The Next Day chords by
David Bowie

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
E E 
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Em Em 
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Look into my eyes he tells her
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G G 
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A A 
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I'm gonna say goodbye he says yea
E E 
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Do not cry she begs of
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A A 
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him goodbye yea
E E 
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G G 
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All that day she thinks of his love yea

Verse 2
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They whip him through the streets
C C 
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and alleys there
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The gormless and the baying
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crowd right there
E E 
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They can't get enough of
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that doomsday song
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E E 
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G G 
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A A 
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They can't get enough of it all
E E 
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Listen
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E E 
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G G 
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Verse 3
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C C 
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Listen to the whores he tells her
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C C 
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He fashions paper sculptures of them
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Then drags them to the river's
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bank in the cart
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Their soggy paper bodies
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wash ashore in the dark
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And the priest stiff in hate now
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demanding fun begin
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Of his women dressed as men for
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the pleasure of that priest

Verse 4
E E 
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Here I am
G G 
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Not quite dying
A A 
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E E 
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G G 
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My body left to rot in a hollow tree
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E E 
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Its branches throwing shadows
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A A 
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On the gallows for me
E E 
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And the next day
And the next
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A A 
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And another day
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C C 
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Verse 5
C C 
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E E 
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Ignoring the pain of their
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particular diseases
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E E 
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They chase him through the alleys
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chase him down the steps
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They haul him through the mud
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and they chant for his death
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E E 
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And drag him to the feet of the
purple-headed priest

Verse 6
priest
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First they give you everything
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that you want
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Then they take back everything
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that you have
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They live upon their feet and
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they die upon their knees
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They can work with satan while
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they dress like the saints
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They know god exists for
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the devil told them so
Baug Baug 
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They scream my name aloud
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down into the well below

Verse 7
E E 
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Here I am
G G 
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Not quite dying
A A 
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E E 
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G G 
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My body left to rot in a hollow tree
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E E 
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Its branches throwing shadows
B B 2
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Bm Bm 2
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On the gallows for me
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And the next day
And the next
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A A 
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And another day

Verse 8
E E 
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Here I am
G G 
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Not quite dying
A A 
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E E 
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My body left to rot in a hollow tree
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A A 
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On the gallows for me
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And the next day
And the next
A A 
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And another day

Verse 9
E E 
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Here I am
Not quite dying
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E E 
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My body left to rot in a hollow tree
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On the gallows for me
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And the next day
And the next