LIFE ON MARS? from Hunky Dory

[Verse 1]

          
It's a God awf

              
ul small affai

  
r
       
To the girl wi

th the mousy h

air
      
But her mummy 

is yelling no
           
And her daddy 

              
has told her t

  
o go
           
But her friend

              
 is nowhere to

    
 be seen
        
Now she walks 

through her su

nken dream
     
To the seat wi

th the cleares

t view
         
And she's hook

ed to the silv

er screen
      
But the film i


s a saddening 

bore
        
For she's live

d it ten times

 or more
        
She could spit

 in the eyes o

f fools
      
As they ask he

r to focus on


[Chorus 1]

      
Sailors fighti

ng in the danc

e hall
      
Oh man look at

              
 those cavemen

 
 go
            
It's the freak

     
iest show
          
Take a look at

          
 the lawman be

ating up the w

rong guy
      
Oh man wonder 

              
if he'll ever 

    
know
            
He's in the be

           
st selling sho

w
          
Is there life 

           
on mars?


[Solo]

           



[Verse 2]

          
It's on Americ

              
as tortured br

   
ow
             
That Mickey Mo

              
use has grown 

         
up a cow
           
Now the worker

              
s have struck 

         
for fame
    
Cos Lennon's o

n sale again
          
See the mice i

              
n their millio

         
n hoards
             
From Ibiza to 

              
the Norfolk Br

  
oads
           
Rule Brittanni

              
a is out of bo

     
unds
      
To my mother m

y dog and clow

ns
      
But the film i


s a saddening 

bore
      
Cause I wrote 

it ten times o

r more
    
It's about to 

be writ again
      
As they ask he

r to focus on


[Chorus 2]

      
Sailors fighti

ng in the danc

e hall
      
Oh man look at

              
 those cavemen

 
 go
            
It's the freak

     
iest show
          
Take a look at

          
 the lawman be

ating up the w

rong guy
      
Oh man wonder 

              
if he'll ever 

    
know
            
He's in the be

           
st selling sho

w
          
Is there life 

           
on mars?


[Outro]

            
   

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NOTES:
This is very much a piano song and is quite difficult to get a good sounding
version on guitar. Pay careful attention to the chord shapes at the top. It
sounds awful if the wrong strings ring out. For the first four chords of every
verse, F F/E F7 D, try to only play the B, G and D strings of the guitar.
Picking is the best way to get it across nice and subtle. For the chorus you may
want to play the Bb up at the 6th fret so it's easier to get to the Eb:

    EADGBE
    ------
  688766


[Solo]

             
         
        E-----
        B---68
        G-57--
        D-----
        A-----
        E-----

    
-8---------7P4
B-8B-8B68-----
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----78-78-8P6-
6------------9
-7-5--5-------
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P68P68910-|
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[Outro]

              
 
        E-----
        B---68
        G-57--
        D-----
        A-----
        E-----

        
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B868-8B-----10
--------799B--
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------------3-
9B97-5P3-3/-3-
--------5---3-
------------1-
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3-3-8--7---3-|
3-3-8--8---3-|
3-3-8--8---3-|
1-1-6--6---1-|
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CHORDS:  EADGBE
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        133211
       X02210
       XX121X
      353333
     X68676
        X32010
       X13331
       355333
      464544
    XX2212
       XX0212
       X68886
       X32310
      
Ab#5     XX211


X
        X24442
       133111
       XX111X
      X68876
    XX4434
        X02220
       X46664
      XX221X
      
F#aug5   XX433


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Em7dim5  010030