How Does the Grass Grow? Chords & Lyrics by David Bowie

How Does the Grass Grow?

guitar chords lyrics

David Bowie

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Theres a graveyard by the station
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Where the girls wear nylon skirts and
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Sandals from Hungary
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The boys ride their Riga 1s

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Upon the little hill
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Such sadness and grief
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The trees die standing
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Thats where we made our trysts
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And struggled with our guns
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Would you still love me
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If the clocks could go backwards
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The girls would fill with blood and
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The grass would be green again
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Remember the dead
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They were so great some of them

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Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
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Ya ya ya ya ya ya
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How does the grass grow
Blood blood blood

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Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
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Ya ya ya ya ya ya
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How does the grass grow
Blood blood blood

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But I lived a blind life
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A white face in prison
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But you made a life out of nothing
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Now I ride my black horse
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I miss you more
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Than youll ever ever know
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Waiting with my red eyes
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And my stone heart


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Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
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Ya ya ya ya ya ya
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How does the grass grow
Blood blood blood

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Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
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Ya ya ya ya ya ya
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Where do the boys lie
Mud mud mud
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How does the grass grow
Blood blood blood

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I gaze in defeat
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At the stars in the night
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The light in my life burnt away
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There will be no tomorrow
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Then you sigh in your sleep
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And meaning returns with the day

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Ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya ya
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Ya ya ya ya ya ya
Bbm
Where do the boys lie
Mud mud mud
Bbm
How does the grass grow
Blood blood blood

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