Five Years Uke tab by David Bowie (Baritone Chords)

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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