Ricochet chords by David Bowie

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Am

♫ Intro:

A

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

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

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

♫ Bridge:
Am G/A      Am G/A      Am G/A

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

♫ Chorus:
      Am G/A            Am G/A
March of flowers, march of dimes
      Am      G/A            Am      G/A
These are the prisons, these are the crimes
      Am G/A            Am G/A
Sound of thunder, sound of gold
      Am     Fmaj7
Sound of the devil breaking parole
N.C.
Ricochet, it's not the end of the world

♫ Bridge:
Am G/A      Am G/A
Am G/A      Am G/A

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

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

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

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

♫ Bridge:
Am G/A      Am G/A

♫ Chorus:
      Am G/A            Am G/A
March of flowers, march of dimes
      Am      G/A            Am      G/A
These are the prisons, these are the crimes
      Am G/A            Am G/A
Sound of thunder, sound of gold
      Am     Fmaj7
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.           Am  N.C.                      Am  N.C.
They smile and crush their children to their heaving chests
  Am  N.C.           Am  N.C.
Making unfulfillable promises

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