Intro
F Am/E Gdim7 D7
Gm Gbaug A# C
[Verse 1]
F Am/E Gdim7
It's a god-awful small affair
D7
To the girl with the mousy hair
Gm Gbaug A#
But her mummy is yelling "No"
C
And her daddy has told her to go
F Am/E Gdim7
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
D7
Now she walks through her sunken dream.
Gm Gbaug A#
To the seat with the clearest view
C
And she's hooked to the silver screen
[Pre-Chorus]
Caug C Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Gb
cause she's seen it ten times or more
C# F A#m
She could spit in the eyes of fools
B
As they ask her to focus on
[Chorus]
A# D#
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm7 Gbaug F
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It's the freakiest show
D#m7 A#
Take a look at the lawman
D#
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gbaug F
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Fm Cm7
He's on the best selling show
D#m7 Gm7 Gbaug A# C
Is there life on Mars?
[Verse 2]
F Am/E Gdim7
It's on America's tortured brow
D7
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Gm Gbaug A#
Now the workers have struck for fame
C
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
F Am/E Gdim7
See the mice with their million hordes
D7
From Ibiza to the norfolk broads
Gm Gbaug A#
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
C
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
[Pre-Chorus]
Caug C Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Gb
cause she writ it ten times or more
C# F A#m
It's about to be writ again
B
As I ask you to focus on
[Chorus]
A# D#
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm7 Gbaug F
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It's the freakiest show
D#m7 A#
Take a look at the lawman
D#
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gbaug F
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Fm Cm7
He's in the best selling show
D#m7 Gm7 Gbaug A# C
Is there life on Mars?
D A#
Is there life on Mars?