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Five Years by David Bowie
Five Years
Rythm: 3/4
Scale: G
G F#m
pushing thru' the market square
Em C
so many mother sighing
A
News had just come over
C G Am
We had five years left ti cry in
News guy wept and told us
earth eas really dying
Cried so much, his face was wet
Then i knew he was not lying.
G Am G
I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
Bm Em
I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V's
A
My brain hurt like a ware house, it had no room to spare
C
I had to cram so many things to store ev'ry thing in there
Am
And all the fat skinny people
C Am
And all the tall short people
C G Am G
And all the nobody people
C G Am D7
And all the somebody people
Am C G Am
I never thought i'd need so many people
A girl my age went off her head
Hit some tiny children
If the black had not puled her off
I think she would have killed them
A soldier with a broken arm
Fixed his state to the wheels of a Cadilac
A cop Knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
And a queer threw up at at the sight of that
G F#m
I think i saw you in an ice cream parlour
Em
Drinking milkshakes cold and long
A
smiling and waving and looking so fine
C
Don't think you knew you were in this song
G Am G
And it was cold, and it rained, so i felt like an actor
F#m Em
And i thoought of Ma, and i wanted to get back there
A
Your face, Your race, the way that you talk
C G Am
I kiss you, you're beautifull, I want you to walk. we got
G Bm
[[: five years stuck on my eyes
Em
five years what a surprise we got
A
five years my brain hurts a lot
C
five years that's all we got we've got :]]
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version 2
|:G | | | G F# |bass
Pushing through the market square,
A girl my age went off her head
|Em | | | |
so many mothers sighing
hit some tiny children (no C 2nd time)
|A | | | G A |
News had just come over we had
If the black had not pulled her off I
|C | | |C Bm Am |
five years left to cry in
think she would have killed them
|G | | | G F#|
News guy wept and told us
A soldier with a broken arm fixed his
|Em | | | |
Earth was really dying
stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
|A | | | G A |
Cried so much his face was wet, then I
A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest and a
|C | | | C Bm Am |
knew he was not lying I heard
queer threw up at the sight of that
|G | | | Bm F#m |
telephones opera house, favourite melodies I saw
I think I saw you in an ice cream parlour
|Em | | | |
boys, toys electric irons and T.V's My
drinking milk shakes cold and long
|A | | | |
brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare..... I had to
Smiling and waving and looking so fine
|C | | | |
I had to cram so many things to store evrything in there and all the fat
Don't think you knew you were in this song |(next section)
|Am | |C | |
skinny people and all the tall short
|Am | |C | C Bm Am |
people And all the no bod y
|G | |C | G Am |
people and all the some bod y
|D7 | | | |
people I never thought I'd need so man y
|Am | |C | C Bm Am :|
people (back to start)
(Continued from above)
|C | | | C Bm Am |
Don't think you knew you were in this song And it was
|G | | | G F#m |
cold and it rained so I felt like an actor and I
|Em | | | |
thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there your
|A | | | |
face your race the way that you talk I
|C | | | |
kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk We got
|:G | | | |
Five years stuck on my eyes
|Em | | | |
Five years what a surprise, We got
|A | | | |
Five years my brain hurts a lot We got
|C | | | :|
Five years that's all we've got We got
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version 3
G* - x55433 - I don't know what G this is called but Bowie uses it.
Em - 022000
A - x02220
C/G- 332010
Am - a03320
D - xx0232
G - 320003
For the first bit of the song just do single up strums for each chords
G* Em A C/G
G*
Pushing Through the Market Square
Em
So many mothers sighing
A
News had just come over
C/G
We had 5 years left to cry in
...
and then...
Am C/G
And all the fat-skinny people,
Am C/G
and all the tall-short people
G* C/G
And all the nobody people,
D
and all the somebody people
I never thought I'd need so many people C/G G
Repeat the 4 chords now for the rest of the song with the strumming pattern
D DUDU X4 for each chord which starts with the normal G after "i never thought i'd need
many people."
G*
A girl my age went off her head,
Em
hit some tiny children
A
If the black hadn't a-pulled her off,
C/G
I think she would have killed them
.....
G*
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
Em
Five years, what a surprise
A
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
C/G
Five years, that's all we've got
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