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Ok this is driving me batty; working on an accustic version of this ala Nirvanas remake of the Bowie classic.

 

 

I am fairly certain the chord progression in this line:

 

Who knows, not me. I never lost control

 

Goes

 

G C G# C

 

With the G# landing on the word "never".

 

Why do I see so many interpretations online that have an F in the place of that G#? I could see an Fm with the G# bass, but the A in the F chord pretty much destroys the melody, doesn't it? :confused:

 

The reason I bring this up is the guy I am playing this with swears up and down its an F but I dont think it sounds right at all....

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Ok this is driving me batty; working on an accustic version of this ala Nirvanas remake of the Bowie classic.



I am fairly certain the chord progression in this line:


Who knows, not me. I never lost control


Goes


G C G# C


With the G# landing on the word "never".


Why do I see so many interpretations online that have an F in the place of that G#? I could see an Fm with the G# bass, but the A in the F chord pretty much destroys the melody, doesn't it?
:confused:

The reason I bring this up is the guy I am playing this with swears up and down its an F but I dont think it sounds right at all....

I just pounded it out on the virtual piano: I don't have the song here to reference but your progression seems right - there may be some extensions like b7's used but your tonics seem right.

 

The F sounds jive and is clearly wrong, as you point out.

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Not sure if it will completely help here, but one technique I like to use to solve these things is to watch a video and see what's being played. It's helped me many times

 

Found this one, but there may be better ones, looks like he's up around the 4th fret (G#) with a bar chord at 0:56 seconds ...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209ArurxVG4

 

Another video might be clearer but I didn't have time to check.

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Wrong key, though right chords for that key, and way easier than you folks are making it out...

 

Tune the guitar down 1/2 step, and play along with the Nirvana YouTube linked earlier, and you'll see how much easier it is than you're making it:

---C

Oh no

-----F

Not me

----C#

We never

-----------F

Lost control

 

Though if you play in G, what you thought was right is right. Nirvana played it in C (or B, if we're talking about the actual pitches and not the chord positions).

 

:)

Brian V.

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Wait - why do you capo? Seems kind of unnecessary, since it's a lot of open chords...


Just curious.
:)
Brian V.

 

Not sure really, think it fits his singing range the best. Will have to revisit this whole thing when I get my hands on my geetar.

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Tune the guitar down 1/2 step, and play along with the Nirvana YouTube linked earlier, and you'll see how much easier it is than you're making it:

---C

Oh no

-----F

Not me

----C#

We never

-----------F

Lost control



:)
Brian V.

This is how I play it.

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I thought the Nirvana version was in the same key as the original (?), here's what the sheet music (David Bowie Anthology) says (sounds right to me but who knows...)

 

C F Bbm F

oh no, not me, I never lost control

 

C F Bbm A

You're face to face with the man who sold the world

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I thought the Nirvana version was in the same key as the original (?), here's what the sheet music (David Bowie Anthology) says (sounds right to me but who knows...)


C F Bbm F

oh no, not me, I never lost control


C F Bbm A

You're face to face with the man who sold the world

 

 

Nirvana does play it with the same first-position chord shapes, they just tune down a half step...but if you watch how they play the chord in question, it's clearly a C# Cobain is playing.

 

I don't know if the Bowie song had a C# there or not, even if just in the bass part, but Nirvana's version definitely does.

 

Brian V.

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I don't know if the Bowie song had a C# there or not, even if just in the bass part, but Nirvana's version definitely does.


Brian V.

 

Yup.

 

You can see it clearly around 2:02 - Krist is playing the Db/C# on the 4th fret of the A string; he also bounces off the major third, which further reinforces the sound of the Db.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209ArurxVG4

 

Had he played a Bb in the bass over Curt's Db chord, the result would be a Bb minor 7.

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