Conversation Piece Uke tab by David Bowie

intro
G  D  

GD
I took this walk to ease my mind
Am
    To find out what's gnawing at me
C
    Wouldn't think to look at me,

G  D
that I've spent a lot of time in education
C
It all seems so long ago
G      D
       I'm a thinker, not a talker
C   
I've no-one to talk to, anyway

  GF
I can't see the road
C    G
for the rain in my eyes
G  F  C  G
Ahhh ...

  D
I live above the grocers store,
Am
owned by an Austrian
C
He often calls me down to eat
GD
And he jokes about his broken English,
C
tries to be a friend to me
GD
But for all my years of reading conversation,
C
I stand without a word to say

   GF
I can't see the bridge
C          G
for the rain in my eyes
Ahhh...

(now it changes key, everything goes up 1 step)

A    E
And the world is full of life
Bm
Full of folk who don't know me
D
And they walk in twos or threes or more

A   E
While the light that shines above the grocer's store
D
Investigates my face so rudely
AE
And my essays lying scattered on the floor
D
Fulfill their needs just by being there
AE
And my hands shake, my head hurts,
    D  A
my voice sticks inside my throat
A   E
I'm invisible and dumb,
    D  A
And no-one will recall me
A      G
And I can't see the water
C  Am7EA
for the tears in my ey-y-yes