From: winston campbell <jieuryli@eden.rutgers.edu> Subject: THE CYGNET COMMITTEE by David Bowie This song took me two hours to figure out. It is probably, in my opinion, one of the greatest David Bowie songs. It is off of -Space Oddity- and quite a track coming in at over nine minutes. It is quite a piece moving through so many key changes and other things. Those are things characteristic of -Space Oddity-, figuring out songs off that album is quite difficult. I was quite frustrated trying to get some of it but now that I got all of it, I am quite proud and happy I did it. I am typing this on a word processor program that does not show any quotation or apostrophe marks. So to not cause any confusion on the lyrics, I will use a ~ for an apostrophe and ~~ for both open and closed quotation marks. I took the lyrics right off of the album and even capitalized a lot of things that were capitalized on the album sleeve. I hope you enjoy this, (it took me a really strenuous long time to do but I did enjoy doing it anyway): THE CYGNET COMMITTEE by David Bowie

^DI bless you m^D/Cadly ^BmSadly ^Bbas I tie my s^Dhoe I love you b^D/Cadly ^BmJust in t^Bbime, at times, I g^Duess^D/C Be^Bmcause of y^Bbou I need to r^Dest ^D/C B^Bmecause it~s ^Bbyou that sets the t^Dest

^EbSo much has gone and l^Bbmittle is new ^BbmAnd as the spa^Arrow sings Dawn ch^F#orus for S^Bbmomeone else to hear ^BbmThe thinker s^Aits alone Gr^F#owing o^Bbmlder

And so bitter

^F~~I gave Them life, I gave Them ^Bbmall They ^Cdrained my very s^Fmoul...dry ^FI crushed my heart to ease Their p^Bbmains No tho^Cught for me rem^Fmains there ^Ab ^BbmNothing can they ^Dbspare What of m^Ce'

^AmWho praised The^Fir efforts to be free' W^Gords of strengt^Ch and care and sympathy ^AmI open doors that ^Fwould have blocked their way I b^Graved Their cau^Cse to guide for little pay ^AmI ravaged at my f^Finanace just for Those Those^G whose claims ^Cwere steeped in peace, tranquility ^AmThose who said a n^Few world, new ways ever free Those whose ^Gpromises stret^Cched in hope and grace for me.~~

Am F G

^DI bless ^D/Cyou madly S^Bmadly^Bb as I t^Die my shoe I lo^D/Cve you badly J^Bmust in ^Bbtime, at tim^Des, ^D/CI guess Be^Bmcause ^Bbof you I^D nee^D/Cd to rest Be^Bmcause it^Bb~s you tha^Dt sets the test

^EbSo much has ^Bbmgone and little is new ^BbmAnd as t^Ahe sunrise stream F^F#licker^Bbms on me My frie^Bbmnds talk^A of glory, untold dream Wh^F#ere all i^Bbms God and God is just a word

^F~~We had a fri^Bbmend, a talking man Wh^Co spoke^Fm of many powers that he had N^Fot of the bes^Bbmt of men but Ours We u^Csed him, We^Fm let him^Ab use his powers We ^Bbmlet him f^Dbill our needs Now w^Ce are strong.

^AmAnd the road ^Fis coming to its end N^Gow the damned ha^Cve not time to make amends ^AmNo purse of toke^Fn fortunes stands in Our way The s^Gilent guns of l^Cove will blast the sky

^AmWe broke the rup^Ftured structure build of age Ou^Gr weapons w^Cere tongues of crying rage Whe^Amre money stood^F we planted seeds of rebirth An^Gd stabbed the ^Cbacks of fathers, sons of dirt

In^Amfiltrated business cesspools Hating t^Fhrough Our sleeves Yea, ^Gand We slit the Catholic throat Stoned th^Ce poor on slogans as:

-Wish You Could Hear-

-Love Is ^AmAll We Need- -Kick Out The Jams-

-Kick Out Your Mother-

-C^Fut Up Your Friend- -Screw Up You^Gr Brother or He~ll Get You In the End-

And ^CWe Know the F^Amlag of Love is from Above And ^FWe Can Force You to Be Free And ^GWe Can For^Cce You to Believe.~~

And I clos^Ame my eyes and tighten up my brain For I once rea^Fd a book in which the lovers were slain For they Knew ^Gnot the words of the Free States~ refrain,

It said:

~^C~I Believe in the Power of Good I Be^Amlieve in the State of Love I Wil^Fl Fight For the Right to be Right G ^CI Will Kill for the Good of the Fight for the Right to be Right.~~

And I o^Ampen my eyes^F to look around And I see a c^Ghild laid slain on the ground ^CAs a love^Am machine lumbers through desolation rows ^FPloughing ^Gdown man, woman, listening to its command But n^Cot hearing anymore- Not hear^Aming any^Fmore Just^G the shrieks from the old rich

And I Wa^Cnt to Believe In the ma^Gdness that calls ~Now~ And I Wa^Cnt to Believe That a ligh^Gt is shining through somehow

And I Wa^Bbnt to Believe And Yo^Fu Want to Believe And We Wa^Cnt to Believe And We W^Gant to Live Oh, We W^Abant to Live We W^Bbant to Live We W^Cant to Live

(marching-type beat configuration appears)

We Want^G to Live We W^Abant to Live We W^Bbant To Live I Wa^Cnt to Live

I Wa^Gnt to Live I Want ^Abto Live I Want ^Bbto Live I Wa^Cnt to Live I Wa^Gnt to Live

L^Abive L^Bbive L^Cive

(it continues with the G-Ab-Bb-C chords until it fades) The Chords Used Are: E A D G B E ----------- D x x 0 2 3 x D/C x 3 x 2 3 x Bm x 2 4 4 3 2 Bb x 1 3 3 3 x Eb x 6 5 3 4 3 Bbm x 1 3 3 2 1 A x 0 2 2 2 0 F# 2 4 4 3 2 2 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 C x 3 2 0 1 0 Fm 1 3 3 1 1 1 Ab 4 6 6 5 4 4 Db x 4 6 6 6 x Am x 0 2 2 1 0 G 3 2 0 0 0 3 Make sure to play the marching chords at the end in barre form. And that is pretty much it. Please send my email and comment if you find any errors or anything else not of that nature. Bye-bye. (This thing came out a bit screwed up, especially with the chords above the words, but I hope you get the idea)

David Bowie - The cygnet committee