David Bowie

David Bowie - My Death guitar tab

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From: d_sears@pavo.concordia.ca (SEARS, DAVID)

Someone requested My Death a while ago. Here it is with a few mistakes

(98% accurate)

My Death by Jacques Brel, Performed by David Bowie from

Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture

My Death

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Em Em7 Em6

My death waits like

Emb6 Em Em7

an old drouin (?)

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 a ? mind

F

throw him a dime for the passing time

Bb C# Bb

My death waits there between your thighs

G# Cm

Your cold fingers will close my eyes

G#

Let's think of that

Bb 0

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 magicians mysterious sleeves

rabbits and dogs

F

and the passing time

Bb C#

My death waits there

Bb

among the flowers

G# C#m

where the blackest shadow cowers(?)

G# 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

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