The Stars (Are Out Tonight) Chords
by David Bowie
The Stars (Are Out Tonight) by David Bowie is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords F#m, D, E and C#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F#m D
Uh Uh Uh Uh (2x) Stars are never sleeping
F#m D
Uh Uh Uh Uh (2x) Dead ones and the living
F#m D
We live closer to the earth and nearer to the heavens
F#m D
The stars are never far away and the stars are out tonight
F#m D
They watch us from behind their shades, Bridgitte, Jack and Kate and Brad
F#m D
From behind their tinted window stretch, gleaming like blackened sunshine
F#m D
Uh Uh Uh Uh (2x) Stars are never sleeping
F#m D
Uh Uh Uh Uh (2x) Dead ones and the living
F#m D
Waiting for the first move, satyrs and their child wives
F#m D
Waiting for the last move, soaking up our primitive world
F#m D
Uh Uh Uh Uh (2x) Stars are never sleeping
F#m D
Uh Uh Uh Uh (2x) Dead ones and the living
E D
Their jealousy´s spilling down, the stars must stick together
F#m D
We will never be rid of the stars, but I hope they live forever
E D
And they know just what we do, what we toss and turned at night
F#m D F#m D
They´re waiting to make their moves, But the stars are out tonight
F#m D
Here they are upon the stairs, sexless and unaroused
F#m
They are the stars, they´re dying for you
D (F#m E D C#) D F#m D
But I hope they live forever
F#m
They burn you with their radiant smiles and
D
Trap you with their beautiful eyes
F#m
They´re broke and shamed or drunk or scared
D
But I hope they live forever
E D
Their jealousy´s spilling down, the stars must stick together
F#m D
We will never be rid of the stars, but I hope they live forever
E D
And they know just what we do, what we toss and turned at night
F#m D F#m
They´re waiting to make their moves, But the stars are out tonight Yeah, Yeah
D F#m
The stars are out tonight
D F#m
The stars are out tonight