David Bowie – The Next Day (Ukulele)
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F7 D7 F7 D7
A7 "Look into my eyes" he tells her A7 "I'm gonna say goodbye" he says yeah A7 "Do not cry" she begs of him goodbye yeah A7 All that day she thinks of his love yeah F7 F7 They whip him through the streets and alleys there F7 F7 The gormless and the baying crowd right there A7 They can't get enough of that doomsday song A7 They can't get enough of it all A7 Listen F7 F7 "Listen to the whores" he tells her F7 F7 He fashions paper sculptures of them F7 D7 Then drags them to the rivers bank in the cart F7 D7 Their soggy paper bodies wash ashore in the dark F7 D7 And the priest stiff in hate now demanding fun begin Em7 F#7 Of his women dressed as men for the pleasure of that priest A7 Here I am A7 Not quite dying A7 My body left to rot in a hollow tree A7 Its branches throwing shadows A7 On the gallows for me A7 And the next day A7 And the next A7 And another day
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A7 Ignoring the pain of their particular diseases A7 They chase him through the alleys chase him down the steps A7 They haul him through the mud and they chant for his death A7 And drag him to the feet of the purple headed priest F7 F7 First they give you everything that you want F7 F7 Then they take back everything that you have F7 D7 They live upon their feet and they die upon their knees F7 D7 They can work with satan while they dress like the saints F7 D7 They know god exists for the devil told them so Em7 F#7 They scream my name aloud down into the well below A7 Here I am A7 Not quite dying A7 My body left to rot in a hollow tree A7 Its branches throwing shadows A7 On the gallows for me A7 And the next day A7 And the next A7 And another day