My Death
David Bowie
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G Em (x15) This is umm... This is called a quiet song. Shh. This is something that we used to do a long, long, long, long time ago, and we thought, as this is the last show, we'd like to do it tonight. [Instrumental] Em Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 (x2) Be quiet... [Intro] Em Em7 Em6 Cmaj7 (x2) Thank you. [Verse]Em Em7 Em6 My death waits likeCmaj7 Em Em7 an old rouéEm6 Cmaj7 Em So confident; I'll go his wayEm7 Em6 Cmaj7 Whistle to himD And the passing timeG A G My death waits like a bible truthF Am Am/G At the funeral of my youthF Are we proud for that and theG passing timeAbm Gb Abm My death waits like a witch at nightGb Abm As surely as our love is brightGb B Let's not think about the passing timeContinues after the ad[Chorus]Em D But whatever lies behind the doorC C/B B There is nothing much to doEm D Angel or devil, I don't careC C/B Am Am/G For, in front of that doorB There is you [Hook]Bb C [Verse]Gm My death waits like a beggar blindGm Who sees the world through an unlit mindGm F Throw him a dime for the passing timeBb C My death waits there between yourBb thighsAb Cm Your cool fingers will close my eyesAb Bb Let's think of that, and the passing timeBm A My death waits to allow my friendsBmA Bm A few good times before it endsA So let's drink to that, and theGb passing time [Chorus]Gm F But what ever lies behind the doorEb D There is nothing much to doGm F Angel or devil, I don't careEb For, in front of that doorD There is you [Verse]Gm My death waits there, among the leavesGm In magician's mysterious sleevesGm F Rabbits and dogs and the passing timeBb C My death waits there among theBb flowersAb Where the blackest shadowCm Blackest shadow cowersAb Bb So let's pick lilacs for the passing timeBm A My death waits there, in a doubleBm bedA Bm Sails of oblivion at my headA So pull up your seats against theGb passing time [Chorus]Gm F But what ever lies behind the doorEb D There is nothing much to doGm F Angel or devil, I don't careEb For, in front of that door There is...