Glass Spider chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E minorEm
Up until one century ago there lived
    E minorEm           B minorBm
In the Zi Duang province of an eastern country
       B minorBm
A augmentedA glass-like spider

Having devoured its prey
E minorEm          G+G
 It would drape the skeletons over its web
     A augmentedA         B minorBm
In weeks creating a macabre shrine of remains

Its web was also unique, in that it had many layers
   B minorBm     C majorC     B minorBm
Like floors in a building
    B minorBm
At the top of this palace-like place
                   E minorEm
Assembled with almost apparent care
          E minorEm
Were tiny, shining objects
       E minorEm
Glass, beads, dewdrops
G+G                 C majorC
One could almost call it an altar
                        G+G
When the breeze blew through this construction
                    B minorBm
It produced sounds of wailing, crying
            C majorC  FF
Tiny wails, tiny cries
E minorEm
 The baby spiders would get scared

And search frantically for their mother
                   B minorBm
But the glass spider would have long gone

Having known that the babies
                B minorBm
Would survive somehow on their own
    E minorEm
Oh, the glass spider had blue eyes almost like a human's
                FF
They shed tears at the wintered turn of the centuries

Verse 1:
C majorC
 Don't you hear this wasted cry, life is over you
A minorAm
 (Mommy come back because the water's all gone)
      FF       G+G             A minorAm
But you've seen who's in Heaven, is there anyone in Hell?
A minorAm
Mommy come back because it's dark now


Interlude:
| FF   | FF   | FF   | FF   |
| C majorC   | C majorC   |


Verse 2:
   C majorC
Take care, take care
A minorAm
 (Mommy come back because the water's all gone)
FF              G+G       C majorC
 Somewhere she glows divine, somewhere she wakes alone
        C majorC            A minorAm
But you, you've promised in your loving eye
     C majorC
God it's dark now
A minorAm
(Mommy come back because it's dark now)
 A minorAm      FF
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 FF      C majorC
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 C majorC      A minorAm
(Ja ja ja ja ja)


Verse 3:
C majorC
Gone, Gone the water's all gone
 A minorAm
(Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone)
FF
 Stay low on the ground
  G+G          C majorC
The fire can drive you, savage and afraid
C majorC
Spitting the dawn, come along before the animals awake
 A minorAm
(Gone, gone, the water's all gone)
 A minorAm
(Mommy come back because it's dark now)
           FF
Run, run, we've been moving all night, rivers to the left
    G+G
If your mama don't love ya' then the riverbed might
A minorAm
Gone, gone, the water's all gone
 A minorAm
(Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone)
 A minorAm     FF
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 FF      G+G
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 G+G      C majorC
(Ja ja ja ja ja)


Bridge:
A minorAm
Gone gone the water's all gone
A minorAm
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
A minorAm
Gone gone the water's all gone
A minorAm
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
A minorAm
Gone gone the water's all gone
A minorAm N.C.
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone


Interlude:
| FF   | FF   | G+G   | G+G   |
| A minorAm  | A minorAm  |


Outro:
A minorAm
Mommy come back because it's dark now
FF
(Oh-hoho-oh)
     G+G   A minorAm
(Oh-hoho-oh)
A minorAm
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
FF      G+G
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 G+G      A minorAm
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
A minorAm
Mommy come back because it's dark now
FF      G+G
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 G+G      A minorAm
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
A minorAm
Mommy come back 'cause the water's all gone
FF      G+G
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 G+G      A minorAm
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
A minorAm
Mommy come back because it's dark now
FF      G+G
(Ja ja ja ja ja)
 G+G      A minorAm
(Ja ja ja ja ja)