David Bowie – Five Years (Ukulele)

G
Pushing Through the Market Square

Em
So many mothers sighing

A
News had just come over

C
We had 5 years, left to cry in

G
News guy wept and told us

Em
Earth, was really dying

A
Cried so much his face was wet

C
Then I knew, he was not lying

G
I heard telephones, opera house, favourite melodies

Em
I saw boys, toys, electric irons and TVs

A
My brain hurt like a warehouse, It had no room to spare

G
I had to cram so many things to store, Everything in there

            Am                  C
And all the fat-skinny people,

                         Am      C
and all the tall-short people

                  G        C
And all the nobody people,

                         D
and all the somebody people

                                                                         C
I never thought I'd need so many people

G
A girl my age went off her head,

Em
hit some tiny children

A
If the black hadn't a-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

A
A cop knelt, and kissed the feet of a priest

C
And a queer threw up, at the sight of that

G
I think I saw you, in an ice-cream parlour

Em
Drinking milk shakes cold and long

A
Smiling and waving and looking so fine

C
Don't think you knew you were in this song

G
And it was cold and it rained so I felt like an actor

Em
And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there

A
Your face, your race, The way that you talk

C
I kiss you, you're beautiful,  want you to walk

G
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

Em
Five years, what a surprise

A
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C
Five years, that's all we've got

G
We've got five years, what a surprise

Em
Five years, stuck on my eyes

A
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C
Five years, that's all we've got

G
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

Em
Five years, what a surprise

A
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C
Five years, that's all we've got

G
We've got five years, what a surprise

Em
We've got five years, stuck on my eyes

A
We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot

C
Five years, that's all we've got