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David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
Tracklist:
1. Changes
2. Oh! You Pretty Things
3. Eight Line Poem
4. Life on Mars?
5. Kooks
6. Quicksand
7. Fill Your Heart
8. Andy Warhol
9. Song for Bob Dylan
10. Queen Bitch
11. The Bewlay Brothers
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1. Changes
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[Intro]
Cmaj7  Dbadd6  Dm7  Eb7
         F  D  F  D  F  C
Oh, yeah
[Verse 1]
 C                        Em
()                        
Still don't know what I was  waiting for
       F                 G               F
And my time was running wild, a million dead-end streets
C                           Em
And every time I thought I'd  got it made
               F                 G
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
     Cmaj7    Dm7         Em7  F#dim
So I turned myself to face me
    Dm7                         G
But I've never caught a glimpse
           Cmaj7       Dm7      Em7  Ebm7
Of how the others must see the faker
             Dm7                   G
I'm much too fast to take the test
[Chorus 1]
         F            C       C/B       C/A
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
        C/G    F        F/E        D         G
Ch-ch-changes,   don't wanna be a richer man
         F            C       C/B       C/A
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
        C/G    F       F/E                D
Ch-ch-changes,   just gonna have to be a different man
Am  G   Bb  F     EmD7   G   C
                             N.C.
Time may change me, but I can't trace time
[Break]
F  D  F     D  F  C
       Oh, yeah
[Verse 2]
 C                     Em
()                     
I watched the ripples change their size
     F                 G            F
But never leave the stream of warm impermanence
C                        Em
And so the days float through my eyes
      F                      G
But still the days seem the same
          Cmaj7    Dm7       Em7
And these children that you spit on
 F#dim Dm7                     G
As they   try to change their worlds
      Cmaj7    Dm7        Em7    Ebm7
Are immune to your consultations
               Dm7                           G
They're quite aware of what they're going through
[Chorus 1]
         F            C       C/B       C/A
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
        C/G    F                  F/E         D         G
Ch-ch-changes,   don't tell us to grow up and out of it
         F            C       C/B       C/A
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
        C/G      F                         F/E               D
Ch-ch-changes, where's your shame? You've left us up to our necks in it
Am    G    Bb    F      Em   D7     G    C
Time may change me, but you can't trace time
[Bridge]
F                        C        F C
Strange fascination, fascinate me
      F                      G
Ah, changes are taking the pace I'm going through
[Chorus 3]
         F            C       C/B       C/A
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
        C/G    F    F/E                   D      G
Ch-ch-changes, oh, look out, you rock 'n rollers
         F            C       C/B       C/A
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes (Turn and face the strange)
        C/G    F           F/E                  D
Ch-ch-changes, pretty soon now you're gonna get older
Am   G   Bb     F       Em D7    G     C
Time may change me, but I can't trace time
[Outro]
             Am   G   Bb     F      Em D7    G     C
I said that time may change me, but I can't trace time
Cmaj7  Dm7  Em7  Eb7  Dm7  Dbadd6  Cmaj7
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2. Oh! You Pretty Things
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[Intro]
F#  G#  F#  E D C#
F#  G#  F#  E D G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D
[Verse 1]
G              G/D  D
 Wake up you sleepy head
Esus4                      Em
Put on some clothes, shake off your bed
G                       D
Put another log on the fire for me
A                             E
I've made some breakfast and coffee
G                    D
Look out my window, what do I see?
   B                      Em            F       C
A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me
         A7                D
All the nightmares came today
                               G            C#dim7  D  D#dim7  E  B  F#sus4  F#
And it looks as though they're here to stay
[Verse 2]
G             G/D  D
  What are we coming to
Esus4              Em
No room for me, no fun for you
G                  D
  I think about a world to come
           A                       E
Where the books were found by the Golden Ones
G                 D
Written in pain, written in awe
      B               Em          F      C
By a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for
          A7              D
All the strangers came today
                               G
And it looks as though they're here to stay
[Chorus]
G      Bm/F#                    Em7
Oh, you pretty things (Oh, you pretty things)
          G7/D                       C          C7      G
Don't you know you're driving your mommies and papas insane?
G      Bm/F#                    Em7
Oh, you pretty things (Oh, you pretty things)
          G7/D                       C          C7      G
Don't you know you're driving your mommies and papas insane?
