Five Years Chords

by David Bowie
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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3 contributors total, last edit on Dec 4, 2017
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Chords

G
Em
A
C/G
Am
D7

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David Bowie - Five Years
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)
 
Chords:
G   - x55433
Em  - 022000
A   - x02220
C/G - 332010
Am  - x02210
D7  - xx0212
 
 
G                                          Em
 Pushing through the market square,           so many mothers sighing
A                                          C/G
 News had just come over,                     we had five years left to cry in
G                                          Em
 News guy wept and told us,                   earth was really dying
A                                          C/G
 Cried so much his face was wet,              then I knew he was not lying
 
G
 I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
Em
 I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s
A
 My brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
C/G
 I had to cram so many things to store everything in there
 
                 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, 
                      D7
 and all the somebody people
                                  Am       C/G
 I never thought I'd need so many people
 
 
G                                          Em
 A girl my age went off her head,            hit some tiny children
A                                          C/G
 If the black hadn't a-pulled her off,       I think she would have killed them
G                                          Em
 A soldier with a broken arm,                fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
A                                          C/G
 A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest,and a queer Threw up at the sight of that
 
G                                          Em
 I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor,   drinking milk shakes cold and long
A                                          C/G
 Smiling and waving and looking so fine,     don't think You knew you were in this song
 
G
 And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor
Em
 And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
A
 Your face, your race, the way that you talk
C/G
 I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk
 
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
G
 Five years, what a surprise
Em
 We've got five years, stuck on my eyes
A
 We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
C/G
 Five years, that's all we've got
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
G
 Five years, what a surprise
Em
 Five years, stuck on my eyes
A
 We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
C/G
 Five years, that's all we've got
G
 Five years
Em
 Five years
A
 Five years
C/G
 Five years !
G
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ledzep426
Now this is a good version.
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julien111111
One of my favorite songs since I was 12 years old. Bringing a tear to my eye today. RIP David. Where would I be without you?
+8
vissequ
To me it sounds better to play a C chord instead of a C/G (C chord with a G bass) I think the C in the bass when playing this song on the piano sounds better when playing along with the recording personally, but I would like all your feedback. What do you guys think?Finally, GREAT tab THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
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