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Silly Boy Blue

David Bowie

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D                      A
Mountains of Lhasa are feeling the rain
D                      A       
People are walking the Botella lanes
E                  D 
Preacher takes the school
E                D
One boy breaks a rule
          A                         G     A
Silly Boy Blue, ooo blue, Silly Boy Blue
D                       A
Yak butter statues that melt in the sun
D                       A
Cannot dissolve all the work you've not done
E                D
A chela likes to feel
         E                 D
That his overself pays the bill
          A     D   A             D              G     A
Silly Boy Blue, ooo blue, ooo ooo oooo Silly Boy Blue
(G) F#-                G
You wish and wish, and wish again
       F#-              G
You've tried so hard to fly
E                       A
You'll never leave your body now
E                     G          A
You've got to wait to diiiiiiiiiiiie

(key change, bass leads walkdown - A G F#)
E                     B
La la la la la la la, la la la la
E                     B
La la la la la la la, la la la la
F#              E
La la la la la, La
F#              E
La la la la la, La
          B     E   B             E              A     B
Silly Boy Blue, ooo blue, ooo ooo oooo Silly Boy Blue
E                        B
Child of Tibet, you're a gift from the sun
E                B
Reincarnation of one better man
    F#               E
The homeward road is long
       F#                    E
You've left your prayers and song
          B     E   B             E              B
Silly Boy Blue, ooo blue, ooo ooo oooo Silly Boy Blue
etc.

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Silly Boy Blue

David Bowie