        A              D                      C            G
Let me make it plain. Gotta make way for the Homo Superior
[Verse 3]
             G/D   D
Look out at your children
Esus4               Em
See their faces in golden rays
G                            D
  Don't kid yourself they belong to you
A                           E
  They're the start of the coming race
    G                        D
The earth is a bitch, we've finished our news
B               Em       F         C
  Homo sapiens have outgrown their use
          A7              D
All the strangers came today
                               G
And it looks as though they're here to stay
[Chorus]
G      Bm/F#                    Em7
Oh, you pretty things (Oh, you pretty things)
          G7/D                       C          C7      G
Don't you know you're driving your mommies and papas insane?
G      Bm/F#                    Em7
Oh, you pretty things (Oh, you pretty things)
          G7/D                       C          C7      G
Don't you know you're driving your mommies and papas insane?
        A              D                      C            G
Let me make it plain. Gotta make way for the Homo Superior
[Outro]
F#  G#  F#  E D C#
F#  G#  F#  E D G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D
C# F#/C# D# G#/D#
F#       C#
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3. Eight Line Poem
------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
F  C  F  C  D  E
F  C  F  C  F  C
E  F  D  G  F
[Verse 1]
C                             F
  The tactful cactus by your window
C                        F
  Survey the prairie of your room
C                     D
  Mobile spins to its collision
E                               F
Clara puts her head between her paws
C                                F
  They've opened shops down the west side
C                            F
  Will all the cacti find a home?
C                     E
  But the key to the city
          F                 Dsus4 D          G   F   C
Is in the sun that pins the branches to the sky, oh, oh
[Outro]
F  C  F  C
F  C  F  C
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4. Life on Mars?
------------------------------------------------------
[Verse 1]
F         Am                    Cm         D7                      Gm
  It's a God-awful small affair    to the girl with the mousy hair  
         Bb                     C           C7                    F
But her mummy is yelling "No!"     and her daddy has told her to go
         Am                      Cm            D7                            Gm
But her friend is nowhere to be seen. Now she walks through her sunken dream
       Bb                          C            C7
To the seat with the clearest view   and she's hooked to the silver screen
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab          Eaug                    Fm            Ab7
   But the film is a saddening bore,   for she's lived it ten times or more
C#            Aaug                     Bbm         C#7
   She could spit in the eyes of fools     as they ask her to focus on
[Chorus 1]
Bb      Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm         F#aug                   F  Fm                    Cm7
   Oh, man, look at those cavemen go,   it's the freakiest show
Ebm7                     Bb     Eb
     Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Gm          F#aug                     F  Fm                           Cm7
   Oh, man, wonder if he'll ever know       He's in the best selling show
Ebm7                   Gm   F#aug Bb C
     Is there life on Mars?
[Solo]
F  F#dim  Gm  G#dim  Am  Bb  Bbm
[Verse 2]
F          Am                     Cm              D7                       Gm
  It's on America's tortured brow    that Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
         Bb                      C           C7                    F
Now the workers have struck for fame 'cause Lennon's on sale again
         Am                          Cm         D7                        Gm
See the mice in their million hoards     from Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
       Bb                       C        C7
Rule Britannia is out of bounds   to my mother, my dog, and clowns
[Pre-Chorus]
Ab          Eaug                    Fm            Ab7
   But the film is a saddening bore,   for she's lived it ten times or more
C#            Aaug                     Bbm         C#7
   She could spit in the eyes of fools     as they ask her to focus on
[Chorus 1]
Bb      Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm         F#aug                   F  Fm                    Cm7
   Oh, man, look at those cavemen go,   it's the freakiest show
Ebm7                     Bb     Eb
     Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Gm          F#aug                     F  Fm                           Cm7
   Oh, man, wonder if he'll ever know       He's in the best selling show
Ebm7                   Gm   F#aug Bb C
     Is there life on Mars?
[Outro]
F  F#dim  Gm  G#dim  Am  Bb  Bbm  Eb  Ebm  Bb
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5. Kooks
------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
[Verse]
D          Dsus4        D      Dsus4
  Will you stay in our lovers' story?
D        Dsus4     D       Dsus4
  If you stay you won't be sorry
       C                 C/B
'Cause we believe in you
[Chorus]
Am7           D      Am7     D
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
        Am7       D         Am7      F  C
With a couple of Kooks hung up on romancing
[Verse]
D          Dsus4        D      Dsus4
  Will you stay in our lovers' story?
