David Bowie - Cygnet Committee: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Cygnet Committee" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn Cygnet Committee Guitar Chords and Lyrics by David Bowie
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Cygnet Committee" smoothly on your guitar.
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Chorus: D D/C I bless you madly Bm A# D Sadly as I tie my shoe D/C I love you badly Bm A# D D/C Just in time, at times, I guess Bm A# D D/C Because of you I need to rest Bm A# D Because it's you that sets the test D# A#m So much has gone and little is new A#m A And as the sparrow sings F# Dawn Chorus for A#m Someone else to hear A#m A The thinker sits alone F# A#m Growing older And so bitter F A#m I gave Them life, I gave Them all C Fm They drained my very soul dry F A#m I crushed my heart to ease Their pains C Fm G# No thought for me remains there A#m C# Nothing can they spare C What of me? Am F Who praised Their efforts to be free? G C Words of strength and care and sympathy Am F I open doors that would have blocked their way G C I braved Their cause to guide for little pay Am F I ravaged at my finanace just for Those G C Those whose claims were steeped in peace, tranquility Am F Those who said a new world, new ways ever free G C Those whose promises stretched in hope and grace for me. Chorus So much has gone and little is new And as the sunrise stream Flickers on me My friends talk of glory, untold dream Where all is God and God is just a word We had a friend, a talking man Who spoke of many powers that he had Not of the best of men but Ours We used him, We let him use his powers We let him fill our needs Now we are strong. And the road is coming to its end Now the damned have not time to make amends No purse of token fortunes stands in Our way The silent guns of love will blast the sky We broke the ruptured structure build of age Our weapons were tongues of crying rage Where money stood we planted seeds of rebirth And stabbed the backs of fathers, sons of dirt Am Infiltrated business cesspools F Hating through Our sleeves G Yea, and We slit the Catholic throat C Stoned the poor on slogans as: "Wish You Could Hear Am Love Is All We Need Kick Out The Jams Kick Out Your Mother F Cut Up Your Friend G Screw Up Your Brother or He'll Get You In the End C Am And We Know the Flag of Love is from Above F And We Can Force You to Be Free G C And We Can Force You to Believe. Am And I close my eyes and tighten up my brain F For I once read a book in which the lovers were slain G For they Knew not the words of the Free States refrain, It said: C I Believe in the Power of Good Am I Believe in the State of Love F I Will Fight For the Right to be Right G I Will Kill for the Good of the C Fight for the Right to be Right. Am F And I open my eyes to look around G And I see a child laid slain on the ground C Am As a love machine lumbers through desolation rows F G Ploughing down man, woman, listening to its command C But not hearing anymore- Am F Not hearing anymore G Just the shrieks from the old rich C And I Want to Believe G In the madness that calls Now C And I Want to Believe G That a light is shining through somehow A# And I Want to Believe F And You Want to Believe C And We Want to Believe G And We Want to Live G# Oh, We Want to Live A# We Want to Live C We Want to Live G We Want to Live G# We Want to Live A# We Want To Live C I Want to Live G I Want to Live G# I Want to Live A# I Want to Live C I Want to Live G I Want to Live G# Live A# Live C Live You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  Am  A#  A#m  C  C#  D  D#  F  Fm  F#  G  G#  Bm  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Cygnet Committee" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Cygnet Committee" by David Bowie.