Oh You Pretty Things - David Bowie

Version 3 of 5
Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: Standard, E A D G B E

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Capo first fret.

Few weird chords:

Bm7b5: x2323x
 
Fmb5: x231xx

Intro: 

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V1.
            
Wake up you sl

             
eepy head. Put

              
 on some cloth

          
es, shake up y

our bed
             
Put another lo

             
g on the fire 

             
for me. I've m

              
ade some break

         
fast and coffe

e.
             
Look out my wi

             
ndow what do I

            
 see? A crack 

              
in the sky and

    
 a
           
Hand reaching 

     
down to me.
         
All the nightm

              
ares came toda

 
y
              
And it looks a

              
s though they'

    
re here to sta

y

Inst.
Fmb5-   -  

V2.
            
What are we co

             
ming to? No ro

              
om for me, no 


fun for you
             
I think about 

             
a world to com

             
e where the bo

              
oks were found

        
 by the golden

 ones
             
Written in pai

             
n, written in 

            
awe by a puzzl

           
ed man who  
            
questioned wha

          
t we were here

  
 for.
         
All the strang

             
ers came today

              
. And it looks

              
 as though the

     
y're here to s

tay.

Chorus:
           
Oh! you pretty

   
 things 
             
Don't you know

              
 you're drivin

        
g your Mamas a

             
nd papas insan

e
           
Oh! you pretty

   
 things 
             
Don't you know

              
 you're drivin

        
g your Mamas a

             
nd papas insan

e
             
Let me make it

             
 plain. You go

              
tta make way f

            
or the homo su

    
perior

V3.
             
Look out at yo

            
ur children. S

              
ee their faces

    
 in golden ray

s.
             
Don't kid your

              
self they belo

            
ng to you. The

              
y're the start

           
 of the coming

 race.
             
The earth is a

              
 bitch. We've 


finished our n

ews.
            
Homo sapiens h

        
ave outgrown t

          
heir use
         
All the strang

             
ers came today

              
. And it looks

              
 as though the

     
y're here to s

tay

Repeat Chorus.

Repeat intro and end on:

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