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Scary Monsters And Super Creeps

by David Bowie

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David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music.

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SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS) Album by David Bowie

1. IT'S NO GAME
2. UP THE HIL BACKWARDS
3. SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS)
4. ASHES TO ASHES
5. FASHION
6. TEENAGE WILDLIFE
7. SCREAM LIKE A BABY
8. KINGDOM COME
9. BECAUSE YOU'RE YOUNG
10. IT'S NO GAME (PART 2)

1. IT'S NO GAME

D Am
Shiruetto ya kage ga kakumei o miteiru
G Bb C
Mo tengoku no giyu no kaidan wa nai
D
Silhouettes and shadows
Am
Watch the revolution
G Bb C
No more free steps to heaven
D
It's no game

Am C G A

D
Ore genjitsu kara shime dasare
Am
Nani ga okkote irunoka wakara nai
G
Doko ni kyokun wa arunoka hitobito wa yubi o orareteiru
Bb C
Konna dokusaisha ni iyashime rareru nowa kanashii
D Am
I am barred from the event
G Bb C
I really don't understand the situation
D
And it's no game

Am C G A

Em
Documentaries on refugees
A
Couples 'gainst the target
C G
You throw a rock against the road
A
And it breaks into pieces
Em
Draw the blinds on yesterday,
A
And it's all so much scarier
C G
Put a bullet in my brain,
A
And it makes all the papers

E Bm D A E

Nammin no kiroku eiga
Bm
Hyoteki o se ni shita koibito tachi
D
Michi ni ishi o nage reba kona gona ni kudake
A B
Kino ni huta o sureba kyohu wa masu

Ore no atama ni tama o buchi kome ba
C A
Shinbun wa kaki tateru
D
So where's the moral
Am
when people have their fingers broken
G
To be insulted by these fascists
Bb C
It's so degrading
D
And it's no game

Am A

2. UP THE HILL BACKWARDS

A
D
C G
D A
A
D
C G
D A

A D E A
The vacuum created by the arrival of freedom
A F#m E D
And the possibilities it seems to offer
A D E A
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
A F#m E D
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

A D E A
A series of shocks - sneakers fall apart
A F#m E D
Earth keeps on rolling - witnesses falling
A D E A
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
A F#m E D
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

D
Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
E D A
It'll be alright ooo-ooo

A D E A
While we sleep they go to work
A F#m E D
We're legally crippled it's the death of love
A D E A
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it
A F#m E D
It's got nothing to do with you, if one can grasp it

A D E A
More idols then realities ooo-ooo
A F#m E D
I'm OK, you're so-so ooo-ooo
D
Yeah, yeah, yeah - up the hill backwards
E D E A
It'll be alright ooo-ooo

A
D
C G
D A
A
D
C G
D A

3. SCARY MONSTERS (AND SUPER CREEPS)

E D
E D
E D
E D
E

D E
She had an horror of rooms; she was tired; you can't hide beat
D E
When I looked in her eyes they were blue but nobody home
D E
She could've been a killer if she didn't walk the way she do, and she do
D E
She opened strange doors that we'd never close again
D
She began to wail jealousies scream
C G D
Waiting at the light, know what I mean?

D
Scary monsters, super creeps
C
Keep me running, running scared
D
Scary monsters, super creeps
C
Keep me running, running scared

E D E
She asked me to stay and I stole her room
D E
She asked for my love and I gave her a dangerous mind
D E
Now she's stupid in the street and she can't socialise
D E
Well I love the little girl and I'll love her till the day she dies

She wails
D
Jimmy's guitar sound, jealousies scream
C G D
Waiting at the light, know what I mean?

D
Scary monsters, super creeps
C
Keep me running, running scared
D
Scary monsters, super creeps
C
Keep me running, running scared
D
Scary monsters, super creeps
C
Keep me running, running scared
D
Scary monsters, super creeps
C
Keep me running, running scared

E A E A D B
E A E A D B

4. ASHES TO ASHES

G Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G

Do you remember a guy that's been
Em
In such an early song
C
I've heard a rumour from Ground Control
D
Oh no, don't say it's true
F
They got a message from the Action Man
C Em
"I'm happy. Hope you're happy, too.
F
I've loved. All I've needed: love.
G G7
Sordid details following."

A
The shrieking of nothing is killing me
E
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis
G D
And I ain't got no money and I ain't got no hair
F C
But I'm hoping to kick but the planet is glowing
Em
(glowing, glowing, glowing, glowing)
F G7
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
C A7
We know Major Tom's a junkie
F G7
Strung out in heaven's high
Am G
Hitting an all-time low

Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G
Dm Am G

Time and again I tell myself
Em
I'll stay clean tonight
C D
But the little green wheels are following me

Oh, no, not again
F
I'm stuck with a valuable friend
C Em
"I'm happy. Hope you're happy, too."
F G G7
One flash of light, but no smoking pistol

A
I've never done good things
E
I've never done bad things
G D
I never did anything out of the blue,
F
Want an axe to break the ice
C Em
Wanna come down right now
F G7
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
C A7
We know Major Tom's a junkie
F G7
Strung out in heaven's high
Am G
Hitting an all-time low

Dm Am G

Dm Am
My mama said, "To get things done
G Dm
You'd better not mess with Major Tom."
Am G
My mama said, "To get things done
Dm Am
You'd better not mess with Major Tom."
G Dm
My mama said, "To get things done
Am G
You'd better not mess with Major Tom."
Dm Am
My mama said, "To get things done
G Dm
You'd better not mess with Major Tom."