D        Dsus4     D       Dsus4
  If you stay you won't be sorry
       C                 C/B
'Cause we believe in you
[Chorus]
Am7           D      Am7     D
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
        Am7       D         Am7      F  C
With a couple of Kooks hung up on romancing
[Solo]
D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
[Bridge 1]
    D                                  A
We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry
       D                           A
And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
D                 G
  I bought you a pair of shoes
    D                         G
A trumpet you can blow and a book of rules
     D                              A
On what to say to people when they pick on you
                A
'Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty kooky, too
[Verse]
D          Dsus4        D      Dsus4
  Will you stay in our lovers' story?
D        Dsus4     D       Dsus4
  If you stay you won't be sorry
       C                 C/B
'Cause we believe in you
[Chorus]
Am7           D      Am7     D
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
        Am7       D         Am7      F  C
With a couple of Kooks hung up on romancing
[Solo]
D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
D  Dsus4  D  Dsus4
[Bridge 2]
D                          A
  And if you ever have to go to school
   D                          A
Remember how they messed up this old fool
D                           G
Don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads
            D                       G
'Cause I'm not much cop at punching other people's dads
D                       A
  And if the homework brings you down
              A
Then we'll throw it on the fire and take the car downtown
[Verse]
E          Esus4        E       Esus4
  Will you stay in our lovers' story?
E        Esus4     E       Esus4
  If you stay you won't be sorry
        D                D/C#
'Cause we believe in you
[Chorus]
Bm7           E      Bm7     E
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
        Bm7       E         Bm7      G  D
With a couple of Kooks hung up on romancing
[Verse]
E          Esus4        E       Esus4
  Will you stay in our lovers' story?
E        Esus4     E       Esus4
  If you stay you won't be sorry
        D                D/C#
'Cause we believe in you
[Chorus]
Bm7           E      Bm7     E
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
        Bm7       E         Bm7      G  D
With a couple of Kooks hung up on romancing...
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6. Quicksand
------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
G Am7  G Am7
GAm7GAm7
     N.C.
[Verse 1]
      C
I'm closer to the Golden Dawn
                                 G       Gsus4 G
Immersed in Crowley's uniform of imagery
     C
I'm living in a silent film
                                       G           Gsus4 G
Portraying Himmler's sacred realm of dream reality
[Pre-Chorus 1]
      Eb                           F
     ()                           ()
I'm frightened by the total goal   Drawing to the ragged hole
   Eb                                F
e|---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|---5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----|
B|-----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---|
G|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5-|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
      G              Em       C
And I ain't got the power anymore
                              G  Am7A7sus2A
                                      N.C.
No, I ain't got the power anymore
[Verse 2]
          D
I'm the twisted name on Goebbel's eyes
                                       A      Asus4  A
Living proof of Churchill's lies, I'm destiny
     D
I'm torn between the light and dark
                                       A       Asus4  A
Where others see their target, divine symmetry
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F                                 G
Should I kiss the viper's fang or herald loud the death of Man?
     A              F#m7             D
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thoughts
                              A   Asus4  A  Asus4  A
And I ain't got the power anymore
[Chorus]
A        E7   C#7    F#m7
Don't believe in yourself
       D#dim  C#m/E   E
Don't deceive with belief
          C#dim7                Bm7
Knowledge comes with death's release
   F#dim      A       F#m7      E6  E
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah-aah
[Verse 3]
     D
I'm not a prophet or a stoneage man
                                                 A       Asus4  A
Just a mortal with potential of a superman, I'm living on
     D
I'm tethered to the logic of homo sapien
                                                A            Asus4  A
Can't take my eyes from the great salvation of bullshit faith
[Pre-Chorus 3]
      F
If I don't explain what you ought to know
         G
You can tell me all about it on the next Bardo
     A              F#m7             D
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thoughts
                              A   Asus4  A  Asus4  A
And I ain't got the power anymore
[Chorus]
A        E7   C#7    F#m7
Don't believe in yourself
       D#dim  C#m/E   E
Don't deceive with belief
          C#dim7                Bm7
Knowledge comes with death's release
   F#dim      A       F#m7      E6  E
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah-aah
A        E7   C#7    F#m7
Don't believe in yourself
       D#dim  C#m/E   E
Don't deceive with belief
          C#dim7                Bm7
Knowledge comes with death's release
   F#dim      A       F#m7      E6  E
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah-aah
[Outro]
A  E7 C#7 F#m7
D#dim C#m/E  E
C#dim7  Bm7
F#dim  A  F#m7  E6 E
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7. Fill Your Heart
------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
Emaj7  G  Emaj7  G
[Verse 1]
E                                        A               E
Fill your heart with love today, don't play the game of time
E                                    G                D         E        F#m  G#m
Things that happen in the past only happened in your mind, only in your mind
A                B                   E    E7
Ah, forget your mind and you'll be free, yeah
[Verse 2]
      A               E           E7
The writing's on the wall. Free, yeah
     G              D   E       F#m
And you can know it all if you choose
G#m            A            B                     E
Just remember lovers never lose 'cause they are free of thoughts
[Bridge 1]
B       C#m                G#m
  Unpure    and of thoughts   unkind
E           F#m
Gentleness cleans the soul
G#m              A        B         E
Love cleans the mind and makes it free
[Solo]
A  E  G  D
E  F#m G#m
A  B E
[Verse 3]
E                             A                 E
Happiness is happening. The dragons have been bled. Gentleness is everywhere.
