Life On Mars David Bowie

Life On Mars

David Bowie

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7080
0:00 3:23
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: F
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
F       Fmaj7/E
 It's a Godawful small affair
F/Eb       D7
    To the girl with the mousy hair
Gm        Bb/F
  But her mummy is yelling no
C7                                F
  And her daddy has told her to go
        Fmaj7/E                     F/Eb
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
        D7
Now she walks through her sunken dream
Gm       Bb/F
  To the seat with the clearest view
C7
  And she's hooked to the silver screen

[Pre-Chorus]
Ab        C7
  But the film is a saddening bore
Fm          Ab7
  For she's lived it ten times or more
Db          F/Eb                     Bbm
  She could spit in the eyes of fools
        Db7
As they ask her to focus on

[Chorus]
Bb      Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm7       F#aug                 F
   Oh man look at those cavemen go
Fm                      Cm7
  It's the freakiest show  
Ebm7                   Bb
    Take a look at the lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm7       F#aug
   Oh man wonder if he'll ever know
F Fm                             Cm7
    He's in the best selling show
Ebm7                 Gm7  Gmmaj7 Gm7
    Is there life on Mars?

[Solo]
                    | Gm6    |
| F  | F#dim7 | Gm  | Abdim7 |
| Am | Bb     | Bbm |

[Verse 2]
F         Fmaj7/E
 It's on America's tortured brow
F/Eb            D7
    That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Gm        Bb/F
  Now the workers have struck for fame
C7                             F
  'Cause Lennon's on sale again
        Fmaj7/E                       F/Eb
See the mice   in their million hordes
      D7                        Gm
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
        Bb/F
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
C7
  To my mother, my dog, and clowns

[Pre-Chorus]
Ab        C7
  But the film is a saddening bore
Fm         Ab7
  'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
Db      F/Eb                 Bbm
  It's about to be writ again
     Db7
As I ask you to focus on

[Chorus]
Bb      Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm7       F#aug                 F
   Oh man look at those cavemen go
Fm                      Cm7
  It's the freakiest show  
Ebm7                   Bb
    Take a look at the lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm7       F#aug
   Oh man wonder if he'll ever know
F Fm                             Cm7
    He's in the best selling show
Ebm7                 Gm7  Gmmaj7 Gm7
    Is there life on Mars?

[Outro]
              | Gm6 | F  |
| F#dim7 | Gm | Bb  | -  |
| -      | Eb | Ebm | Bb |

Bars

[Verse 1]
| F  | Fmaj7/E | F/Eb | D7 |
| Gm | Bb/F    | C7   | -  |
| F  | Fmaj7/E | F/Eb | D7 |
| Gm | Bb/F    | C7   | -  |

It's a Godawful small affair
To the girl with the mousy hair
But her mummy is yelling no
And her daddy has told her to go
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Now she walks through her sunken dream
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen

[Pre-Chorus]
| Ab | C7   | Fm  | Ab7 |
| Db | F/Eb | Bbm | Db7 |

But the film is a saddening bore
For she's lived it ten times or more
She could spit in the eyes of fools
As they ask her to focus on

[Chorus]
| Bb  | Eb     | Gm7 | F#aug |
| F   | Fm     | Cm7 | Ebm7  |
| Bb  | Eb     | Gm7 | F#aug |
| F   | Fm     | Cm7 | Ebm7  |
| Gm7 | Gmmaj7 | Gm7 |

Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

[Solo]
                    | Gm6    |
| F  | F#dim7 | Gm  | Abdim7 |
| Am | Bb     | Bbm |

[Verse 2]
                      | F  |
| Fmaj7/E | F/Eb | D7 | Gm |
| Bb/F    | C7   | -  | F  |
| Fmaj7/E | F/Eb | D7 | Gm |
| Bb/F    | C7   | -  |

It's on America's tortured brow
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Now the workers have struck for fame
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
See the mice   in their million hordes
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns

[Pre-Chorus]
                   | Ab |
| C7   | Fm  | Ab7 | Db |
| F/Eb | Bbm | Db7 |

But the film is a saddening bore
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
It's about to be writ again
As I ask you to focus on

[Chorus]
                       | Bb  |
| Eb     | Gm7 | F#aug | F   |
| Fm     | Cm7 | Ebm7  | Bb  |
| Eb     | Gm7 | F#aug | F   |
| Fm     | Cm7 | Ebm7  | Gm7 |
| Gmmaj7 | Gm7 |

Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Oh man look at those cavemen go
It's the freakiest show
Take a look at the lawman
Beating up the wrong guy
Oh man wonder if he'll ever know
He's in the best selling show
Is there life on Mars?

[Outro]
              | Gm6 | F  |
| F#dim7 | Gm | Bb  | -  |
| -      | Eb | Ebm | Bb |

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