BOWIE DAVID - "my death" Tablature

From: d_sears@pavo.concordia.ca (SEARS, DAVID)

Someone requested My Death a while ago. Here it is with a few mistakes
(98% accurate)

My Death by Jacques Brel, Performed by David Bowie from
Ziggy Stardust the Motion Picture


My Death


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Em Em7 Em6 Emb6

Em Em7 Em6
My death waits like
Emb6 Em Em7
an old drouin (?)
Em6 Emb6
So confident
Em
I'll go his way

Em7 Em6
Whistle to him
Emb6 D Dsus4 D
and the passing time
G A
My death waits like
G C
a Bible truth
F Am Am\G
at the funeral of my youth
F
oh we drank for that
G
and the passing time

G#m F#
My death waits like
G#m
a witched night
F# G#m
as surely as our love is bright
F# B
let's not think about the passing time


Em D C
But whatever lies behind the door
B
there is nothing much to do
Em D C C\B
Angel or Devil I don't care
Am Am\G B
For in front of that door there is you
Bb C# Gm
Gm
My death waits like

a beggar blind

who sees the world through a ? mind
F
throw him a dime for the passing time

Bb C# Bb
My death waits there between your thighs
G# Cm
Your cold fingers will close my eyes
G#
Let's think of that
Bb 0
And the passing time


Bm A
My death waits
Bm
to allow my friend
A
a few good times
Bm
before it ends
A
so let's drink to that
F#
and the passing time


G F Eb
but whatever lies behind the door
D G
there is nothing much to do
F Eb
Angel or Devil I don't care

for in front of that door
D
there is you


Gm
My death waits there

among the leaves

in magicians mysterious sleeves

rabbits and dogs
F
and the passing time


Bb C#
My death waits there
Bb
among the flowers
G# C#m
where the blackest shadow cowers(?)
G# Bb
Let's pick lilacs for the passing time


Bm A
My death waits there
Bm
in a double bed
A
sails of oblivion
Bm
at my head
A
so pull up your seats against
F#
the passing time


Gm F Eb
But whatever lies behind the door
D Gm
there is nothing much to do
F
Angel or Devil
Eb
I don't care

for in front of that door.......

there is