G                    D         E       F#m                   G#m
Fear's just in your head, only in your head, fear is in your head
              A                    B                   E    E7
Only in your head, so forget your head and you'll be free, yeah
[Verse 2]
      A               E           E7
The writing's on the wall. Free, yeah
     G              D   E       F#m
And you can know it all if you choose
G#m            A            B                     E
Just remember lovers never lose 'cause they are free of thoughts
[Bridge 2]
B       C#m                G#m
  Unpure    and of thoughts   unkind
E           F#m
Gentleness clears the soul
G#m              A        B         E
Love will clean mind and make you free
[Solo]
A  E  G  D
E  F#m G#m
A  B E
[Outro]
E     E7     A               E
Free, yeah. Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
E     E7     A               E
Free, yeah. Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
E     E7     A               E
Free, yeah. Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
E     E7     A               E
Free, yeah. Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah-yeah
E     E7   E
Free, yeah
------------------------------------------------------
8. Andy Warhol
------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
Em  D C  D Em  D C  D Em
[Verse 1]
 Em                                       A
()                                        
    Like to take a cement fix. Be a standing cinema
                        C        Bm7
Dress my friends up just for show
A            Em             C D Em
See them as they really are
                                              A
Put a peephole in my brain, Two New Pence to have a go
                  C      Bm7
I'd like to be a gallery
A             Em           C D
Put you all inside my show
[Chorus]
D     A      Em        C
Andy Warhol looks a scream
A        C     G  A
Hang him on my wall
D     A       Em       C
Andy Warhol, Silver Screen
       A         C     G Am7A
                           N.C.
Can't tell them apart at all
[Break]
Em   D C  D Em   D C  D Em
[Verse 2]
 Em                                      A
()                                       
    Andy walking, Andy tired, Andy take a little snooze
                     C     Bm7
Tie him up when he's fast asleep
A               Em            C D Em
Send him on a pleasant cruise
                                                         A
When you wake up on the sea, be sure to think of me and you
                                  C            Bm7
He'll think about paint and he'll think about glue
        A            Em          C D
What a jolly boring thing to do
[Chorus]
D     A      Em        C
Andy Warhol looks a scream
A        C     G  A
Hang him on my wall
D     A       Em       C
Andy Warhol, Silver Screen
       A         C     G Am7A
                           N.C.
Can't tell them apart at all
D     A      Em        C
Andy Warhol looks a scream
A        C     G  A
Hang him on my wall
D     A       Em       C
Andy Warhol, Silver Screen
       A         C     G Am7A
                           N.C.
