Conversation Piece Chords
by David Bowie
Conversation Piece by David Bowie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, G, F, F7 and F7ah. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
I
Am took this walk to ease my
G mind
To find out what's gnawing at me F
Wouldn't think to look at me
that I've Am spent a lot of time in education
G
It all seems so long ago
I'm a
Am thinker not a talker
G I've no-one to talk to anyway
I
Am can't see the road
for the
G rain in my
F eyes
Am Ahhh G ahhh F7 ah F ah.
I
Am live above the grocers
G store
owned by an
F Austrian
He often calls me down to eat
And he
Am jokes about his broken English
G tries to be a friend to me
But for Am all my years of reading conversation
G I stand without a word to say
I Am can't see the bridge
for the G rain in my F eyes
Am Ahhh G ahhh F7ah F ah.
And the Am world is full of G life
Full of folk who don't know F me
And they walk in twos or threes or more
While the Am light that shines above the grocers store
G investigates my face so rudely
And my Am essays lying scattered on the floor
G Fullfil their needs just by being there
And my hands shake my head hurts
my voice sticks inside my F7 throat
I'm Am invisible and G dumb
no-one will recall F me
And I Am can't see the water
through the G tears in my F ey-y-yes
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G
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F
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F7
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F7ah