THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE from The Man Who Sold The World INTRO: INTRO E D C#m D D C#m Bm C#m C#m Bm A Bm 4times Lead Riff, Acoustic comes in Bass comes in, Full band plays riff E E7 E E E7 E A E E7 E In the corner of the morning in the past A E E7 E I would sit and blame the master first and last G A All the roads were straight and narrow G A And the prayers were small and yellow G G# E E7 E and the rumour spread that I was aging fast A C#m F#m D Then I ran across a monster who was sleeping by a tree F F# A G E E7 E E7 E And I looked and frowned and the monster was me A E E7 E Well I said hello and I said hello A E E7 E And I asked why not and I replied I don't know G A G A So we asked a simple blackbird who was happy as can be G G# E E7 E And he laughed insane and quipped Kahil Gibran A C#m F#m D So I cried for all the others till the day was nearly through F F# A G E E7 E E7 E For I realised that Gods a young man too SOLO: E E E7 E E E7 E A E E7 E So I said so long and I waved bye bye A E E7 E And I smashed my soul and traded my mind G A G A Got layed by a young bordello I was vaguely half asleep G G# E E7 E For which my reputation swept back home in drag A C#m F#m D And the moral of this magic spell negotiate my hide F F# A G When God did take my logic for a ride E E7 E E7 E Riding a long INTRO E D C#m D D C#m Bm C#m C#m Bm A Bm (repeat intro line 4 times, last time go to Em7addA instead of Bm) CHORD BIT: Em7add A/-/ E(add9)/-/ A(9th fret)A7(9th fret) Esus(5th fret)/-/ E/-/ A/-/ (bass notes A B C# E lead into.... LEAD GUITAR BIT: F Eb D Dsus4 D F Eb D Dsus4 D F Eb D Dsus4 D Ah...ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah F Eb D C G D C G Ah...ah..ah..ah..ah..ah..ah D C G He swallowed his pride and puckered his lips D C G And showed me the leather belt round his hips D C my knees were shaking my cheeks aflame G D He said you'll never go down to the Gods again C G Turn around go back G He struck the ground a cavern appeared A And I smelt the burning pit of fear G We crashed a thousand yards below D I said do it again do it again C G Turn around go back D C G His nebulous body swayed above D C G His tongue swollen with devils love D C The snake and I a venom high G D I said do it again do it again C G Turn around go back G Breathe breathe breathe deeply A And I was seething breathing deeply G A spitting sentry horned and tailed D C G Waiting for you SOLO 2: A G D many times! Ends on an A OUTRO: F Eb D Dsus4 D F Eb D ----------------------------------------- INTRO: The feedback at the very start of the song is from the 7th fret of the 'A' string, and a very loud amp. I'm going to transcribe the lead guitar and the acoustic. Here's the lead: E---------------------- B---------------------- G---------------------- D---------------------- A-77-75455-54244-42022- E---------------------- And here's the acoustic. These are just the notes. The changes are with the lead guitar: E---------------- B---------------- G---------------- D---------------- A-11-979-757-545- E-0--000-000-000- FIRST SOLO: This is very hard to transcribe because it is so 'off-the-wall' and quite definately improvised. E E--------------------------------------------------------------0-------- B----------------------------------------------------------------------- G-9B12-9B12-9B12-9B12-9B12-9B12-9B12-9B12-9B12-7H9P766H711112H4-432-4vv- D----------------------------------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------- E E---14-14-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- B-12------+ +-12-12-12------------------15P12--12H15P12--12H15P12--12H15P12----0- G-12------+ 9 +-12-12-12-14-12-14-12-14-12-----14--------14--------14--------14B-0- D---------+Times+-------------------------------------------------------------------- A---------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- E---------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------- E E------+ +---------------------------------0-----0-0---0-0-0-0-------0---------- B------+ +----------8-----10B10P8H10-----8----------------------------3--------- G-9B12-+ 15 +-7H9P7-779-9P8H9----------9P8H9---1-2/4-4-4H7-6-4-2-1H2-1H4-3-4vv-3vv- D------+Times+---------------------------------------------------------------------- A------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------- E------+ +---------------------------------------------------------------------- It's impossible to transcribe the noisy bits so you'll just have to make noises!!! LEAD GUITAR BIT: I hope you know where I am. It's about 4:40 into the song or there abouts. A6 A7 F Eb D F Eb D F Eb D F Eb D E--------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------- G-2-------------------------------------------------77777- D-------2/7535314B5B4-7535314B5B4-10-878757-10-8787577777- A----024--------------------------------------------55555- E--------------------------------------------------------- Ah (vocals join in) He Struck The Ground... The lead guitar plays a cool lick over the top of the chords in these bits: G A E--------------------------- B--------------------------- G---53~4--53~4---75~6--75~6- D-55----55-----77----77----- A--------------------------- E--------------------------- SOLO 2: A E-----------------5-------------5---------------10B10-8------------------- B---8------------5-8-8B12-8B12-8-8B-8B-85-----8--------10B10-875--------5- G-7B-7B7-5H7P5--6------------------------8P7P6------------------6---55---- D-------------7--------------------------------------------------75-55---- A------------------------------------------------------------------7--7--- E------------------------------------------------------------------------- A E-----+ +----------------------5---------7B-7B7--------------12---12---------------------17- B---8-+ +----555-7B8B7B8------5-87-7-10-8-----------10-10-12B--12B--12B12-10H12P10--10-17--- G-7B--+ 9 +-7B-555-7B8B7B8-7P5-5------------------9/11------------------------------11-------- D-----+Times+-------------------7--------------------------------------------------------------- A-----+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-----+ +----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A E-17-17-----17-----17-----17-----17-----17---17-17-17-----17-----17----------------- B---------17-----17-----17-----17-----17--------17------17-----17------------------- G------19B----19B----19B----19B----19B----19B--------19B----19B----19-17-18--------- D--------------------------------------------------------------------------19-19-19- A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ B--------------555----10B-8B-8-8B-8B-85-----------------------------5---------- G-19B19P17--18-555---------------------876759B12-5H7P5P4-4H5P4------5-7B7B7P5-- D---------19------775-----------------------------------------5H7-77---------7- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ A A G D A G D E--5-------------------------------------------------------- B------------5-----5---------------------------------------- G-6-6--------5-----5-------------------7----------------7-2- D----77-7P5H7-7P5H7-74-224422442244-5-7-224422442244-5-7-2- A-----------------------000000000000-5-5-000000000000-5-5-0- E------------------------------------3----------------3----- OUTRO: The guitar doubles the vocals the same as in the Lead Guitar Bit. ----------------------------------------- CHORDS: EADGBE ------ G 320033 F 133211 G# 466544 C 332010 A X02220 Eb XX5343 C#m X46654 E 022100 A6 X04650 E7 020100 Bm7 X24232 D XX0232 A7 X02020 F# 244322 Dsus4 XX0233 Em7/A XX0200 Eadd9 XX2102 A(9TH) XXX9109 A7(9th XXX989 E SUS XXX455 E 022100 A 577655 EA D G BE ------ E9 011121100