G                 D
I took this walk to ease my mind

Am            
To find out what's gnawing at me

C                             G
Wouldn't think, to look at me,

Am
that I've spent a lot of time in education

C                        G
It all seems so long ago

Am
I'm a thinker, not a talker

C
I've no-one to talk to, anyway

G               F
I can't see the road

C                  G
for the rain in my eyes

F    C            G
Ahhh-huh, h...uh, huh


            G                 D
I live above the grocers store,

Am            
owned by an Austrian

C                             G
He often calls me down to eat

Am
And he jokes about his broken English,

C                        G
tries to be a friend to me

Am
But for all my years of reading conversation,

C
I stand without a word to say

G               F
I can't see the bridge

C                  G
for the rain in my eyes

F    C            G
Ahhh-huh, h...uh, huh




G         A                   E
And the world is full of life

Bm
Full of folk who don't know me

D                                       A
And they walk in twos or threes or more

Bm
While the light that shines above the grocer's store

D                              A
investigates my face so rudely

Bm
And my essays lying scattered on the floor

D                                      A
Fulfill their needs just by being there

A                      G
And my hands shake, my head hurts,

D                               A
my voice sticks inside my throat

A                 G
I'm invisible and dumb,

D                 A
no-one will recall me

A                 G
And I can't see the water

D                       F  G A                 
through the tears in my ey-y-yes




Zwolle, the Netherlands, 15-07-02 , 4:09 am (oops)

I like this song very, partly because it shows what Bowie 
was feeling like at times when he was about 22-24. 
And partly, because you really hear what Bowie's 
voice really is: a bass, well, quite low, anyway...

Done: 
- Found the chords for the greater part. 
  All by just listening and playing along.
- On accoustic guitar, almost all chords are open chords. 
  If not possible, then as close to it anyway for a more "full" sound. 
  The longer strings due to open chords give a more full sound.

To do: 
- Haven't found out what chords exactly they play in the last. 
  They're joking around with some chords until the ultimately have 
  an A-chord at the end while Bowie sings the last line of the lyric :)
  Possible it's just : F-G-A

• conversation piece