The Next Day
David Bowie
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Intro :G7 A7 G7 A7
"E7Look into my eyes" he tells her
"E7I'm gonna say goodbye" he says yeah
"E7Do not cry" she begs of him goodbye yeah
AE7ll that day she thinks of his love yeah
TG7hey whip him through the streets and alleys there C7
TG7he gormless and the baying crowd right there C7
TE7hey can't get enough of that doomsday song
TE7hey can't get enough of it all
LE7isten
"G7Listen to the whores" he tells her C7
HG7e fashions paper sculptures of them C7
TG7hen drags them to the rivers baA7nk in the cart
TG7heir soggy paper bodies wash aA7shore in the dark
And the pG7riest stiff in hate now dA7emanding fun begin
Of his women dBm7ressed as men for the pC#7leasure of that priest
HE7ere I am
NE7ot quite dying
ME7y body left to rot in a hollow tree
IE7ts branches throwing shadows
OE7n the gallows for me
AE7nd the next day
AE7nd the next
AE7nd another day
G7 A7 G7 A7
IE7gnoring the pain of their particular diseases
TE7hey chase him through the alleys chase him down the steps
TE7hey haul him through the mud and they chant for his death
AE7nd drag him to the feet of the purple headed priest
FG7irst they give you everything that you want C7
TG7hen they take back everything that you have C7
TG7hey live upon their feet and they dA7ie upon their knees
TG7hey can work with satan while they dA7ress like the saints
TG7hey know god exists for the dA7evil told them so
They sBm7cream my name aloud down into the wC#7ell below
HE7ere I am
NE7ot quite dying
ME7y body left to rot in a hollow tree
IE7ts branches throwing shadows
OE7n the gallows for me
AE7nd the next day
AE7nd the next
AE7nd another day