David Bowie - Five Years: Ukulele Chords
Learn to play "Five Years" on your ukulele with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to play this song on the ukulele, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Five Years ukulele chords and lyrics
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the ukulele chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Five Years" smoothly on your ukulele.
G Pushing through the market square Em So many mothers sighing A News had just come over C We had five years left to cry in G News guy wept and told us Em Earth was really dying A Cried so much his face was wet C Then I knew he was not lying G I heard telephones, opera house, favorite melodies Em I saw boys, toys, electric irons and T.V.'s A My brain hurt like a warehouse, It had no room to spare C I had to cram so many things to store Everything in there Am C And all the fat-skinny people, Am C And all the tall-short people, G C And all the nobody people, D And all the somebody people Am C I never thought I'd need so many people G A girl my age went off her head Em Hit some tiny children A If the Black hadn't have pulled her off C I think she would have killed them G A soldier with a broken arm Em Fixed his stare to the wheels of a Cadillac A A cop knelt and kissed the feet of a priest C And a queer threw up at the sight of that G I think I saw you in an ice-cream parlour Em Drinking milkshakes cold and long A Smiling and waving and looking so fine C Don't think you knew you were in this song G And it was cold and it rained, So I felt like an actor Em And I thought of Ma and I wanted to get back there A Your face, your race the way that you talk C I kiss you, you're beautiful I want you to walk G We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Em Five years, what a surprise A We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot C Five years, that's all we've got G We've got five years, what a surprise Em Five years, stuck on my eyes A We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot C Five years, that's all we've got G We've got five years, stuck on my eyes Em Five years, what a surprise A We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot C Five years, that's all we've got G We've got five years, what a surprise Em We've got five years, stuck on my eyes A We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot C Five years, that's all we've got G Five years Em Five years A Five years C Five years | TransposeReset Font sizeReset Ukulele Chord DiagramsA  Am  C  D  Em  G  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each ukulele chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Five Years" on the guitar, check out the chords on our sister site: Guitar Chords for "Five Years" by David Bowie.