My death, Jacques Brel
as perfromed by Bowie • Key:
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My death, Jacques Brel
as perfromed by Bowie
#Transcribed by David Sears (d_sears@pavo.concordia.ca)
#My Death by Jacques Brel, Performed by David Bowie from
#Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture
#Chopro by Tomas Aronsson
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Em
Em7
Em6
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Em
My
Em7
death waits like
Em6
Emb6
an old
Em
drouin (?)
Em7
So
Em6
confident
Emb6
I'll go his
Em
way
Em7
Whistle to
Em6
him
Emb6
and the
D
passing time
Dsus4
D
G
My death waits
A
like
G
a Bible
C
truth
at the
F
funeral of my
Am
youth
Am/G
oh we
F
drank for that
and the
G
passing time
G#m
My death waits like
F#
a witched
G#m
night
as
F#
surely as our love is
G#m
bright
let's not
F#
think about the
B
passing time
Em
But whatever lies
D
behind the door
C
there is nothing much to
B
do
Em
Angel or Devil
D
I don't care
C
C/B
For in front
Am
of that
Am/G
door there is you
B
Bb
C#
Gm
Gm
My death waits like a beggar blind
who sees the world through an unled mind
throw him a dime for the
F
passing time
Bb
My death waits
C#
there between your
Bb
thighs
Your cold
G#
fingers will close my
Cm
eyes
Let's
G#
think of that
And the
Bb
passing time
Bm
My death waits
A
to allow my
Bm
friend
a
A
few good times
before it
Bm
ends
so let's
A
drink to that
and the
F#
passing time
G
but whatever lies
F
behind the door
Eb
there is nothing much to
D
do
G
Angel or Devil
F
I don't care
Eb
for in front of that door
there is
D
you
Gm
My death waits there among the leaves
in magicians mysterious sleeves
rabbits and dogs and the
F
passing time
Bb
My death waits
C#
there
among the
Bb
flowers
where the
G#
blackest shadow
C#m
cowers
Let's pick
G#
lilacs for the
Bb
passing time
Bm
My death waits
A
there
in a double
Bm
bed
sails
A
of oblivion
at my
Bm
head
so pull up your
A
seats against
the
F#
passing time
Gm
But whatever lies
F
behind the door
Eb
there is nothing
D
much to do
Gm
Angel or Devil
F
I don't care
Eb
for in front of that door....... there is
Speed