The Stars Are Out Tonight - David Bowie chords

Key: F#m Singer/Band: David Bowie


Intro [F#m]Stars are never [D]sleeping [F#m]Dead ones and the [D]living
Verse 1
[F#m]We live closer to the earth
[D]Never to the heavens
[F#m]The stars are never far away
[D]Stars are out tonight
Verse 2
[F#m]They watch us from behind their shades
[D]Brigitte, Jack and Kate and Brad
[F#m]From behind their tinted window stretch
[D]Gleaming like blackened sunshine
[F#m]Stars are never [D]sleeping
[F#m]Dead ones and the [D]living
Verse 3
[F#m]Waiting for the first move
[D]Satyrs and their child wives
[F#m]Waiting for the last move
[D]Soaking up our primitive world
[F#m]Stars are never [D]sleeping
[F#m]Dead ones and [D]the living
Chorus
[E]Their jealousy's spilling down
[D]The stars must stick together
[F#m]We will never be rid of these stars
[D]But I hope they live forever
[E]And they know just what we do
[D]That we toss and turn at night
[F#m]They're waiting to make their moves
[D]But the stars are out tonight
Verse 4
[F#m]Here they are upon the stairs
[D]Sexless and unaroused
[F#m]They are the stars, they're dying for you
[D]But I hope they live forever
Instrumental
[F#m] [E] [D] [C#] [D] [F#m] [D]
Verse 5
[F#m]They burn you with their radiant smiles
[D]Trap you with their beautiful eyes
[F#m]They're broke and shamed or drunk or scared
[D]But I hope they live forever
Chorus
[E]Their jealousy's spilling down
[D]The stars must stick together
[F#m]We will never be rid of these stars
[D]But I hope they live forever
[E]And they know just what we do
[D]That we toss and turn at night
[F#m]They're waiting to make their moves on us
[D]The stars are out tonight
Outro
[F#m]The stars are [D]out tonight
[F#m]The stars are [D]out tonight
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