Black Tie White Noise
David Bowie
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Tom: Eb
D#sus2 Gmaj7 F#
[Verse]
D#sus2
Getting my facts from a Benetton ad
D#sus2
I'm lookin' through African eyes
D#sus2
Lit by the glare of an A fire (black tie, white noise)
D#sus2
I've got a face, not just my race, Bang Bang I've got you babe
Gmaj7 F#
Putting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise
D#sus2
Sun comes up and the man goes down
D#sus2
And the woman comes again
D#sus2
Just an hour or so to be safe from fear (black tie, white noise)
D#sus2
Then we jump through hoops, we're divisible now, just disappear
Gmaj7 F#
Putting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise
[Chorus]
G#
We reach out over race and hold each other's hands
Fm
Then die in the flames singing "we shall overcome"
C# G#
Whoa! What's going on?
Fm
There'll be some blood no doubt about it
C#
But we'll come through don't doubt it
G#
I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me
[Próxima Parte]
Fm C#
I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me
D#sus2
You won't kill me
D#sus2
You won't kill me, no
D#sus2
But I look into your eyes
D#sus2
And I wonder sometimes
D#sus2 Gmaj7 F#
Putting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise
[Verse]
D#sus2
Oh Lord, just let him see me
D#sus2
Lord, Lord just let him hear me
D#sus2
Let him call me brother
D#sus2
Let him put his arms around me
Gmaj7 F#
Let him put his hands together
[Chorus]
[Próxima Parte]
Fm C#
I look into your eyes and I know you won't kill me
D#sus2
You won't kill me, no
D#sus2
But I wonder why
D#sus2
Yes, and I wonder why sometimes
D#sus2 Gmaj7 F#
Putting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise
[Verse]
D#sus2
They'll show us how to break the rules
D#sus2
But never how to make the rules
D#sus2
Reduce us down to witless punks (black tie, white noise)
D#sus2
Fascist cries both black and white
D#sus2
Who's got the blood, who's got the gun
Gmaj7 F#
Putting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise
D#sus2 Gmaj7 F#
Putting on the black tie, cranking out the white noise
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