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Song: Rebel Rebel
Artist: David Bowie
Album: 
Tabbed by: Nik Stanbridge (nikstanbridge@hotmail.com)

This builds on the work done by Faber (fabbri@aruba.it)


The song starts with this intro, an E mixolidian scale derived riff:

G:--9-7-6-------------|-------------------------------------
D:--------9-7-6-------|-------------------------------------
A:--------------7-5---|-------------------------------------
E:--------------------|-------------------------------------

Then, while the guitar is playing D and E, the bass has two riffs, one 
after the other:

G:----------------|-----------------------------------------
D:----------------|-----------------------------------------
A:--------0-2-4-5-|-5-5-----7------------------------------- repeat
E:--0-2-4---------|-----5-7---------------------------------


Then the pre-chorus (bridge) is:

G:------------------|---------------|-------------------|---
D:------------------|---------------|-------------------|---
A:------------------|-5-5-----------|-------------------|---
E:--5---------------|---------------|-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7-|---

G:----------------------------------------------------------
D:----------------------------------------------------------
A:--7-7-7---------------------------------------------------
E:----------------------------------------------------------


Followed by the chorus itself:

x3

G:----------------|-----------------------------------------
D:----------------|-----------------------------------------
A:--------0-2-4-5-|-5-5-----7-------------------------------
E:--0-2-4---------|-----5-7---------------------------------

Followed by:

Hot tramp...

G:----------------|-----------------------------------------
D:----------------|-----------------------------------------
A:--5-------------|-----------------------------------------
E:----------------|--0--0---3b------------------------------


nikstanbridge@hotmail.com


Taken from BASSMASTA.NET - http://www.bassmasta.net