David Bowie – Shes Got Medals (Guitar)

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(From "London Boy" and many other compilations of his pre-"Space Oddity" days) [Intro] C Csus4 C C7 | F C | G D | A C | A A7 A | [Verse 1]
    F                  C              G          D             A
She walked through the door and she'd set up the drinks on the house

             F            C              G               D                    A
She played a good game of darts, and the men slapped her back, never took her out

    Bm                F#         Bm                 E       A       E
She wore a trenchcoat khaki, her hobnail boots were full of holes.
[Chorus]
E     A   E7
She's got medals.
| F C | G D | A C | A A7 A | [Verse 2]
    F                 C            G                   D              A
Her mother called her Mary but she changed her name to Tommy, she's a one.

    F                   C                G              D               A
She went and joined the army, passed the medical, don't ask me how it's done.

     Bm              F#          Bm               E         A     E
They sent her to the front line, fighting for her country's name
[Chorus]
E     A   E7
She's got medals.
[Bridge]
    B                 G
She got very tired of picking up girls,

C                     F
Cleaning her gun, and shaving her curls

Bb             Eb                 C                 (F)
Then the enemy dropped a bomb, survivors there were none!
| F C | G D | A C | A A7 A | [Verse 3]
F               C                G                D                  A
People say that when the moon is full and all the stars have gone to bed

        F               C              G                 D           A
You can see a ghost but that's a lie because the naughty woman isn't dead.

      Bm                     F#         Bm                      E       A        E
She deserted on the previous morning, replaced her uniform with dresses silk and green

E         A      E
Called herself Eileen,

E       A      E
came to London town,

E         A       E
now she's settled down.
[Chorus]
E     A   E7
She's got medals.
| F C | G D | A C | A A7 A | | F C | G D | A |