The Man Who Sold the World*

Original song & lyrics by David Bowie. You can replace +6o with -7 below; technically those notes should be Bb, but it sounds tolerable using a B. See below for lower-octave version, which is heavy on the bent notes.

INTRO (repeat 6x)
-6 -6 -6 +6 -6 -7 -6 +6

-6   +6   -5 +5  -4  +5
We passed u-pon the stair, 
+6   +6  +6o  +6 +6   -6
we spoke in  was and when
-6   +6  -5  +5  -4   +5
Al-though I was-n't there,
+5  +6 +6 +6o +6    +6  -6 
he said I was his friend__
  -6   +7  +7 +6o -6   +6
Which came as  a  sur-prise
+6  -8   -8 +7 +6o  -6 
 I spoke in-to his eyes
-6   -6    -6  +6o  -6 -5 
 I thought you died a-lone,
-6  +6   -5   -5 +6 +5 
 a long long time a-go

-8 +7  -8  +7  +7 +7  -7  -7  +7   -6 
Oh no, not me. We nev-er lost con-trol.
 -8     +7  -8  +7
You're face to face
 +7   +7  +7  -7  -7   +7   -6
With The Man Who Sold The World.

-6   +6    -5   +5   -4   +5
 I laughed and shook his hand, 
+6   +6  +6o  +6  +6   -6
and made  my way back home
-6   +6     -5   +5  -4   +5
 I searched for form and land,
 +5  +6    +6  +6o +6  +6   -6 
for years and years I roamed__
-6  +7  +7 +6o   -6   +6
 I gazed a gaze-less stare, 
+6  -8   -8 +7  +6o   -6
we walked a mil-lion hills
-6  -6   -6  +6o  -6 -5
 I must have died a-lone, 
-6  +6   -5   -5 +6 +5  
 a long long time a-go

-8    +7   -8  +7  +7 +7 -7  -7  +7   -6
Who knows? Not me. I nev-er lost con-trol.
 -8     +7  -8  +7
You're face to face
 +7   +7  +7  -7  -7   +7   -6
With the Man who Sold the World

-8    +7   -8  +7  +7 +7  -7  -7  +7   -6 
Who knows? Not me. We nev-er lost con-trol.
 -8     +7  -8  +7
You're face to face
 +7   +7  +7  -7  -7   +7   -6
With The Man Who Sold The World.



LOWER OCTAVE VERSION
INTRO (repeat 6x)
-3'' -3'' -3'' +3 -3'' -3 -3'' +3

VERSE 1
-3'' +3   -2'' +2   -1   +2   
+3   +3   -3'  +3   +3   -3''
-3'' +3   -2'' +2   -1   +2   
+2   +3   +3   -3'  +3   +3  -3'' 
-3'' +4   +4   -3'  -3'' +3   
+3   -4   -4   +4   -3'  -3'' 
-3'' -3'' -3'' -3'  -3'' -2'' 
-3'' +3   -2'' -2'' +3   +2 

REFRAIN
-4 +4 -4 +4 +4 +4 -3 -3 +4 -3'' 
-4 +4 -4 +4
+4 +4 +4 -3 -3 +4 -3''

VERSE 2
-3'' +3   -2'' +2   -1   +2   
+3   +3   -3'  +3   +3   -3''
-3'' +3   -2'' +2   -1   +2   
+2   +3   +3   -3'  +3   +3  -3'' 
-3'' +4   +4   -3'  -3'' +3   
+3   -4   -4   +4   -3'  -3'' 
-3'' -3'' -3'' -3'  -3'' -2'' 
-3'' +3   -2'' -2'' +3   +2 

REPEAT REFRAIN 2x