Five Years Uke tab by David Bowie

4 Chords used in the song: G, E, Am, C

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G G
pushing thru' the market square
E E
so many mother sighing
Am Am
News had just come over
C C G G
We had five years left ti cry in

G G
News guy wept and told us
E E
earth was really dying
Am Am
Cried so much, his face was wet
C C
Then i knew he was not lying.

G G
I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies
E E
I saw boys, toys, electric guns and T.V's
Am Am
My brain hurt like a ware house, it had no room to spare
C C
I had to cram so many things to store ev'ry thing in there
Am Am
And all the fat skinny people
CAm
And all the tall short people
C C G G
And all the nobody people
C C G G
And all the somebody people
Am Am CG
I never thought i'd need so many people


G G
A A girl my age went off her head
E E
Hit some tiny children
Am Am
If the black had not puled her off
C C
I think she would have killed them

G G
A A soldier with a broken arm
E E
Fixed his state to the wheels of a Cadilac
Am Am
A A cop Knelt and kissed the feet of a priest
C C
And a queer threw up at at the sight of that

G G
I think i saw you in an ice cream parlour
E E
Drinking milkshakes cold and long
Am Am
smiling and waving and looking so fine
C C
Don't think you knew you were in this song

G G
And it was cold, and it rained, so i felt like an actor
E E
And i thoought of Ma, and i wanted to get back there
Am Am
Your face, Your race, the way that you talk
C C G G
I kiss you, you're beautifull, I want you to walk. we got

G G
[[: five years stuck on my eyes
E E
five years what a surprise we got
Am Am
five years my brain hurts a lot
C C G G
five years that's all we got we've got :]]

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About this song: Five Years

"Five Years" is a song written by David Bowie and released in 1972. It was the opening track on the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars. The song tells of an Earth doomed to destruction in five years and the aftermath of this knowledge. Bowie is rumoured to have chosen the length of time, five years, as a result of a dream in which his deceased father told him he must never fly again and would die in five years.

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