Never Let Me Down
By David Bowie

>From the album of the same name.

Transcribed by Brendon James Brewer.
http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~brewer/

This was actually transcribed from a live version, so if there are differences to the album version, I will have missed those.
Update: I have now actually listened to the album version, and it is in a different key. I think if you put a capo on the 3rd fret (going from memory 
here, this could be wrong) then what I have written will match the album version.

Chord definitions are at the end of the file for all the chords that I used in the song (a few of them are quite tricky).


Intro:

Dmaj9	D6
E6	E	F#m E D A/C#
Dmaj9	D6
E6	E	A+


A				   A+
	When I believed in nothing   I called her name

F#m						     Dmaj11/G
	Trapped in a high-dollar joint in some place   I called her name

    Dmaj9     D6       Dmaj9    D6
And though my days are slipping by

    Dmaj9     D6      Dmaj9	   D6
And nights so cruel I thought I'd die

    E				     Esus4
She danced her little dance 'till it made me cry

	E			F#m E D A/C#
She was shakin' like this honey doing that


2nd verse: Chords are the same.

When I needed soul revival   I called your name
When I was falling to pieces   I screamed in pain
Your soothing hand that turned me round
A love so real swept over me
You danced your little dance 'till it made me cry
You were shakin' like this honey doing that


D     A/C#      A  A9	A  A9		           F#m  Dmaj7/F# F#m Dmaj7/F# F#m
Never let me down		She never let me down

		A  A9	A  A9			   F#m  Dmaj7/F# F#m Dmaj7/F# F#m
Never let me down   		She never let me down


Bridge: Same chords as the start of the verse

3rd verse:
When all your faith is failing   Call my name
When you've nothing coming   Call my name

I'll be strong for all it takes
I'll cover your head till the bad stuff breaks
I'll dance my little dance till it makes you smile
Shaking like this honey doing that

Never let you down   I'll never let you down
I'll never let you down   I'll never let you down


Then the same as the intro again, except the song finishes on A6.


CHORD DEFINITIONS

These are the shapes I use, feel free to use different ones.


  Dmaj9 D6  E6  E  F#m  D  A/C# A+  Dmaj11/G  Esus4   A   A9  A6

E---0---2---0---0---2---2-------1------0---------0----0---0---2---
B---2---0---2---0---2---3---2---2------2---------0----2---0---2---
G---2---2---1---1---2---2---2---2------0---------2----2---0---2---
D---0---0---2---2---4---0---2---3------0---------2----2---2---2---
A-----------2---2---4-------4---0----------------2----0---0---0---
E-----------0---0---2------------------3---------0----------------