Golden Years
David Bowie
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MAIN RIFF: (played whenever there is an F#-E progression)F# E |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |--------------------------------- |---------------------------(0)-0- |--4---(4)(4)(4)---2----0h2------- |--0h2--2--2--2----0-------------- F# E ||--------------2------------------| ||--------------2------------------| ||--------------3------------------| ||--------------4--------4------2--| ||---4---(4)(4)------4h6----2h4----| ||---0h2--2--2---------------------|(w/MAIN RIFF):F# E F# E Golden years, gold, whop whopF# E whop Golden years, gold, whop whop whop Golden years, gold, whop whop whopF# E Don't let me hear you say life'sF# E F# E Taking you nowhere, angelF# E (Come get up my baby)F# E Look at that sky, life's begunF# E Nights are warm and the days areF# E youngF# E (Come get up my baby)D Bm There's my baby, lost that's allContinues after the adD Bm Once I'm begging you, save herF# E little soulF# E F# E Golden years, gold, whop whopF# E whopF# E (Come get up my baby) Last night they loved you Opening doors and pulling some strings, angel (Come get up my baby) In walked luck and you looked in time Never look back, walk tall, act fine (Come get up my baby)D Bm I'll stick with you baby for aD Bm thousand yearsG C Nothing's gonna touch you in theseA F# Bm Em7 golden years.... goldF# E F# E Golden years, gold, whop whopF# E whopF# E (Come get up my baby) One of these days, and it won't be long Gonna drive back down where you once belonged In the back of a dream car, twenty foot long Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart Doing all right, but you gotta get smart Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day, I believe oh lord, I believe all the way (Come get up my baby) Run for the shadows, run for the shadows Run for the shadows in these golden years There's my baby, lost that's all Once I'm begging you, save her little soul Golden years, gold, whop whop whop (Come get up my baby) Don't let me hear you say life's Taking you nowhere, angel (Come get up my baby) Run for the shadows, run for the shadows Run for the shadows in these golden years I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold Golden years, gold, whop whop whop Golden years, gold, whop whop whop Golden years, gold, whop whop whop......Fill: |---------------------| |--12---11---9--------| This |--11---11---9--------| the |---------------------| plac |---------------------| and |---------------------| || || ||o ||e ||a || || ||fi ||ut ||s ||d- || || ||ll is played mostly during ||ro chorus (but at a few other ||too) with some minor variations ||libs each time. ||