Id Rather Be High chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

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I’d Rather Be High - David Bowie
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INTRO
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Nobokov is sun-licked now
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Upon the beach at Grunewald
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Brilliant and naked just
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The way that authors look

RIFF
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Clare and Lady Manners drink
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Until the other cows go home
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Gossip till their lips are bleeding
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Politics and all

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I’d rather be high (I’d rather be high)
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I’d rather be flying (I’d rather be flying)
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I’d rather be dead
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Or out of my head
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Than training these guns on those men in the sand
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I’d rather be high

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The Thames was black, the tower dark
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I flew to Cairo, find my regiment
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City’s full of generals
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And generals full of shit

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I stumble to the graveyard
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And I lay down by my parents, whisper
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Just remember duckies
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Everybody gets got

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I’d rather be high (I’d rather be high)
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I’d rather be flying (I’d rather be flying)
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I’d rather be dead
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Or out of my head
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Than training these guns on those men in the sand
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I’d rather be high

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I’m seventeen and my looks can prove it
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I’m so afraid that I will lose it
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I’d rather smoke and phone my ex
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Be pleading for some teenage sex, yeah ...
Yeah

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I’d rather be high (I’d rather be high)
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I’d rather be flying (I’d rather be flying)
       Dm7Dm7
I’d rather be dead
       F#m7F#m7
Or out of my head
          Dm7Dm7           D MajorD
Than training these guns on those men in the sand
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I’d rather be high

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Id Rather Be High chords

"I'd rather be high" is a song from David Bowie's 2013 album "The Next Day", his first album release in years. He unexpectedly announced the album on January 8, 2013 on his 63rd birthday.

"I'd rather be high" is written, composed and performed by David Bowie.