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Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) Chords

Music by: David Bowie · 1980
Genre Rock Tone E major BPM 142 Views 1493
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[Intro 1]
[E][D][E][E]
[E][D][A][A]
[A][A]

[Verse 1]
She had an [E]horror of rooms
she was [D]tired you can't hide [E]beat
When I [E]looked in her eyes they were [D]blue
but nobody [E]home
She [E]could've been a killer
if she [D]didn't walk the way she [E]do, and she do
She [E]opened strange doors
that [D]we'd never close [E]a- gain

[Pre-chorus 1]
She be[E]gan to wail [D]jealousies scream
[C]Waiting at the lights [G]know what I [D]mean
[E][E]

[Chorus 1]
[B]Scary monsters, super creeps
[B]Keep me running, run[A]ning sca[E]red
[B]Scary monsters, super creeps
[B]Keep me running, run[A]ning sca[E]red

[Verse 2]
[E]asked me to [D]stay and I stole her [E]room
She [E]asked for my love
and I [D]gave her a dange[E]rous mind
Now she's [E]stupid in the street
and she [D]can't [E]socialise
Well I [E]love the little girl
and I'll [D]love her till the day she [E]dies

[Pre-chorus 2]
She wails
[E]Jimmy's guitar sound [D]jealousies scream
[C]Waiting at the lights [G]know what I [D]mean
[E][E]

[Chorus 2]
[B]Scary monsters, super creeps
[B]Keep me running, run[A]ning sca[E]red
[B]Scary monsters, super creeps
[B]Keep me running, run[A]ning sca[E]red

[Solo 1]
[D][D][E][E]

[Chorus 3]
[B]Scary monsters, super creeps
[B]Keep me running, run[A]ning sca[E]red

[Solo 2]
[D][D][Bm][Bm]
[D][D][Bm][Bm]

[Outro 1]
[E]Oh, oh, oh, oh
[A]Oh, oh,
oh, oh
[E]Oh, oh,
oh, oh
[A]Oh, oh,
oh, ph
[Repeat and fade]
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