Oh You Pretty Things - David Bowie
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Oh you pretty things
by David Bowie
from Ziggy Stardust
I imagine this tab can be used to figure out a guitar arrangement but its meant for
since the song was written for piano.
Legend
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m = minor chord
dim = diminished chord
Gb/Db = Chord/Bass note
A(B) = Chord/added note
example: Gm(E)/C = G minor chord with added
and A C in the bass
Intro:
x 4
[
Verse 1:
Wake up you
sleepy head
Put on some cl
othes, shake u
p your bed
Put another lo
g on the fire
for me
I've made some
breakfast and
coffee
Look out my wi
ndow and what
do I see
A crack in the
sky and a han
d reaching dow
n to me
All the nightm
)
ares came toda
y
And it looks a
s though they'
re here to sta
y
Bb(C)/F F
Verse2:
What are we
coming to
No room for me
, no fun for y
ou
I think abo
ut a world to
come
Where the book
s were found b
y the Golden o
nes
Written in pai
n, written in
awe
By a puzzled m
an who questio
ned what we we
re here for
All the strang
)
ers coday
And it looks a
s though they'
re here to sta
y
Chorus:
Oh You Pretty
Things
Don't you know
you're drivin
g your
Mamas and Papa
s insane
Oh You Pretty
Things
Don't you know
you're drivin
g your
Mamas and Papa
s insane
Let me make it
plain
You gotta make
way for the H
omo Superior
Verse3:
Look at you
r children
See their
faces in gold
en rays
Don't kid y
ourself they b
/
elong to you
They're the
start of a co
ming race
The earth is a
bitch, we've
finished our n
ews
Homo Sapi
ens have outgr
own their use
All the strang
)
ers came today
And it looks a
s though they'
re here to sta
y
[Chorus]