Conversation Piece

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Song: Conversation Piece
Album: Space Oddity (2019 Mix)
Artist: David Bowie
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[Intro]
G D
G D Am
I took this walk to ease my mind
C
To find out what's gnawing at me
G
Wouldn't think to look at me
Am Em7 C
that I've spent a lot of time in education
G
It all seems so long ago
Am Em7 C
I'm a thinker, not a talker
I've no-one to talk to, anyway
G F
I can't see the road
C G
for the rain in my eyes
F C G
Ahhh ...
G D
I live above the grocers store,
Am C
owned by an Austrian
G
He often calls me down to eat
Am C
And he jokes about his broken English
G
tries to be a friend to me
Am Em7 C
But for all my years of reading conversation,
I stand without a word to say
G F
I can't see the bridge
C G
for the rain in my eyes
F C G
Ahhh...
(Key Change)
A C#m Bm
And the world is full of life
D
Full of folk who don't know me
A
And they walk in twos or threes or more
Bm F#m7 D
While the light that shines above the grocer's store
A
Investigates my face so rudely
Bm F#m7 D
And my essays lying scattered on the floor
Fulfill their needs just by being there
A G
And my hands shake, my head hurts,
D A
my voice sticks inside my throat
A G
I'm invisible and dumb,
D A
And no-one will recall me
A G
And I can't see the water
D Fmaj7 G A
for the tears in my eyes

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Song: Conversation Piece
Album: Space Oddity (2019 Mix)
Artist: David Bowie
***************
[Intro]
G D  
I've no-one to talk to, anyway
I stand without a word to say
(Key Change)
Fulfill their needs just by being there

Conversation Piece Chords by David Bowie

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