Golden Years
David Bowie


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(played whenever there is an F#-E progression)

            
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(w/MAIN RIFF):

           
Golden years, 

           
gold, whop who

       
p whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop


           
Don't let me h

             
ear you say li

fe's 
           
Taking you now

          
here, angel
            
(Come get up m

 
y baby)
            
Look at that s

    
ky, life's beg

un
            
Nights are war

             
m and the days

        
 are young
            
(Come get up m

 
y baby)


             
There's my bab

   
y, lost that's

 all
             
Once I'm beggi

            
ng you, save h

            
er little soul
           
Golden years, 

           
gold, whop who

       
p whop
          
(Come get up m

y baby)


Last night they loved you 
Opening doors and pulling some strings, angel
(Come get up my baby)
In walked luck and you looked in time
Never look back, walk tall, act fine
(Come get up my baby)


             
I'll stick wit

            
h you baby for

           
 a thousand ye

ars
             
Nothing's gonn

             
a touch you in

             
 these golden 

      
years....     

gold
           
Golden years, 

           
gold, whop who

       
p whop
          
(Come get up m

y baby)


One of these days, and it won't be long
Gonna drive back down where you once belonged
In the back of a dream car, twenty foot long
Don't cry my sweet, don't break my heart
Doing all right, but you gotta get smart
Wish upon, wish upon, day upon day,
I believe oh lord, I believe all the way (Come get up my baby)
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years


There's my baby, lost that's all
Once I'm begging you, save her little soul
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
(Come get up my baby)


Don't let me hear you say life's 
Taking you nowhere, angel
(Come get up my baby)
Run for the shadows, run for the shadows
Run for the shadows in these golden years


I'll stick with you baby for a thousand years
Nothing's gonna touch you in these golden years, gold


Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop
Golden years, gold, whop whop whop......


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