The Laughing Gnome chords by David Bowie
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (A major)
Verse 1
I was (A major) walking
down the high street
When I (F major) heard footsteps behind (A major) me
And (F major) there was a little old (A major) man (hello)
In (D major) scarlet and (A major) grey,
(D major) shuffling away (A major) (laughter)
Well he trotted back to my house
And he sat (F major) beside the telly (A major) (oaah)
With his (F major) tiny hands on his tummy (A major)
Chuckling (D major) away,
(A major) laughing (D major) all day (A major) (laughter)
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Verse 2
Oh, I ought to report you to
the gnome office
(gnome office)
Yes (G major)
(hahahahaha)
(D major) Ha ha ha,
Verse 3
hee hee hee
(G major) "I'm a laughing gnome and
you (D major) can't catch me"
(G major) Ha ha ha, (D major) hee hee hee
(G major) "I'm a laughing gnome and
you (F major) can't catch me"
Said the (G major) laugh (D major) ing gnome
(A major)
Verse 4
Well I gave him roasted toadstools and a (F major) glass
of dandelion wine (A major) (burp, pardon)
Then I (F major) put him on a train
to east (A major) bourne
Carried his bag and (D major) gave
him a fag (A major)
(haven't you got a light
boy? )
"here, where do you come
from? "
(gnome-man's land, hahihihi)
"oh, really? "
Verse 5
In the morning (A major) when I woke up
He was (F major) sitting on the edge of my bed (A major)
With his (F major) brother whose name was fred (A major)
He'd (D major) bought him along (A major) to (D major) sing me a song
Verse 6
(A major) Right, let's hear it
Here, what's that clicking
noise?
(that's fred, he's (G major) a "metrognome",
haha)
Verse 7
Ha ha ha, (D major) hee hee hee
(G major) "I'm a laughing gnome (D major) and
you can't catch me"
Ha (G major) ha (D major) ha, hee hee hee
(G major) "I'm a laughing gnome and you
(F major) can't catch me"
Verse 8
(own up, I'm a gnome, ain't (F major) (D major) I right,
(A major) haha)
"haven't you got an 'ome
to go to? "
(no, we're gnomads)
"didn't they teach you to get your hair cut at
school? you look like a rolling gnome"
(no, not at the london school
of ecognomics)
Verse 9
Now they're (A major) staying up the chimney
And we're (F major) living on caviar and honey
(A major) (hooray!)
Cause they're (F major) earning
me lots of money (A major)
Writing (D major) comedy prose (A major) for radi (D major) o shows (A major)
It's the-er (what? )
Verse 10
It's the gnome service of course
(G major) Ha ha ha, (D major) hee hee hee
"I'm a (G major) laughing gnome and
(D major) you can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, (G major) (D major) oh, dear me
Verse 11
(ha ha ha, hee hee (G major) hee
"I'm a laughing gnome and
you (F major) can't catch me"
Ha ha ha, hee (G major) (D major) hee hee
"I'm (G major) a laughing gnome and you
can't (D major) catch me")
Verse 12
(one more time, yeah)
The Laughing Gnome
David Bowie
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