.... F - D - F - D - F
C
- Em
1. Still don’t know what I was waiting for,
F G
and
my time was running wild a million dead-end streets.
C - Em
And every time I thought I got it made,
F G
it
seemed the taste was not so sweet.
C
Dm Em - F
Dm G
So I turned myself to face me,
but I’ve never caught a glimpse
C Dm Em - F
of
how the others must see the faker
Dm G
it’s much too
fast to take that test.
C Em Am
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange,
- F Dm
F - G
ch-ch-changes, don’t want to be a richer man.
C Em Am
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange,
- F Dm F
ch-ch-changes, it’s gonna have to
be a different man.
C Am Bb F Dm
C F C
Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.
+ D - F - D - F
C Em
2. I watch the ripples change their size,
F
G
but never leave the stream of warm
impermanence,
C Em
and so the days float through my eyes,
F G
but
still the days seem the same.
C
- Dm Em F
And these children that you spit on as they
Dm G
try
to change their worlds,
C - Dm Em -
F
are
immune to your consultations,
Dm G
they’re
quite aware of what they’re going through.
C Em Am
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange,
- F Dm F - G
ch-ch-changes, don’t tell them to grow up and out of it.
C Em Am
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange,
- F
ch-ch-changes, where’s your shame,
Dm F
you’ve left us up to our necks in
it.
C
Am Bb F Dm
C F C
Time may change me, but you can’t trace time.
F C
+ Strange fascination,
fascinating me,
F G
oh, changes
are taking the pace I’m going through.
C Em Am
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange,
- F Dm F
- G
ch-ch-changes, look out you rock’n
rollers.
C Em Am
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange,
- F Dm F
ch-ch-changes, pretty soon now you’re gonna
get older.
C
Am Bb F
Dm C F C
Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.
C Am
Bb
F Dm C F
C
I said that time may change me, but I can’t trace time.
+ C - F - C - D# - F - Bbm - C
(David Bowie)