I Would Be Your Slave Chords

KeyE Capo1st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays431

I Would Be Your Slave by David Bowie is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords F6, E7, G, Gsus4, Am, Bm, C, Abm, Fsus2, G7sus4, Fm, F, Em and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
E
Text
16
Speed
  			 


Intro: 

| F6 | F6 | E7 |  | 
| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 
| F6 | F6 | E7 |  | 
| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 
| F6 | F6 | E7 |  | F6 | 

Verso 1:
F6             G            Gsus4  G    F6 
Walking in the snowy street 
F6          E7        F6 
Let me understand 
F6              G           Gsus4  G    F6 
Drifting down a silent park 
F6             E7       F6 
Stumbling over land. 
F6           G             Am 
Open up your heart to me 


Am              G    Bm G    C 
Show me who you are 
C                   F6       E7 
And I would be your slave 

Ponte:
| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 
| F6 | F6 | E7 |  | F6| 

Verso 2:
F6              G         Gsus4 G   F6 
Do you sleep in quietude? 
F6             E7       F6 
Do you walk in peace? 
F6               G          Gsus4 G   F6 
Do you laugh out loud at me? 
F6                  E7      F6 
No one else that is free 
F6           G               Am 
Open up your heart to me 


Am              G    Bm G    C 
Show me who you are 
C                   F6       E7 
And I would be your slave 


Ponte:
| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 



Abm                        G       Abm 
    I don't sit around and wait 
Abm            G 
I don't give a damn 
Fsus2           Am 
I don't see the point at all 
G7sus4               Fm        Am 
No footprints in the sand 

Am                  G          Bm G   F 
I bet you laugh out loud at me 
F                     Em 
A chance to strike me down 
Am               G            Bm G   F 
Give me peace of mind at last 
F               Em7       Am 
Show me all you are 


Am           G           Bm G    C 
Open up your heart to me 
C                   F6     E7 
And I would be your slave 

break 

| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 
| F6 | F6 | E7 |  | 
| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 
| F6 | F6 | E7 | 

intermission 

Abm                          G       Abm 
    I don't sit around and wait 
Abm            G 
I don't give a damn 
Fsus2           Am 
I don't see the point at all 
G7sus4               Fm        Am 
No footprints in the sand 

Am               G           Bm G   F 
I would give you all my love 
F               Em     Am 
Nothing else is free 


Am           G           Bm G    C 
Open up your heart to me 
C                   F6     E7 
And I would be your slave 

outro 


| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 
| F6 | F6 | E7 |  | 
| F6 | F6 | G | Gsus4 G | 
| F6 | F6 | E7 | 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante