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Hunky Dory

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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music.

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David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
Terrific album. Ive always loved it.

[Intro]

Cmaj7 Dbadd6 Dm7 Eb7
F D F D

[Verse 1]

C Em
I still don't know what I was waiting for
F G
And my time was running wild
F
A million dead end streets
C Em
Every time I thought I'd got it made
F G
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 F#dim
So I turned myself to face me
Dm7 G
But I've never caught a glimpse
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Ebm7
Of how the others must see the faker
Dm7
I'm much too fast to take the test

[Chorus 1]

G F
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
C C/B C/A
Turn and face the strange
C/G
Ch-ch-changes
F F/E D
Don't want to be a richer man
G F
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
C C/B C/A
Turn and face the strange
C/G
Ch-ch-changes
F F/E D
It's gonna have to be a different man
Am G Bb F Em D7 G C
Time may change me but I can't trace time

[Verse 2]

C Em
I watched the ripples change there size
F G F
But never leave the stream of warm impermanence
C Em
And so the days float thru my eyes
F G
But still the days seem the same
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7
And these children that you spit on
F#dim Dm7 G
As they try to change their worlds
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7
Are immune to your consultations
Ebm7 Dm7
They're quite aware of what they're going thru

[Chorus 2]

G F
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
C C/B C/A
Turn and face the strange
C/G
Ch-ch-changes
F F/E D
Don't tell us to grow up and out of it
G F
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
C C/B C/A
Turn and face the strange
C/G
Ch-ch-changes
F F/E D
Where's your shame you've left us up to our necks in it
Am G Bb F Em D7 G C
Time may change me but I can't trace time

[Bridge]

F C F C
Strange fascination, fascinate me
F G
Oh changes are taking the pace I'm going thru

[Chorus 3]

G F
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
C C/B C/A
Turn and face the strange
C/G
Ch-ch-changes
F F/E D
Don't want to be a richer man
G F
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
C C/B C/A
Turn and face the strange
C/G
Ch-ch-changes
F F/E D
Pretty soon now your gonna get older
Am G Bb F Em D7 G C
Time may change me but I can't trace time
Am G Bb F Em D7 G C
I said that time may change me but I can't trace time

[Outro]

Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Eb7 Dm7 Dbadd6 Cmaj7

2. OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS

[Intro]

F# G# F# E D
F# G# F# E D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6

[Verse 1]

G D
Wake up you sleepy head
Esus4 Em
Put on some clothes shake off your bed
G D
Put another log on the fire for me
A E
I've made some breakfast and coffee
G D
Look out my window, what do I see
B7 Em F C
A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me
A7 D
All the nightmares came today

[Pre-Chorus]

G C#dim D D#dim D# B F#sus4 F#
And it looks as though they're here to stay
G D
What are we coming to
Esus4 Em
No room for me no fun for you
G D
I think about a world to come
A E
Where the books were found by the Golden Ones
G D
Written in pain written in awe
B7 Em C
By a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for
A7 D
All the strangers came today
G
And it looks as though they're here to stay

[Chorus 1]

G Bm Em
Oh you pretty things
D C7 G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane?
G Bm Em
Oh you pretty things
D C7 G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane?
A
Let me make it plain
D C G
Gotta make way for the homo superior

D
Look out at your children
Esus4 Em
See their faces in golden rays
G D
Don't kid yourself they belong to you
A E
They're the start of the coming race
G
The earth is a bitch
D
We've finished our news
B7 Em F C
Homo sapiens have outgrown their use
A7 D G
All the strangers came today and it looks as though they're here to stay

[Chorus 2]

F# G# F# E D F# G# F# E
D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6
C# C#6 D# D#6 F# C#

3. 8 LINE POEM

[Intro]

F C F C D E
F C F C F C
E F D G F

[Verse 1]

C F
Tactful cactus by your window
C F
Survey the prairie of your room
C D
Mobile spins to its collision
E F
Clara puts her head between her paws
C F
They've opened shops down on the westside
C F
Will all the cacti find a home?
C E
But the key to the city
F Dsus4 G F C
Is in the sun that pins the branches to the sky Oh...oh

[Outro]

F C F C
F C F C

4. LIFE ON MARS?

[Verse 1]

F F/E F7
It's a God awful small affair
D7
To the girl with the mousy hair
Gm Gm7
But her mummy is yelling no
C C7 F
And her daddy has told her to go
F/E F7
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
D7
Now she walks through her sunken dream
Gm Gm7
To the seat with the clearest view
C C7
And she's hooked to the silver screen
Ab/Eb Ab#5/E
But the film is a saddening bore
Fm Ab7
For she's lived it ten times or more
Db F/A
She could spit in the eyes of fools
Bbm B
As they ask her to focus on

[Chorus 1]

Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm F#aug F
Oh man look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It's the freakiest show
Ebm7 Bb Eb
Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Gm F#aug F
Oh man wonder if he'll ever know
Fm Cm7
He's in the best selling show
Ebm7 Gm F#aug Bb Edim7
Is there life on mars?

[Solo]

F F#dim Gm G#dim Am Bb Bbm

[Verse 2]

F F/E F7
It's on Americas tortured brow
D7 Gm
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Gm7 C
Now the workers have struck for fame
C7
Cos Lennon's on sale again
F F/E F7
See the mice in their million hoards
D7 Gm
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Gm7 C
Rule Brittannia is out of bounds
C7
To my mother my dog and clowns
Ab/Eb Ab#5/E
But the film is a saddening bore
Fm Ab7
Cause I wrote it ten times or more
Db F/A
It's about to be writ again
Bbm B
As they ask her to focus on

[Chorus 2]

Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm F#aug F
Oh man look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It's the freakiest show
Ebm7 Bb Eb
Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Gm F#aug F
Oh man wonder if he'll ever know
Fm Cm7
He's in the best selling show
Ebm7 Gm F#aug Bb Edim7
Is there life on mars?

[Outro]

F F#dim Gm Bb Bb Bb Eb Ebm Bb

5. KOOKS

[Intro]

D Dsus4 D Dsus4 D Am

[Chorus 1]

D Dsus4 D Dsus4
Will you stay in our lovers story?
D Dsus4 D Dsus4
If you stay you won't be sorry
C C/B
Cause we believe in you
Am7 D Am7 D
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
Am7 D Am7 F C
With a couple of Kooks hung up on romancing

[Chorus 2/Intro]

D A
We bought a lot of things to keep you warm and dry
D A
And a funny old crib on which the paint won't dry
D G
I bought you a pair of shoes
D G
A trumpet you can blow and a book of rules
D A
On what to say to people when they pick on you
Cause if you stay with us you're gonna be pretty kookie too

[Chorus 3/Intro]

D A
And if you ever have to go to school
D A
Remember how they messed up this old fool
D G
Don't pick fights with the bullies or the cads
D G
Cause i'm not much cop at punching other peoples dads
D A
And if the homework brings you down
Then we'll throw it on the fire and take the car down town

[Chorus 4]

E Esus4 E Esus4
Will you stay in our lovers story?
E Esus4 E Esus4
If you stay you won't be sorry
D D/C#
Cause we believe in you
Bm7 E Bm7 E
Soon you'll grow so take a chance
Bm7 E Bm7 G D
With a couple of Kooks hung up on romancing

6. QUICKSAND

[Intro]

G Am7 G Am7 G Am7 G Am7

[Verse 1]

C
I'm closer to the golden dawn
G Gsus4 G
Immersed in Crowley's uniform of imagery
C
I'm living in a silent film
G
Portraying Himmler's sacred realm of dream reality
Eb
I'm frightened by the total goal
F*
Drawing to the ragged hole
G Em C
And I ain't got the power any more
G Am7 Am9 Am9* A
no I ain't got the power any more

D
I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes
A Asus4 A
Living proof of Churchills lies I'm destiny
D
I'm torn between the light and dark
A Asus4 A
Where others see their target divine symmetry
F
Should I kiss the vipers fang
G
Or herald loud the death of man?
A F#m7 Em7 D
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thoughts
A Asus4 A
And I ain't got the power any more

[Chorus 1]

A E7 F#m7
Don't believe in yourself
D#dim E
Don't deceive with belief
Edim Bm7
Knowledge comes with deaths release
F#dim A
Ah ah ah ah
F#m7 E6 E
Ah ah ah ah ah

D
I'm not a prophet or a stoneage man
A
Just a mortal with potential of a superman I'm living on
D
I'm tethered to the logic of homo sapien
A
Can't take my eyes from the great salvation of bullshit faith
F
If I don't explain what you ought to know
G
You can tell me all about it in the next bardot
A F#m7 Em7 D
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thoughts
A Asus4 A Asus4 A
And I ain't got the power any more

[Chorus 2,3]

[Chorus 4]

(no vocals)

7. FILL YOUR HEART

[Intro]

Emaj7 G Emaj7 G

[Verse 1]

E
Fill your heart with love today
A E
Don't play the game of time
Things that happen in the past
G D
Only happened in your mind
E F#m G#m
Only in your mind
A B E E7
oh forget your mind and you'll be free yeah

[Chorus 1]

A E E7
The writings on the wall free yeah
G D E F#m
And you can know it all if you choose
G#m A
Just remember lovers never lose
B E
Cause they are free of thoughts
B C#m G#m
Unpure and of thoughts unkind
E F#m
Gentleness cleans the soul
G#m A B E
Love cleans the mind and makes it free

[Solo]

A E G D E F#m G#m A B E

[Verse 2]

E
Happiness is happening
A E
The dragons have been bled
Gentleness is everywhere
G D
Fears just in your head
E F#m G#m
Only in your head fear is in your head
A B
Only in your head so forget your head
E E7
And you'll be free yeah

[Chorus 2]

A E G D E F#m G#m A B E

[Outro]

E E7 A E
Free, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah
E E7 A E
Free, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah
E E7 A E
Free, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah
E E7 A E
Free, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah...yeah, yeah, yeah
E E7 E
Free, yeah

8. ANDY WARHOL

CHORDS: EADGBE
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A X02220
G 320003
Em* 079900
C/B X22010
C 332010
D* 057700
Am7 X02010
Cmaj7 035500
D XX0232
Em 022000

[Intro]

Em* D* Cmaj7 D* Em* D* Cmaj7 D*

[Verse]

Em*
Like to take a cement fix
A
Be a standing cinema
C C/B
Dress my friends up just for show
A Em C D
See Them as they really are
Em
Put a peep hole in my brain
A
Two new pence to have a go
C C/B
I'd like to be a gallery
A Em C D
Put you all inside my show

[Chorus 1]

D A Em C
Andy Warhol looks a scream
A C G A
Hang him on my wall
D A Em C
Andy Warhol silver screen
A C G Am7 A
Can't tell them apart at all

[Intro]

Em* A
Andy walking Andy tired Andy take a little snooze
C C/B
Tie him up when he's fast asleep
A Em C D
Send him on a pleasant cruise
Em
When you wake up on the sea
A
Be sure to think of me and you
C
He'll think about paint and he'll think about glue
C/B A Em C D
What a jolly boring thing to do

[Chorus 2,3]

[Outro]

Em*

9. SONG FOR BOB DYLAN

[Intro]

A G#m F#m E A G#m F#m B

[Verse 1]

A G#m
Ah hear this Robert Zimmerman
F#m E
I wrote a song for you
A G#m
About a strange young man called Dylan
F#m E
With a voice like sand and glue
G#m C#m
Some words had truthful vengeance
B A
That could pin us to the floor
F#m G#m
Brought a few more people on
A B
And put the fear in a whole lot more

[Chorus 1]

A D A
Ah here she comes here she comes here she comes again
That same old painted lady
E
From the brow of the superbrain
F#m
She'll scratch this world to pieces
G
As she comes on like a friend
A
But a couple of songs from your old scrap book
E
Could send her home again

[Verse 2]

A G#m
You gave your heart to every bedsit room
F#m E
At least a picture on the wall
A G#m
And you sat behind a million pair of eyes
F#m E
And told them how they saw
G#m C#m
Then we lost your train of thought
B A
Your paintings are all your own
F#m
While troubles are rising
G#m A B
We'd rather be scared together than alone

[Chorus 2]

A G#m F#m E A G#m F#m B

[Verse 3]

A G#m
Now hear this Robert Zimmerman
F#m E
Though I don't suppose we'll meet
A G#m
Ask your good friend Dylan
F#m E
If he'd gaze a while down the old street
G#m C#m
Tell him we've lost his poems
B A
So we're writing on the walls
F#m G#m
Give us back our unity
A B
Give us back our family
F#m G#m
You're every nations refugee
A B
Don't leave us with our sanity

[Chorus 3]

A D A
Ah here she comes here she comes here she comes again
That same old painted lady
E
From the brow of the superbrain
F#m
She'll scratch this world to pieces
G
As she comes on like a friend
A
But a couple of songs from your old scrap book
E
Could send her home again
G
Oh a couple of songs from your old scrap book
A
Could send her home again
D
Oh here she comes
A
Ooh here she comes
D
And here she comes

[Outro Solo]

A G#m F#m E A G#m F#m B E

10. QUEEN BITCH

[Intro]

C G F C G F
C G F C G F
C G F C G F
C G F C G F

[Verse 1]

C F C G F C G F
I'm up on the eleventh floor and I'm watching the cruisers below
C F C G F C G F
He's down on the street and he's trying hard to pull sister Flo
C F C G F C G F
Oh, My heart's in the basement my weekend's at an all time low
C F
'Cause she's hoping to score so I can't see her letting him go
C E A
Walk out of her heart walk out of her mind, Oh not her

[Chorus 1]

B D B D
She's so swishy in her satin and tat in her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat
B C G F C G F C G F C G F
Oh God I could do better than that

[Verse 2]

C F C G F C G F
She's an old time ambassador of sweet talking night walking games
C F C G F C G F
Oh, and she's known in the darkest clubs for pushing ahead of the dames
C F C G F C G F
If she says she can do it she can do it she don't make false claims
C F E
For she's a queen and such are queens that your laughter is sucked in their brains
F C
Now she's leading him on and she'll lay him right down
F E
Yeah she's leading him on and she'll lay him right down
F C
But it could have been me yes it could have been me
E A
Why did'nt I say why did'nt I say, No, no, no

[Chorus 2]

C F C G F C G F
So I lay down a while and I gaze at my hotel wall
C F C G F C G F
Oh the cot is so cold it don't feel like no bed at all
C F C G F C G F
Yeah, I lay down a while and look at my hotel wall
C F E
And he's down on the street so I throw both his bags down the hall
F C
And I'm phoning a cab cause my stomach feels small
F E
There's a taste in my mouth and it's no taste at all
F C
It could have been and yes it could have been me
E A
Why did'nt I say why did'nt I say, No, no, no

[Chorus 3]

[Outro]

C G F C G F C G F C G F C

11. THE BEWLAY BROTHERS

[Intro]

D Em A
D Em A...With lead guitar

[Verse 1]

D
And so the story goes they wore the clothes
Em A
They said the things to make it seem improbable
D Em A
The whale of a lie like they hope it was
D
And the good men tomorrow had their feet in the wallow
Em
And their heads of brawn were nicer shorn
A D
And how they bought their positions of saccharin and trust
Em A D
And the world was asleep to our latent fuss
Em A
Sighing the swirl through the streets like the crust of the sun
D
The Bewlay Brothers
A G
In our wings that bark flashing teeth of brass
F#
Standing tall in the dark
F#sus4 Asus2
Oh and we were gone
G Em
Hanging out with your dwarf men we were so turned on
C
By your lack of conclusions

[Beak]

D Em A

[Verse 2]

D Em
Well, I was stone and he was wax so he could scream and still relax unbelievable
A D Em A
And we frightened the small children away
D
And our talk was old and dust would flow through our veins and lo it was midnight
Em A D
Back o' the kitchen door like the grim face on the cathedral floor
Em A D
And the solid book we wrote cannot be found today
Em A Bm
And it was stalking time for the moonboys the Bewlay Brothers
A G
With our backs on the arch in the Devil may be here
F#
But he can't sing about that
F#sus4 Asus2
Oh and we were gone
Gmaj7 Em C
Real cool traders we were so turned on you thought we were fakers

[Break 2]

D Em A

[Verse 3]

D
And now that dress is hung the ticket pawned the factor Max that proved the fact
Em A D Em A
Is melted down and woven on the edging of my pillow
D
Now my brother lays upon the rocks he could be dead he could be not
Em A D
He could be you he's chameleon, comedian, corinthian and caricature
Em A D
Shooting up pie in the sky the Bewlay Brothers
Em A Bm
In the feeble and the bad the Bewlay Brothers
A G
In the blessed and cold in the crutch hungry dark
F#
Was where we flayed our mark
F#sus4 Asus2
Oh we were gone
Gmaj7 Em C
Kings of oblivion we were so turned on in the mind warp pavillion

[Chorus]

Bm C F Bm
Lay me place and bake me pie I'm starving for me gravy
C F Bm
Leave my shoes and door unlocked I might just slip away, hey
F Bm
Just for the day, hey, hey, please come away, hey
F Bm
Just for the day, hey, please come away, hey
F Bm
Please come away, just for the day
F Bm
Please come away, please come away
F Bm
Please come away, please come away
F Bm F Bm
Away, away

Hunky Dory is one of the best albums of all time.
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