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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 
 GPushing through the market square,           Emso many mothers sighing
 ANews had just come over,                     C/Gwe had five years left to cry in
 GNews guy wept and told us,                   Emearth was really dying
 ACried so much his face was wet,              C/Gthen I knew he was not lying
 GI heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
 EmI saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s
 AMy brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare
 C/GI had to cram so many things to store everything in there
 And all the fat-Amskinny people, C/G  
 and all the tall-short Ampeople,C/G  
 and all the nobody Gpeople, C/G  
 and all the somebody D7people
 I never thought I'd need so many AmpeopleC/G  
 GA girl my age went off her head,            Emhit some tiny children
 AIf the black hadn't a-pulled her off,       C/GI think she would have killed them
 GA soldier with a broken arm,                Emfixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac
 AA cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priesC/Gt,and a queer Threw up at the sight of that
 GI think I saw you in an ice-cream parlor,   Emdrinking milk shakes cold and long
 ASmiling and waving and looking so fine,     C/Gdon't think You knew you were in this song
 GAnd it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor
 EmAnd I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there
 AYour face, your race, the way that you talk
 C/GI kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk
 GWe've got five years, stuck on my eyes
 EmFive years, what a surprise
 AWe've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
 C/GFive years, that's all we've got
 GFive years, what a surprise
 EmWe've got five years, stuck on my eyes
 AWe've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
 C/GFive years, that's all we've got
 GWe've got five years, stuck on my eyes
 EmFive years, what a surprise
 AWe've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
 C/GFive years, that's all we've got
 GFive years, what a surprise
 EmFive years, stuck on my eyes
 AWe've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
 C/GFive years, that's all we've got
 GFive years
 EmFive years
 AFive years
 C/GFive years !
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Five Years

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Lyrics & chords · Original key

David Bowie - Five Years

The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972)

Chords:

- x55433

- 022000

- x02220

C/G

- 332010

- x02210

- 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

I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies

I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s

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,

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

And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor

And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there

Your face, your race, the way that you talk

C/G

I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

Five years, what a surprise

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C/G

Five years, that's all we've got

Five years, what a surprise

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C/G

Five years, that's all we've got

We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

Five years, what a surprise

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C/G

Five years, that's all we've got

Five years, what a surprise

Five years, stuck on my eyes

We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C/G

Five years, that's all we've got

Five years

C/G

Five years !

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