Although Bowie recorded this in G, that can be hard to sing, particularly  towards the end. In later years, 
Bowie sometimes sang this in a lower key. This version is in the key of C, 
making it easier both to sing and play


[Verse 1]
   
Pushing throug

h the market s

quare
   
So many mother

s sighing
    
News had just 

come over
   
We had five ye

ars left to cr

y in (cry in)
   
News guy wept 

and told us
  
Earth was real

ly dying (dyin

g)
   
Cried so much 

his face was w

et
  
Then I knew he

 was not lying

 (lying)
  
I heard teleph

ones, opera ho

use, favourite

 melodies
  
I saw boys, to

ys, electric i

rons and TVs
   
My brain hurt 

like a warehou

se, it had no 

room to spare
  
I had to cram 

so many things

 to store ever

ything in ther

e
  
And all the fa

t, skinny peop

le
   
And all the ta

ll, short peop

le
   
And all the no

body people
   
And all the so

mebody people
  
I never though

t I'd need so 

many people
        

[Verse 2]
 
A girl my age 

went off her h

ead
 
Hit some tiny 

children
  
If the Black h

adn't have pul

led her off
  
I think she wo

uld have kille

d them
 
A soldier with

 a broken arm
  
Fixed his star

e to the wheel

s of a Cadilla

c
  
A cop knelt an

d kissed the f

eet of a pries

t
  
And a queer th

rew up at the 

sight of that
  
I think I saw 

you in an ice-

cream parlour
  
Drinking milks

hakes cold and

 long
 
Smiling and wa

ving and looki

ng so fine
   
Don't think yo

u knew you wer

e in this song
 
And it was col

d and it raine

d, so I felt l

ike an actor
 
And I thought 

of Ma and I wa

nted to get ba

ck there
  
Your face, you

r race

The way that you talk
  
I kiss you, yo

u're beautiful

I want you to walk


[Outro]
 
We've got five

 years, stuck 

on my eyes
  
Five years, wh

at a surprise
  
We've got five

 years, my bra

in hurts a lot
  
Five years, th

at's all we've

 got
  
We've got five

 years, what a

 surprise
 
Five years, st

uck on my eyes
  
We've got five

 years, my bra

in hurts a lot
  
Five years, th

at's all we've

 got
  
We've got five

 years, stuck 

on my eyes
  
Five years, wh

at a surprise
 
We've got five

 years, my bra

in hurts a lot
 
Five years, th

at's all we've

 got
  
We've got five

 years, what a

 surprise
  
We've got five

 years, stuck 

on my eyes
 
We've got five

 years, my bra

in hurts a lot
  
Five years, th

at's all we've

 got
  
Five years
  


Five years
  
Five years
 
Five years

C (fade out)