Chords for David Bowie - Five Years (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972)

Tempo:
156.2 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

A

Em

Bb

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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David Bowie - Five Years (Old Grey Whistle Test, 1972) chords
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[N] [F]
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[A] [F]
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[G] Pushing through the market square,
[Em] so many mothers [E] crying.
[A] News had just come over, we [C] had five years left to science.
[G] News guy wept when he told us, [E] Earth was really dying.
[A]
Cried so much that his face was wet, [C] then I knew he was not lying.
I [G] heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies.
I saw [E]
boys, toys, electric irons and TVs.
[A] My brain hurt like a [Am] warehouse, it had no room to spare.
I [C] had to climb so many things to get everything in there.
And so many [A] people,
[C] all the short fat [Am] people,
[C] all the nobody [G] people,
[C] all the [D] somebody people.
I never thought I'd need so many [Am] people.
[C]
[G] A girl my age went off her head,
[Em] hit some tiny [E] children.
[Em]
[A] If the black hadn't of pulled her off, [C] I think she would have killed them.
[G] A soldier with a broken arm, [E] stared to the wheels [A] of a [Em] Cadillac.
[A] A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and the [C] queer threw up at the sight of that.
[G] I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor, [E] drinking milkshakes cold and long.
[A] Smiling and waving and looking so fine, [C] don't think you knew you were in my song.
It was [G] cold and it rained, so I felt like an actor [E] and I thought of more.
And I wanted to get back there [A] to face your race, the way that you walk.
[C] I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk.
We [G] got five years, stuck on my eyes.
[Em] Five years, what a surprise.
We got [A] five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we got.
We [G] got five years, stuck on my eyes.
[Em] Five years, what a surprise.
[A] Five years, brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we got.
We got [G] five years, stuck on my eyes.
[Em] Five years, what a surprise.
[A] Five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we got.
We got [G] five years, stuck on my eyes.
[Em] Five years, what a surprise.
[A] Five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we got.
[G] Five years, [Em]
what a surprise.
[A]
Five years, stuck on my eyes.
[C]
Five years, that's all we got.
[G]
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[G] [Bb]
[D] [Bb]
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[G] Okay.
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[Gb] [N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
A
1231
Em
121
Bb
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G
2131
C
3211
A
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To learn David Bowie - (Live) Five Years chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - C, G, Em, A, C, G, E and A. Set your pace at 78 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 156. Fine-tune the capo based on your vocal range, ensuring it complements the key of E Minor.

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[N] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ Pushing through the market square, _ _
_ [Em] _ _ so many mothers [E] crying. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ News had just come over, _ _ we [C] had five years left to science. _
_ _ [G] _ News guy wept when he told us, _ _ _ [E] _ Earth _ was really dying.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Cried so much that his face was wet, _ [C] then I knew he was not lying.
_ I [G] heard _ telephones, opera house, favorite melodies.
I saw [E] _
boys, toys, electric irons and TVs.
_ [A] My brain hurt like a [Am] warehouse, it had no room to spare.
I [C] had to climb so many things to get everything in there.
And so many [A] people, _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ all the short fat [Am] people, _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ all the nobody [G] _ people, _ _ _
[C] _ _ all the [D] somebody people.
I never thought I'd need so many [Am] people. _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] A girl my age went off her head, _ _
_ [Em] _ hit some tiny [E] children.
_ _ [Em] _
_ [A] _ If the black hadn't of pulled her off, _ _ [C] I think she _ would have killed them. _ _ _
_ _ [G] A soldier with a broken arm, _ _ _ [E] stared to the wheels [A] of a [Em] Cadillac. _
_ _ [A] A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, _ and the [C] queer threw up at the sight of that. _
_ _ [G] _ I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor, _ _ [E] _ _ drinking milkshakes cold and long.
_ _ _ [A] Smiling and waving and looking so fine, _ [C] _ don't think you knew you were in my song. _
It was [G] cold and it rained, so I felt like an actor [E] and I thought of more.
And I wanted to get back there [A] to face your race, the way that you walk.
[C] I kiss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk.
We [G] got _ five years, stuck on my eyes.
_ [Em] _ Five years, what a surprise.
We got [A] five _ years, my brain hurts a lot.
_ [C] _ Five _ years, that's all we got.
We [G] got five _ years, stuck on my eyes.
[Em] Five _ _ years, what a surprise.
_ [A] Five _ _ years, _ brain hurts a lot.
_ [C] _ Five years, that's all we got.
We got [G] _ five years, _ _ stuck on my eyes.
_ [Em] _ Five years, what a surprise. _
_ [A] _ _ Five years, my brain hurts a lot.
_ [C] Five years, _ _ that's all we got.
We got [G] _ five years, stuck on my eyes. _
_ [Em] Five years, _ what a _ surprise. _
[A] _ _ _ Five years, my brain hurts a lot. _
[C] _ Five years, _ that's all we got. _ _
[G] Five _ _ years, _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ what a surprise.
_ _ _ _ [A] _
_ Five years, stuck on my eyes.
_ _ [C] _
_ Five years, that's all we got.
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_ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] Okay.
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