Can't tell them apart at all
[Outro]
Em Cmaj11 Bmaj11 G6 Cmaj11 Bmaj11 Em
------------------------------------------------------
9. Song for Bob Dylan
------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
A  G#m  F#m  E
A  G#m  F#m  E  B
[Verse 1]
     A                G#m
Ah, hear this Robert Zimmerman
   F#m              E
I wrote a song for you
           A                      G#m
About a strange young man called Dylan
        F#m                  E
With a voice like sand and glue
      G#m                C#m
Some words had truthful vengeance
            B              A
That could pin us to the floor
F#m                 G#m
Brought a few more people on
             A                   B
And put the fear in a whole lot more
[Chorus]
     A                               D
Ah, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes again
      A                               E
That same old painted lady from the brow of the superbrain
         F#m                                G
She'll scratch this world to pieces as she comes on like a friend
       A                                             E
But a couple of songs from your old scrapbook could send her home again
[Verse 2]
     A                        G#m
You gave your heart to every bedsit room
           F#m             E
At least a picture on the wall
         A                   G#m
And you sat behind a million pair of eyes
    F#m                 E
And told them how they saw
G#m               C#m
Then we lost your train of thought
      B                 A
Your paintings are all your own
      F#m                        G#m
While troubles are rising, we'd rather be scared
 A              B
Together than alone
[Chorus]
     A                               D
Ah, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes again
      A                               E
That same old painted lady from the brow of the superbrain
         F#m                                G
She'll scratch this world to pieces as she comes on like a friend
       A                                             E
But a couple of songs from your old scrapbook could send her home again
[Break]
A  G#m  F#m  E
A  G#m  F#m  E  B
[Verse 3]
     A                G#m
Now hear this Robert Zimmerman
         F#m                  E
Though I don't suppose we'll meet
A                    G#m
Ask your good friend Dylan
               F#m                   E
If he'd gaze a while down the old street
G#m                      C#m
Tell him we've lost his poems
           B             A
So we're writing on the walls
F#m              G#m
Give us back our unity
A                 B
Give us back our family
       F#m             G#m
You're every nation's refugee
       A                 B
Don't leave us with our sanity
[Chorus]
     A                               D
Ah, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes again
      A                               E
That same old painted lady from the brow of the superbrain
         F#m                                G
She'll scratch this world to pieces as she comes on like a friend
       A                                             E
But a couple of songs from your old scrapbook could send her home again
[Outro]
   A                                             E
A couple of songs from your old scrapbook could send her home again
              D               A               D
Oh, here she comes, here she comes, here she comes
A  G#m  F#m  E
A  G#m  F#m  E  B  E
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10. Queen Bitch
------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
C  G F  C  G F
C  G F  C  G F
C  G F  C  G F
C  G F  C  G F
[Verse 1]
    C                                 F                       C  G F  C  G F
I'm up on the eleventh floor and I'm watching the cruisers below
      C                            F                          C  G F  C  G F
He's down on the street and he's trying hard to pull sister Flo
        C                          F                        C  G F  C  G F
Oh, my heart's in the basement my weekend's at an all time low
              C                    F
'Cause she's hoping to score so I can't see her letting him go
C                E                      A
Walk out of her heart. Walk out of her mind. Oh, not her
[Chorus]
           B                      D            B                               D
She's so swishy in her satin and tat. In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
         B                      C  G F  C  G F  C  G F  C  G F
Oh, God, I could do better than that
[Verse 2]
         C                        F                          C  G F  C  G F
She's an old time ambassador of sweet talking night walking games
                C                             F                    C  G F  C  G F
Oh, and she's known in the darkest clubs for pushing ahead of the dames
        C                                F                            C  G F  C  G F
If she says she can do it, then she can do it, she don't make false claims
             C                                    F                            E
But she's a queen, and such are queens that your laughter is sucked in their brains
[Bridge 1]
                      F                            C
Now she's leading him on and she'll lay him right down
                        F                            E
Yeah, she's leading him on and she'll lay him right down
                        F                           C
But it could have been me, yes, it could have been me
             E                  A
Why didn't I say? Why didn't I say? No, no, no
[Chorus]
           B                      D            B                               D
She's so swishy in her satin and tat. In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
         B                      C  G F  C  G F  C  G F  C  G F
Oh, God, I could do better than that
[Verse 3]
       C                      F                C  G F  C  G F
So, I lay down a while and I gaze at my hotel wall
         C                  F                        C  G F  C  G F
Oh, the cot is so cold, it don't feel like no bed at all
         C                    F                C  G F  C  G F
Yeah, I lay down a while and look at my hotel wall
          C                         F                          E
And he's down on the street so I throw both his bags down the hall
[Bridge 1]
                   F                            C
And I'm phoning a cab 'cause my stomach feels small
                      F                          E
There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all
                   F                                 C
It could have been me. Oh, yeah, it could have been me
             E                  A
Why didn't I say? Why didn't I say? No, no, no
[Chorus]
           B                      D            B                               D
She's so swishy in her satin and tat. In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
         B                      C  G F  C  G F  C  G F  C  G F
Oh, God, I could do better than that                      You betcha
[Outro]
C  G F  C  G F  C  G F  C
 Oh, yeah       Uh-huh
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11. The Bewlay Brothers
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[Intro]
D  Em A
D  Em A
[Verse 1]
             D
And so the story goes they wore the clothes
                                    Em           A
They said the things to make it seem  improbable
            D                        Em A
Whale of a lie like they hope it was
         D
And the good men tomorrow had their feet in the wallow
          Em
And their heads of brawn were nicer shorn
     A                                  D
And how they bought their positions of saccharin and trust
        Em                       A          D
And the world was asleep to our latent fuss
Em                               A
Sighing the swirl through the streets like the crust of the sun
[Chorus 1]
        Bm
The Bewlay Brothers
        A                         G
In our wings that bark. Flashing teeth of brass
          F#
Standing tall in the dark
F#sus4          Asus2
Oh, and we were gone
                       G                          Em
Hanging out with your dwarf men we were so turned on
                     C
                      N.C.
