Ricochet chords by David Bowie

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: A minorAm

♫ Intro:

A augmentedA

♫ Verse 1:
   G+G          F# minorF#m G+G
Like weeds on a rock face
waiting for the scythe
   E MajorE
Ricochet
   A augmentedA
Ricochet
  G+G          F# minorF#m G+G
The world is on a corner  waiting for jobs
   D MajorD
Ricochet
   G+G
Ricochet
       E MajorE             A augmentedA
Turn the holy pictures so they face the wall

♫ Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm G/AG/A         A minorAm  G/AG/A
   And who can bear to be forgotten
A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A
   Ooaah
Ooaah
A minorAm G/AG/A         A minorAm  G/AG/A
   And who can bear to be forgotten
A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A
   Ooaah

♫ Chorus:
   A minorAm G/AG/A      A minorAm G/AG/A
March of flowers, march of dimes
   A minorAm   G/AG/A      A minorAm   G/AG/A
These are the prisons, these are the crimes

♫ Bridge:
A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A

Spoken ♫ Interlude:
  A minorAm    G/AG/A A minorAm   G/AG/A         A minorAm G/AG/A
Men wait for news  while thousands are still asleep
A minorAm G/AG/A      A minorAm G/AG/A       A minorAm G/AG/A       A minorAm  G/AG/A
   Dreaming of tramlines, factories
pieces of machinery
   A minorAm   G/AG/A
Mine shafts, things like that

♫ Chorus:
   A minorAm G/AG/A      A minorAm G/AG/A
March of flowers, march of dimes
   A minorAm   G/AG/A      A minorAm   G/AG/A
These are the prisons, these are the crimes
   A minorAm G/AG/A      A minorAm G/AG/A
Sound of thunder, sound of gold
   A minorAm   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sound of the devil breaking parole
N.C.
Ricochet, it's not the end of the world

♫ Bridge:
A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A
A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A

♫ Verse 2:
G+G               F# minorF#m
Sound of thunder, sound of gold
G+G
Sound of the devil breaking parole
   E MajorE
Ricochet
   A augmentedA
Ricochet
G+G                  F# minorF#m
These are the prisons, these are the crimes
G+G
Teaching life in a violent new way
D MajorD
Ricochet
   G+G
Ricochet
       E MajorE             A augmentedA
Turn the holy pictures so they face the wall

♫ Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm G/AG/A
 A minorAm   G/AG/A         A minorAm  G/AG/A
And who can bear to be forgotten
A minorAm G/AG/A
   Ooaah
 A minorAm   G/AG/A         A minorAm  G/AG/A
And who can bear to be forgotten
  A minorAm G/AG/A A minorAm G/AG/A
Ooaah
ooaah

♫ Chorus:
   A minorAm G/AG/A      A minorAm G/AG/A
March of flowers, march of dimes
   A minorAm   G/AG/A      A minorAm   G/AG/A
These are the prisons, these are the crimes

Spoken ♫ Interlude:
A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A       A minorAm G/AG/A           A minorAm G/AG/A
   Early, before the sun, they struggle off to the gates
A minorAm G/AG/A A minorAm G/AG/A A minorAm G/AG/A         A minorAm G/AG/A         A minorAm
         Their secret fearful places they see their lives
 G/AG/A    A minorAm G/AG/A
Unraveling before them

♫ Bridge:
A minorAm G/AG/A   A minorAm G/AG/A

♫ Chorus:
   A minorAm G/AG/A      A minorAm G/AG/A
March of flowers, march of dimes
   A minorAm   G/AG/A      A minorAm   G/AG/A
These are the prisons, these are the crimes
   A minorAm G/AG/A      A minorAm G/AG/A
Sound of thunder, sound of gold
   A minorAm   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sound of the devil breaking parole
N.C.
Ricochet, it's not the end of the world

Spoken ♫ Interlude:
N.C.
But when they get home, damp eyed and weary
N.C.      A minorAm N.C.           A minorAm N.C.
They smile and crush their children to their heaving chests
 A minorAm N.C.      A minorAm N.C.
Making unfulfillable promises

Brass and guitar ♫ Solo:
A minorAm G/AG/A
(repeat and fade out)