Can You Hear Me Chords
by David Bowie
Can You Hear Me by David Bowie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, Bbmaj7, Am and Gm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6-/-8---6---5----6p5-----------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-/-9---7---5--------5-----5p3-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------5h7-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play this ^ four times. Except the the last pull off only happens the first
time around.
Verse:
F Bbmaj7 C F
e|--5-----5--------1----------------------------------------1-----5----5-----|
B|--6-----6--------3-----1h3--1-----3--3/5---3h5p3---3h5-3--1-----6----6-----|
G|--5-----5--------2-----2----2--3--3--------------5--------2-----5----5-----|
D|--7-----3--------3----------------------------------------------7----3-----|
A|--8--------------1----------------------------------------------8----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bbmaj7 Am Gm7 C
e|--1--------------5----5h8p5--------------------------5--3-----3--3---------|
B|--3---3--1--3----5-----------5h8p5-------------------3-----6-----5---------|
G|--2---2--2--2----5------------------5h7-5------------3-----------5---------|
D|--3----------------------------------------7-(6)-5---------------5---------|
A|--1--------------------------------------------------------------3---------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------10--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------8--10/12------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--8h10---------------------------------------------------------------------|
The guitar on the song is just improvisation based on some fills that are based
on the chords so the rest of the song should be easy to figure out. The chords
are already uploaded if you haven't noticed.
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| / slide up
| h hammer-on
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