By your lack of conclusions
[Break]
D  Em A
[Verse 2]
      D                                                             Em              A
Well, I was stone and he was wax so he could scream and still relax.   Unbelievable
                        D                 Em A
And we frightened the small children away
         D
And our talk was old and dust would flow through our veins and though it was midnight
Em                       A                              D
Back at the kitchen door  like the grim face on the cathedral floor
Em                             A                      D
   And the solid book we wrote  cannot be found today
    Em                             A
And it was stalking time for the moonboys
[Chorus 2]
             Bm
The Bewlay Brothers
          A                          G
With our backs on the arch. And the Devil may be here
              F#
But he can't sing about that
F#sus4          Asus2
Oh, and we were gone
            G                       Em                     C
                                                            N.C.
Real cool traders, we were so turned on, you thought we were fakers
[Break]
D  Em A
[Verse 3]
               D
And now that dress is hung, the ticket pawned, the factor max that proved the fact
    Em              A                         D     Em  A
Is melted down and woven on the edging of my pillow
         D
And my brother lays upon the rocks, he could be dead, he could be not
   Em                   A                                   D
He could be you. He's chameleon, comedian, corinthian, and caricature
Em                         A               D
  Shooting up pie in the sky. The Bewlay Brothers
        Em                A
In the feeble and the bad
[Chorus 3]
             Bm
The Bewlay Brothers
         A                        G
In the blessed and cold. In the crutch-hungry dark
               F#
Was where we flayed our mark
F#sus4          Asus2
Oh, and we were gone
             G                     Em                   C
                                                         N.C.
Kings of oblivion we were so turned on in the mind warp pavillion
[Outro]
Bm                C                 F               Bm
Lay me place and bake me pie, I'm starving for me gravy
                    C                F                Bm
Leave my shoes and door unlocked, I might just slip away-ay
              F                       Bm
Just for the day-ay-ay, please come away-ay
              F                     Bm
Just for the day-ay, please come away-ay
              F                 Bm
Please come away, just for the day
              F                 Bm
Please come away, please come away
              F                 Bm
Please come away, please come away
  F     Bm  F  Bm
Away, away

Hunky Dory chords and lyrics

Free chords for Hunky Dory by David Bowie. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
Tracklist:
1. Changes
2. Oh! You Pretty Things
3. Eight Line Poem
4. Life on Mars?
5. Kooks
6. Quicksand
7. Fill Your Heart
8. Andy Warhol
9. Song for Bob Dylan
10. Queen Bitch
11. The Bewlay Brothers
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1. Changes
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[Intro]
Cmaj7  Dbadd6  Dm7  Eb7
[Verse 1]
[Chorus 1]
[Break]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus 1]
[Bridge]
[Chorus 3]
[Outro]
Cmaj7  Dm7  Em7  Eb7  Dm7  Dbadd6  Cmaj7
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2. Oh! You Pretty Things
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[Intro]
F#  G#  F#  E D C#
F#  G#  F#  E D G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
F#  G#  F#  E D C#
F#  G#  F#  E D G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D
C# F#/C# D# G#/D#
F#       C#
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3. Eight Line Poem
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[Intro]
F  C  F  C  D  E

Hunky Dory Chords by David Bowie

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