David Bowie – Conversation Piece (Ukulele)

G				D
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

  G		F
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

G		D
	And he jokes about his broken English,

C
	tries to be a friend to me

G		D
	But for all my years of reading conversation,

C	
	I stand without a word to say

   G		F	
I can't see the bridge

	C          G
for the rain in my eyes

	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

A		E
	And my essays lying scattered on the floor

D
	Fulfill their needs just by being there

	A		E
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	  Am7?		E	A
for the tears in my ey-y-yes