David Bowie - Teenage Wildlife: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "Teenage Wildlife" 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 Teenage Wildlife 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 "Teenage Wildlife" smoothly on your guitar.
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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# So you train by the shadow boxing, C# 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 F# "well David, what shall I do?" C# They wait for me in the hallway" G# C# I'll say "dont ask me, I don't know any hallways" G# D# But they move in numbers and they've got me in a corne A# I feel like a group of one, no-no C# They can't do this to me Fm G# C# G# I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife Those midwives to history put on their bloody robes And the word is that the hunted one is out there on his own And you're alone for maybe the last time And you breathe for a long time Then you howl like a wolf in a trap And you daren't look behind You fall to the ground like a leaf from the tree And look up one time at that vast blue sky Scream out aloud as they shoot you down No, no I'm not some piece of teenage wildlife I'm not a piece of teenage wildlife And no one will have seen and no one will confess The fingerprints will prove that you couldn't pass the test There'll be others on the line filing past Who'll whisper low I miss you he really had to go Well, each to his own, he was another piece of teenage wildlife Oh-oh-oh-oh, oh Another piece of teenage wildlife, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh Another piece of teenage wild... life Wild... Wild... life You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  A#  C#  D#  Fm  F#  G#  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 "Teenage Wildlife" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Teenage Wildlife" by David Bowie.