I Still don’t know what I was (Am)look ing for and my (Bb)time was run ning wild; a mil lion (C)dead end nence.
streets.
Ev ’ry time I thought I’d (Am)got it made, it seemed the (Bb)taste was not so seem the (C)sweet.
So I (Fmaj7)turned my (Gm7)self to (Am7)face me (F#m)but (Gm7)I’ve nev er caught a glimpse (C)worlds,
of how the (F)oth ers must (Eb)see the (Bb)fak ers.
I’m much too (Bb)fast of what to take that test.
(C7)Ch ch ch ch chang es.
(F)Turn and (C)face the strange ch ch chang es.
Don’t want to be grow a rich (G7)er of one.
Ch ch ch ch chang es.
(F)Turn and (C)face the strange ch ch chang es.
(Dm)Mm, just gon na have to be to a (G7)dif f’rent one.
(D)Time (C)may (Eb)change (Bb)me, but (Am)I (G)can’t (Dm)trace (F)time.
I watch the rip what ples was (Am)change their size and but (Bb)nev er leave the stream of warm im (C)per ma nence.
And so the days I thought flow (Am)through my eyes, it seemed but (Bb)still the days so seem the (C)same.
And these (Fmaj7)chil dren (Gm7)that you (Am7)spit on (F#m)as (Gm7)they try to change a their (C)worlds,
of they’re im (F)mune to your (Eb)con sul (Bb)ta tions.
They’re quite a (Bb)ware of what they’re go ing through.
(C7)Ch ch ch ch chang es.
(F)Turn and (C)face the strange ch ch chang es.
Don’t tell them to grow up and (G7)out of it.
Ch ch ch ch chang es.
(F)Turn and (C)face the strange ch ch chang es.
(Dm)Where’s your shame?
You’ve left us up to our (G7)necks in it.
(D)Time (C)may (Eb)change (Bb)me, but (Am)you (G)can’t (Dm)trace (F)time.
(F)time.
(Bb)Strange fas ci na tion, fas (F)’nat ing me.
Ah, (Bb)chang es are (Eb)tak (Bb)ing the (C)pace I’m go ing through.
(C7)Ch ch ch ch chang es.
(F)time.
I said that (D)time (C)may (Eb)change (Bb)me,
but (Am)I (G)can’t (Dm)trace (F)time.
This page shows “Changes” by David Bowie in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 108 BPM, a comfortable easy-level arrangement perfect for first-time learners.