Five years - [The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars] - David Bowie Chords

Tempo:
106.3 bpm
Chords used:

C

G

A

Em

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Five years -  [The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars] - David Bowie chords
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[G]
Pushing through the market square, [Em] so many mothers dying.
[A]
Fuse had just come over, [C] we had five years left crying.
[G]
News guy wept and told us, [E] was [Em] really dying.
[A]
Cried so much his face was wet, [C] then I knew he was not lying.
[G] I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies.
Saw [Em] boys, toys, electric irons and TV.
[D]
[A] A brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare.
[C] I had to cram so many things to store, everything in there.
And all [Am] the fat skinny [A] people, [B] [C] and all the [B] tall short [Am] people.
[C] And all the [Am] nobody [G] people, [C] and all the sun bad [D] people.
I never thought I'd meet so [Am] many people.
[C]
[G] Girl my age went off her head, [Em] hit some blimey children.
[E] [A] If the blacks had not pulled her off, [C] I think she would have killed them.
[G] A soldier with a broken arm, [Em] fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac.
[E] [A] Cups knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and [C] the queer threw up sight of that.
[G] I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor, [Em] drinking milkshakes cold and long.
[A] Smiling and waving and looking so fine, [C] don't think you knew you were in the song.
[G] It was cold and ingrained, so I felt like an actor.
And [Em] I thought I wanted to get back to [A] face your age, the way that you talk.
[C] I miss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk.
We [G] got five years, stuck on my [F#m] ass.
[Em] Five years, what [A] a five years.
My brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we got.
We got [G] five years, what a surprise.
[Em] Five years, stuck on my ass.
[A] We got five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we got.
We [G] got five years, son of a gun.
[Em]
Five years, what a surprise.
[A] We got five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we got.
[G] Five years, [Em] what a five years.
Stuck on my ass.
We [A] got five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] Five years, that's all we [G] got.
Five years, [C] my [Em] brain [A]
[C]
hurts [G] a lot.
Key:  
C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
Em
121
Am
2311
C
3211
G
2131
A
1231
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To learn David Bowie - (2003 Remix) Five Years chords, anchor your practice on these foundational sequence of chords - A, C, G, Em, A, C and Em. Start with a comfortable 53 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 106. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: C Major.

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_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Pushing through the market square, _ _ [Em] _ so many mothers dying.
_ _ _ [A] _ _
Fuse had just come over, _ [C] we had five years left crying.
_ _ [G] _ _
News guy wept and told us, _ [E] _ was [Em] _ really dying.
_ _ [A] _
Cried so much his face was wet, _ [C] then I knew he was not lying.
_ [G] I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies.
Saw [Em] boys, toys, electric irons and TV.
[D]
[A] A brain hurt like a warehouse, it had no room to spare.
[C] I had to cram so many things to store, everything in there.
And all [Am] the fat skinny [A] people, [B] _ [C] and all the [B] tall short [Am] people.
_ _ [C] And all the [Am] nobody [G] people, _ _ [C] _ and all the sun bad [D] people.
I never thought I'd meet so [Am] many people.
_ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ Girl my age went off her head, _ [Em] _ hit some blimey children. _
_ [E] _ [A] _ If the blacks had not pulled her off, _ _ [C] I think she would have killed them.
_ _ [G] A soldier with a broken arm, [Em] fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac.
_ [E] _ [A] _ Cups knelt and kissed the feet of a priest, and [C] the queer threw up sight of that.
_ _ _ [G] I think I saw you in an ice cream parlor, _ [Em] drinking milkshakes cold and long.
_ _ [A] Smiling and waving and looking so fine, [C] don't think you knew you were in the song.
_ [G] It was cold and ingrained, so I felt like an actor.
And [Em] I thought I wanted to get back to [A] face your age, the way that you talk.
[C] I miss you, you're beautiful, I want you to walk.
We [G] got five years, stuck on my [F#m] ass.
[Em] Five _ years, what _ [A] a five years.
My brain hurts a lot.
[C] _ Five years, that's all we got.
We got [G] five _ years, what a surprise.
[Em] _ Five years, _ stuck on my ass.
[A] We got five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] _ Five years, that's all we got.
We [G] got five years, son of a gun.
[Em] _ _
Five years, what a surprise.
[A] We got five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] _ Five years, _ that's all we got.
[G] Five years, _ _ [Em] what a five _ years.
Stuck on my ass.
We [A] got five years, my brain hurts a lot.
[C] _ Five years, that's all we [G] got.
Five years, _ _ _ [C] my [Em] brain _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
hurts [G] a lot. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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This song was written by David Bowie.

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