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
_______________________
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]

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