LIFE ON MARS? from Hunky Dory F F/E F7 It's a God awful small affair D7 To the girl with the mousy hair Gm Gm7 But her mummy is yelling no C C7 F And her daddy has told her to go F/E F7 But her friend is nowhere to be seen D7 Now she walks through her sunken dream Gm Gm7 To the seat with the clearest view C C7 And she's hooked to the silver screen Ab/Eb Ab#5/E But the film is a saddening bore Fm Ab7 For she's lived it ten times or more Db A She could spit in the eyes of fools Bb B As they ask her to focus on CHORUS 1: Bb Eb Sailors fighting in the dance hall Gm F#aug5 F Oh man look at those cavemen go Fm Cm7 It's the freakiest show Ebm7 Bb Eb Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy Gm F#aug5 F Oh man wonder if he'll ever know Fm Cm7 He's in the best selling show Ebm7 Gm F#aug5 Bb Em7dim5 Is there life on mars? SOLO: F F#dim Gm G#dim Am Bb Bbm F F/E F7 It's on Americas tortured brow D Gm That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Gm7 C Now the workers have struck for fame C7 Cos Lennon's on sale again F F/E F7 See the mice in their million hoards D Gm From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads Gm7 C Rule Brittannia is out of bounds C7 To my mother my dog and clowns Ab/Eb Ab#5/E But the film is a saddening bore Fm Ab7 Cause I wrote it ten times or more Db A It's about to be writ again Bb B As they ask her to focus on CHORUS 2: Bb Eb Sailors fighting in the dance hall Gm F#aug5 F Oh man look at those cavemen go Fm Cm7 It's the freakiest show Ebm7 Bb Eb Take a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy Gm F#aug5 F Oh man wonder if he'll ever know Fm Cm7 He's in the best selling show Ebm7 Gm F#aug5 Bb Em7dim5 Is there life on mars? OUTRO: F F#dim Gm Bb Bb Bb EBb ----------------------------------------- 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 ------ Bb 688766 SOLO: FFGGAmim BFm E------8---------7P4----78-78-8P6-----------| B---68B-8B-8B68-----6------------9P68P68910-| G-57-----------------7-5--5-----------------| D-------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------| Outro: FFGBbm EBb E----------------------------------------------| B---68B868-8B-----10------------3-3-3-8--7---3-| G-57----------799B--9B97-5P3-3/-3-3-3-8--8---3-| D---------------------------5---3-3-3-8--8---3-| A-------------------------------1-1-1-6--6---1-| E----------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------- CHORDS: EADGBE ------ F 133211 Am X02210 F7 XX121X Gm7 353333 Ebm7 X68676 C X32010 Bb X13331 G355333 Ab7 464544 F#dim XX2212 D7 XX0212 Eb X68886 C7 X32310 Cm7 X35343 Ab#5 XX211X B X24442 Fm 133111 Ab XX111X Ebm X68876 G#dim XX4434 A X02220 Db X46664 F/E XX221X Bbm X13321 F#aug5 XX4332 Em7dim5 010030