David Bowie Eyes Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays501

David Bowie Eyes by Jen Cloher is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D7 and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
Text
16
Speed
  			
Intro: G C G C G C D7 

Verse 
G           C 
Honey don't leave 
G                     C 
Make me feel like I'm 17 
G                  C                 D7 
Listening to the lizard king break on through 

G                 C 
Come on say you'll be 
G                   C 
Mapplethorpe to my Patti 
G             C                 D7 
Just kids living on a shoestring dream 

C                   G 
She got David Bowie eyes 
Cmaj7                  G 
One is green and one is blue 
C                      G 
I'm sure one of his was brown 
D7 
But what can I do? 

Verse 
G           C 
Honey don't leave 
G                     C 
Make me feel like I'm 23 
G       C               D7 
Surfer Rosa on a sea of speed 

G                   C 
Come on say you'll be 
G              C 
Kurt to my Courtney 
G          C       D7 
Overboard and self assured 

G                  C 
Come on say you'll be 
G                   C 
Mapplethorpe to my Patti 
G           C                    D7 
Just kids living on a shoestring dream 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante