Life On Mars - David Bowie
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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
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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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Ab#5 XX211
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