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-5-4-|
E|----5--------0---------------------------|-7-7-7-7-5-55-55-55-5-3-3-3-3-2-|
e|------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
B|-0----------|-3-3-3-3-3------2-----3-3-333-0------------|-----------------|
G|-2^(4)-3-/11|-4-4-4-4-5^(7)--------4-4-444-2^(4)-3------|-3~-3~--------3~-|
D|------------|-4-4-4-4--------------5-5-555--------------|-----------------|
A|------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
E|------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
-| | |
e|------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------|
B|------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------|
G|------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------|
D|-44-44-44-4-|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-5-4-44-44-44-4-|----------------|
A|-44-44-44-4-|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-5-4-44-44-44-4-|-2-2-4---2-2--3-|
E|-22-22-22-2-|-7-7-7-7-5-55-55-55-5-3-3-3-3-2-22-22-22-2-|-0-0-0---0-0-01-|
e|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|----------(3~)-3~-----------------------(3~)-|-3~----------3------------------|(whammy down)
D|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------| -|
e|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|-3-5-5-3-3-5-5-5-5-7---5-5-7-5---5-7---5-5-7-|-2-2-4---2-2--3-3-5-5-3-3-5-----|
E|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3-|-0-0-0---0-0-01-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
e|-------------------------------|----------------------------00-2-2--20-2--|
B|--------------------44-44-44-4-|-10-10-10-10----------------00-3-3--33-3--|
-|---3~----------(3~)-44-44-44-4-|-10-10-10-10-------------------2----22----|
D|--------------------44-44-44-4-|-10-10-10-10-2-2-2-42----------0--0-00--0-|
A|-------------------------------|-8--8--8--8--0-0-0-00-2-2-2---------------|
E|-------------------------------|----------------------0-0-0---------------|
-| |
e|-------------------------------|-------------------------------2----------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------1-----------------3----------|
G|-------------------------------|-10----------2-----------------2----------|
D|-------------------------------|-10----------2--------2--------0----------|
A|-5-5-5-7---5-5-7-5--99-99-99---|-8-----------0--------2-------------------|
E|-1-3-3-3---3-3-3-3--77-77-77---|----------------------0-------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/david_bowie/cracked_actor_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------------5----5-----888888-|-3-3-3-3-3------2-----3-3-3-|
G|---10-10-10--10-----------------------777777-|-4-4-4-4-5^(7)--------4-4-4-|
D|-0-10-10-101010--2-2-24-2-------------666666-|-4-4-4-4--------------5-5-5-|
A|---8--8--8-8-8---0-0-00-0-2-----------777777-|----------------------------|
E|--------------------------0----0----0--------|----------------------------|
-| |
e|-----------------0----0-00-------------------|----------------------------|
B|-----------------1----1-11-------------------|----------------------------|
G|---10------------2---------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---10------------2---------2-----------------|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-|
A|---8-------------0---------2-----------------|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-|
E|---------------------------0-----------------|-7-7-7-7-5-55-55-55-5-3-3-3-|
e|----------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
B|-0--------------|-3-3-3-3-3------2-----3-3-3-3-0------------|---2--2--2--2-|
G|-2^(4)-3--------|-4-4-4-4-5^(7)--------4-4-4-4-2^(4)-3------|-3~-3~-3~-3~--|
D|----------------|-4-4-4-4--------------5-5-5-5--------------|--------------|
A|----------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
E|----------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
-| | |
e|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------|
B|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------|
G|----------------|-------------------------------------------|-------------|
D|-5-4-44-44-44-4-|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-5-4-44-44-44-4-|-------------|
A|-5-4-44-44-44-4-|-9-9-9-9-7-77-77-77-7-5-5-5-5-4-44-44-44-4-|-2-2-4---2-2-|
E|-3-2-22-22-22-2-|-7-7-7-7-5-55-55-55-5-3-3-3-3-2-22-22-22-2-|-0-0-0---0-0-|
e|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|----5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--------------------------------|
G|--3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~-3~--|-3~------------3~------------3~-|
D|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
-| |
e|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--3-3-5---3-3-3/5-5-7---5-5---5-5-7---5-5-|-2-2-4---2-2---3-3-5---3-3-3/5-|
E|-01-1-1---1-1-1/3-3-3---3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-0-0-0---0-0--01-1-1---1-1-1/3-|
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-1--3~-3-3-1--3~-3-3-3~--|-4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4---|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
-| |
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-5-7---5-5---5-5-7---5-5-|-2-2-4-4-2-2---3-3-5---3-3-3/5-5-7-7-5-5-7-5---|
E|-3-3---3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
e|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-------------|-4~--4~--4~--4~--4~-4~--4~--4~--4~-4~--4~--4~--4~--4~--4~-|
D|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
-| |
e|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-2-2-4-4-2-2---3-3-5---3-3-3/5-5-7-7-5-5-7-5---5-7-7-5-5-|
E|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-1---1-1-1/3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|
e|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|-----|-15^(17)---15^(17)15^(17)~-15^(17) keep playing--|-12\11/12\11/12-12-|
G|--4~-|-----------------------------------the same note-|-------------------|
D|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
E|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
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e|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
G|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
D|-----|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-7-7-|-3-3-2-2-3-3-3-3/5-5-7-3-5-5-7-5---5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-2-2-4-4-2-2---3-3-|
E|-3-3-|-1-0-0-0-1-1-1-1/3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-1-|
e|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-12\11-11/12-11/12-1212\111212\111212\1112-12\11|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
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e|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
A|-3-3-5-5-3/5-5-7-3-5-5-7-5---5-7-7-5-5-7-7-|-2------------3-----------5---|
E|-1-1-1-1-1/3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0------------1-----------3---|
e|---------------------|-12-------12-----12-------12-----12-----12-12-12-12|
B|-19~-19~--19~--19-~--|-15^(17)1515^(17)15^(17)1515^(17)--15-12-----------|
G|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------|--x4--------------x4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
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e|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------|-2------------3------------5-----------------------|
E|---------------------|-0------------1------------3-----------------------|
e|-12-12-12-| continue pattern and fade out.......
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
-| |
e|----------| Continue pattern and fade out.......
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| B Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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