My Death

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My Death by Jacques Brel, performed by David Bowie from
Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture
Em Em7 Em6
Emb6
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[Intro]
Em Em7Em6
Emb6
[Verse]
Em Em7 Em6
My death waits like
Em Em7
Emb6
an old roué
Em6 Emb6
So confident
Em
I'll go his way
Em7 Em6
Whistle to him
D Dsus4D
Emb6
and the passing time
G A
My death waits like
G C
a Bible truth
F Am Am/G
at the funeral of my youth
F
oh we drank for that
G
and the passing time
G#m F#
My death waits like
G#m
a witched night
F# G#m
as surely as our love is bright
F# B
Let's not think about the passing time
Em D C
But whatever lies behind the door
B
there is nothing much to do
Em D C C/B
Angel or Devil, I don't care
Am Am/G B
For in front of that door there is you
Bb C Gm
Gm
My death waits like
a beggar blind
who sees the world through an unlit mind
F
throw him a dime for the passing time
Bb C Bb
My death waits there between your thighs
Ab Cm
Your cold fingers will close my eyes
Ab
Let's think of that
Bb
And the passing time
Bm A
My death waits
Bm
to allow my friend
A
a few good times
Bm
before it ends
A
so let's drink to that
F#
and the passing time
G F Eb
but whatever lies behind the door
D G
there is nothing much to do
F Eb
Angel or Devil, I don't care
for in front of that door
D
there is you
Gm
My death waits there
among the leaves
in magician's mysterious sleeves
rabbits and dogs
F
and the passing time
Bb C
My death waits there
Bb
among the flowers
Ab Cm
where the blackest shadow cowers
Ab Bb
Let's pick lilacs for the passing time
Bm A
My death waits there
Bm
in a double bed
A
sails of oblivion
Bm
at my head
A
so pull up your seats against
F#
the passing time
Gm F Eb
But whatever lies behind the door
D Gm
there is nothing much to do
F
Angel or Devil
Eb
I don't care
for in front of that door.......
there is

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My Death by Jacques Brel, performed by David Bowie from
Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture
[Intro]
Em     Em7   Em6     Emb6
[Verse]
         Em6        Emb6
      So confident
     Bb     C   Gm
     a beggar blind
     who sees the world through an unlit mind
     for in front of that door
     among the leaves
     in magician's mysterious sleeves
     rabbits and dogs
     for in front of that door.......
there is

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