Am G
Dm Am G

5. FASHION

G F G F G F G F
G F G F G F G F

G F G F G F G F
There's a brand new dance, but I don't know its name
G F G F G F G F
That people from bad homes do again and again
G F G F G F G F
It's big and it's bland, full of tension and fear
G F G F G F G F
They do it over there but we don't do it here

Bb Bb7
Fashion! Turn to the left
Bb Bb7
Fashion! Turn to the right
Bb Bb7
Oooh, fashion!
Bb Bb7 Bb Bb7
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Bb
Beep-beep, beep-beep

G F G F
G F G F
G F G F
G F G F

Dm
Listen to me - don't listen to me
C
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Dm F
Dance with me - don't dance with me, no
C F
Beep-beep

G F G F
There's a brand new talk, but it's not very clear
G F G F
(Ooh, bop)
G F G F
That people from good homes are talking this year
G F G F
(Ooh, bop, fashion)
G F G F
It's loud and tasteless and I've heard it before
G F G F
(Ooh, bop)
G F G F
You shout it while you're dancing on the dance floor
G F G F
(Ooh, bop, fashion)

Bb Bb7
Fashion! Turn to the left
Bb Bb7
Fashion! Right!
Bb Bb7
Fashion!
Bb Bb7 Bb Bb7
We are the goon squad and we're coming to town
Bb
Beep-beep, beep-beep

G F G F
G F G F
G F G F
G F G F

Dm
Listen to me - don't listen to me
C
Talk to me - don't talk to me
Dm F
Dance with me - don't dance with me, no
C F
Beep-beep

G F
Ooh, bop, do do do do do do do do
G F G F
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
G F
Ooh, bop, do do do do do do do do
G F G F
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
G F
Ooh, bop, do do do do do do do do
G F G F
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion
G F
Ooh, bop, do do do do do do do do
G F G F
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fashion

6. TEENAGE WILDLIFE

(1st Fret Capo)

G# C#
G# C#
G# C#
G# C#

G# C#
Well, how come you only want tomorrow
G# C#
With its promise of something hard to do
G# D#
A real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
F# C#
Blue skies above and sun on your arms strength in your stride
G# D#
And hope in those squeaky clean eyes
F#
You'll get chilly receptions everywhere you go
C# G# D#
Blinded with desire - guess the season is on

G# C# G# C#

G# C#
So you train by the shadow boxing, search for the truth

But it's all, but it's all used up
G#
Break open your million dollar weapon
C#
And push your luck, still you push, still you push your luck
G#
A broken-nosed mogul are you
D#
One of the new wave boys
F#
Same old thing in brand new drag
C# G# D#
Comes sweeping into view, oh-ooh
F#
As ugly as a teenage millionaire
C# G#
Pretending it's a whizz kid world
D#
You'll take me aside, and say

C# Fm
"Well, David, what shall I do?
Bbm G#
They wait for me in the hallway"
C# Fm Bbm G#
I'll say "Don't ask me; I don't know any hallways"
C# Fm Bbm G#
But they move in numbers and they've got me in a corner
D#
I feel like a group of one, no-no
C#
They can't do this to me
G#
I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife

C# G# C#
G# D#
F# C# G# D#

Fm C# D#
Those midwives to history put on their bloody robes
Fm C# D#
The word is that the hunted one is out there on his own
F# D# F#
You're alone for maybe the last time
D# F#
And you breathe for a long time
D# F#
Then you howl like a wolf in a trap
G#
And you daren't look behind
Fm D#
You fall to the ground like a leaf from the tree
C#
And look up one time at the vast blue sky
Fm
Scream out aloud as they shoot you down
D# C# G# C#
No no, I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife
G#
I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife

C# Fm C# D#
F# C# D#

C# Fm Bbm G#
And no one will have seen and no on will confess
C# Fm Bbm G#
The fingerprints will prove that you couldn't pass the test
C# Fm Bbm G#
There'll be others on the line filing past, who'll whisper low
D#
I miss you he really had to go
C#
Well each to his own, he was
G# C#
Another piece of teenage wildlife, 0h-0h-0h-ohh
G# C#
Another piece of teenage wildlife, 0h-oh-oh-ohh
G#
Another piece of teenage wild....
C#
Wild
G#
Wild
C#
Wild

7. SCREAM LIKE A BABY

(3rd Fret Capo)

Cm

G
Well I wouldn't buy no merchandise

And I wouldn't go to war

Cm
And I mixed with other colours

But the nurse doesn't care
G
And I hide under blankets

Or did I run away
Cm
I really can't remember

Last time I saw the light of day
G# G
But I remember Sam
F
'cause he was like me

D# C# G# A#

D# A#
Scream like a baby
D# Dm
Sam was a gun
Am A#
And I never knew his last name
C# D# F
And we never had no fun

Cm

G
Well they came down hard on the f******

And they came down hard on the street
Cm
They came down harder on Sam

And they all knew he was beat
G
He was thrown into the wagon

Blindfolded, chains, and they stomped on us
Cm
And took away our clothes and things

And pumped us full of strange drugs
G
And oh I saw Sam falling

Spitting in their eyes
Cm
But now I lay me down to sleep

And now I close my eyes
G# G
Now I'm learning to be
F
a part of society

D# C# G# A#

D# A#
Scream like a baby
D# Dm
Sam was a gun
Am A#
And I never knew his last name
C# D# F
And we never had no fun

D# D
No athletic program,
C# C
no discipline, no book
B A#
He just sat in the backseat
A G#
swearing he'd seek revenge
G F#
But he jumped into the furnace
F E
Singing old songs we loved

D# A#
Scream like a baby
D# Dm
Sam was a gun
Am A#
And I never knew his last name
C# D# F
And we never had no fun
A E
Scream like a baby
A G#m
Sam was a gun
D#m E
And I never knew his last name
F# A C
And we never had no fun

8. KINGDOM COME

E

Well, I walked in the pouring rain

And I heard a voice that cries

"It's all in vain"
C#m
The voice of doom
B
Was shining in my room
G#m F#
I just need one day
G#m F#
Somewhere far away
G#m F#
Lord I just need one day

B
(Well, I'll be breaking these rocks)
E
Well, I'll be breaking these rocks
B
(And cutting this hay)
E
And cutting this hay
B
(Yes, I'll be breaking these rocks)
E
Yes, I'll be breaking these rocks
B
(What's my price to pay?)
E
What's my price to pay?

Well the river's so muddy,

but it may come clear

And I know too well what's keeping me here
C#m B
I'm just the slave of a burning ray
G#m F#
Oh give me the night
G#m F#
I can't take another sight
G#m F#
Please, please give me the night

B
(Well, I'll be breaking these rocks)
E
Well, I'll be breaking these rocks
B
(And cutting this hay)
E
And cutting this hay
B
(Yes, I'll be breaking these rocks)
E
Yes, I'll be breaking these rocks
B
(What's my price to pay?)
E
What's my price to pay?

Abm Ebm
Sun keeps beating down on me, wall's a mile high
Dbm F#
Up in the tower they're watching me, hoping I'm gonna die

B E
(I won't be breaking no rocks)
B E
I said "I won't be breaking no rocks"
B E
(I won't be breaking no rocks)
B E
(I won't be breaking no rocks)
B E
(I won't be breaking no rocks)
B
When the kingdom comes

9. BECAUSE YOU'RE YOUNG

Em C Em C
Em C Em C

G Dm A
Psychodelicate girl - come out to play
C G Em
Little metal faced boy - don't stay away
G Dm A
He's so war torn and resigned - she can't talk anymore
C G Em
What are they trying to prove - what would they like to find
G A
It's love back to front and no sides - like I say
C A
These pieces are broken - like I say
C
These pieces are broken
D
Hope I'm wrong but I know

G C
Because you're young
Am D
You'll meet a stranger some night
G C
Because you're young
Am D
What could be nicer for you
Bbm G
And it makes me sad
C D C D
So I'll dance my life away
C D
A million dreams
C D
A million scars

Em C Em C

G Dm A
He punishes hard - was loving her such a crime
C G Em
She took back everything she said - left him nearly out of his mind
G Dm A
They're people I know - people I love
C G Em
They seem so unhappy - dead or alive
G A
It's love back to front and no sides - like I say
C A
These pieces are broken - like I say
C
These pieces are broken
D
Hope I'm wrong but I know

G C
Because you're young
Am D
You'll meet a stranger some night
G C
Because you're young
Am D
What could be nicer for you
Bbm G
And it makes me sad
C D C D
So I'll dance my life away
C D
A million dreams
C D Em
A million scars

10. IT'S NO GAME (PART 2)

D
Silhouettes and shadows
Am
Watch the revolution
G Bb C
No more free steps to heaven
D Am
Just walkie-talkie - heaven or hearth
G Bb C
Just big heads and drums - full speed and pagan
D
And it's no game

Am C G A

D Am
I am barred from the event
G Bb C
I really don't understand the situation
D
So where's the moral
Am
People have their fingers broken
G Bb C
To be insulted by these fascists it's so degrading
D
And it's no game

Am C G A

Em
Documentaries on refugees
A
Couples 'gainst the target
C G
You throw a rock against the road
A
And it breaks into pieces
Em
Draw the blinds on yesterday,
A
And it's all so much scarier
C G
Put a bullet in my brain,
A
And it makes all the papers

E Bm D A E

And it's no game

E Bm D A B C A

D
Children round the world
Am
Put camel s*** on the walls
G Bb C
They're making carpets on treadmills or garbage sorting
D
And it's no game

Am A