MY DEATH from Santa Monica '72
INTRO: Em Em7 Em6 Emdim6
Em Em7 Em6 Emdim6
Em Em7 Em6 Emdim6 Em
My death waits like an old roué
Em7 Em6 Emdim6 Em
So confident I'll go his way
Em7 Em6 Emdim6 D Dsus4 D
Whistle to him and the passing time
G Am7 A G
My death waits like a bible truth
Am F Am Am/G
At the funeral of my youth
F G
We drank for that and the passing time
G#m F# G#m
My death waits like a witch at night
F# G#m
As surely as our love is bright
F# B
Let's not think of that or the passing time
CHORUS 1:
Em D
But what ever lies behind the door
C C/B B
There is nothing much to do
Em D
Angel or devil, I don't care
C C/B Am Am/G B
For in front of that door, there is you
BREAK: Bb C
Gm
My death waits like a beggar blind
Who sees the world through an unlit mind
F
Throw him a dime for the passing time
Bb C Bb
My death waits to allow my friends
G# Cm
A few good times before it ends
G# Bb
Ah, let's not think about the passing time
Bm A Bm
My death waits there between your thighs
A Bm
Your cool fingers will close my eyes
A F#
Let's not think about the passing time
CHORUS 2:
Gm F
But what ever lies behind the door
Eb D
There is nothing much to do
Gm F
Angel or devil, I don't care
Eb D
For in front of that door, there is you
Gm
My death waits there among the leaves
In magicians' mysterious sleeves
F
Rabbits and dogs and the passing time
Bb C Bb
My death waits there among the flowers
G# Cm
Where the blackest shadow cowers
G# Bb
So let's pick lilacs for the passing time
Bm A Bm
My death waits there in a double bed
A Bm
Sails of oblivion at my head
A F#
Let's not think about the passing time
CHORUS 3:
Gm F
But what ever lies behind the door
Eb D
There is nothing much to do
Gm F
Angel or devil, I don't care
Eb D
For in front of that door...there is you
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This transcription is taken from the Santa Monica 1972 version and is slightly
different to the Hammersmith Odeon version.
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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A X02220
G 320033
G# 466544
Am7 X02010
Am/G 3X2210
C 332010
Eb XX5343
Bb X13331
G#m 466444
Dsus4 XX0233
D XX0232
Gm 355333
Cm X35543
C/B X20010
Emdim6 022010
F 133211
F# 244322
Am X02210
Em6 022020
B X24442
Bm X24432
Em 022000
Em7 022030
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ADD A COMMENT:
PAULA BUCKENHAM
30/12/2005 - 21:52:02i love this, i met bowie in his early days and i told him he would become famous if he went to america. and he did.
BIG BANG REPEATER
18/11/2004 - 2:45:32 death is absolute, energy cannot be created or destroyed - it is always there. It is fair.
I will be you and you will be me - best try to be good to your fellow man.
VINCENT L.
19/8/2003 - 21:48:25 Hi everyone!
Don't forget that this song is a cover of "La Mort" of the great belgian singer Jacques Brel
RAMIRO CHANES
29/11/2001 - 15:24:19 Hi, I´m from Argentina so sorry for my english. The tunes that appears here are the right ones but I think that the chords tha appear above the lines "My death waits to allow my friend/ a few goo times before it ends/Ah lets not think about the passing time" should be switched with the chords on the next lines "My death waits between your thighs..." I checked it with the song. Well, congratulagions for the page is great and I could picked up some great bowie´s songs I didn´t have. Regards.