David Bowie – My Death (Guitar)

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My Death by Jacques Brel, performed by David Bowie from Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture
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[Intro] Em Em7 Em6 Emb6 [Verse]
Em       Em7              Em6
      My death waits like

Emb6         Em         Em7
      an old roué
Em6 Emb6 So confident
                  Em
      I'll go his way

Em7              Em6
      Whistle to him

Emb6          D            Dsus4  D
      and the passing time

G                    A
      My death waits like

        G            C
      a Bible truth

             F             Am      Am/G
      at the funeral of my youth

              F
      oh we drank for that

               G
      and the passing time

 G#m                     F#
     My death waits like

                G#m
     a witched night

        F#                     G#m
     as surely as our love is bright

               F#              B
     Let's not think about the passing time

     Em                D                C
     But whatever lies behind the door

                              B
     there is nothing much to do

     Em             D             C     C/B
     Angel or Devil, I don't care

                   Am       Am/G         B
     For in front of that door there is you
Bb C Gm
     Gm
     My death waits like
a beggar blind who sees the world through an unlit mind
                              F
     throw him a dime for the passing time

      Bb            C                   Bb
     My death waits there between your thighs

               Ab                    Cm
     Your cold fingers will close my eyes

           Ab
     Let's think of that

             Bb
     And the passing time

     Bm              A
     My death waits

                 Bm
     to allow my friend

        A
     a few good times

                Bm
     before it ends

              A
     so let's drink to that

             F#
     and the passing time

     G                 F                    Eb
     but whatever lies behind the door

                              D            G
     there is nothing much to do

                    F              Eb
     Angel or Devil, I don't care
for in front of that door
              D
     there is you

     Gm
     My death waits there
among the leaves in magician's mysterious sleeves rabbits and dogs
             F
     and the passing time

     Bb             C
     My death waits there

               Bb
     among the flowers

               Ab              Cm
     where the blackest shadow cowers

                Ab             Bb
     Let's pick lilacs for the passing time

     Bm             A
     My death waits there

                 Bm
     in a double bed

           A
     sails of oblivion

           Bm
     at my head

                     A
     so pull up your seats against

         F#
     the passing time

      Gm               F               Eb
     But whatever lies behind the door

                      D            Gm
     there is nothing much to do

                      F
     Angel or Devil

                        Eb
     I don't care
for in front of that door....... there is