THE WIDTH OF A CIRCLE from The Man Who Sold The World
G
EADGBE
320033
F
EADGBE
133211
E9
EA D G BE
011121100
G#
EADGBE
466544
C
EADGBE
332010
A
EADGBE
X02220
Eb
EADGBE
XX5343
C#m
EADGBE
X46654
E
EADGBE
022100
A6
EADGBE
X04650
E7
EADGBE
020100
Bm7
EADGBE
X24232
D
EADGBE
XX0232
A7
EADGBE
X02020
F#
EADGBE
244322
Dsus4
EADGBE
XX0233
INTRO:  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


CHORD BIT:  Bm7  E9  A6  A7
            Bm7  E9  A6  A7...guitar comes in on last A7


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


Notes:

  • 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----77-7P5H7-7P5H7-7\4-224422442244-5-7-224422442244-5-7-2-
            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.

  • If you have any trouble reading or understanding the guitar chords or the tab you can click here for a rough guide!