Rock ’n roll suicide
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C
E7
1. Time takes a cigarette,
puts it in your mouth,
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you pull on your finger, then another finger, then your
cigarette.
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F
The wall to wall is calling, it
lingers, then you forget, oh oh
oh oh,
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you’re
a rock’n roll suicide.
C E7
2 You’re
too old to lose it, too young to choose it,
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and
the clock waits so patiently on your song.
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Am
You walk past a café, but you
don’t eat when you lived too long,
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oh
no, no, no, you’re a rock’n roll suicide.
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3. Chev brakes a snarling, as you stumble
across the road,
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when
the day breaks instead, so you hurry home.
F G
Don’t let the sun blast your
shadow,
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don’t
let the milk floats ride your mind,
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so natural
religiously unkind, oh no, love, you’re not alone.
A
You’re watching yourself, but you’re too unfair,
C A
you
got your head all tangled, but if I could only make you care.
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G#m B7 D#m
Oh no, love, you’re not alone,
no matter what or who you’ve been,
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no matter when or where you’ve seen,
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all
the knives to lacerate your brain,
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I’ve had my share, I’ll help
you with the pain, you’re not alone.
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Bb - C#
Just turn on me, and you’re
not alone, let’s turn on me !
Bb - C#
You’re wonderful, gimme your
hands,
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you’re
wonderful, gimme
your hands,
Bb
- C# F - C - F# - C#
you’re
wonderful, gimme
your hands.
(David Bowie)