Intro
E G#m/D# Gdim7 C#7
F#m Faug A B
[Verse 1]
E G#m/D# Gdim7
It's a god-awful small affair
C#7
To the girl with the mousy hair
F#m Faug A
But her mummy is yelling "No"
B
And her daddy has told her to go
E G#m/D# Gdim7
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
C#7
Now she walks through her sunken dream.
F#m Faug A
To the seat with the clearest view
B
And she's hooked to the silver screen
[Pre-Chorus]
Baug B Em
But the film is a saddening bore
F
cause she's seen it ten times or more
C E Am
She could spit in the eyes of fools
A#
As they ask her to focus on
[Chorus]
A D
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
F#m7 Faug E
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Em Bm7
It's the freakiest show
Dm7 A
Take a look at the lawman
D
Beating up the wrong guy
F#m Faug E
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Em Bm7
He's on the best selling show
Dm7 F#m7 Faug A B
Is there life on Mars?
[Verse 2]
E G#m/D# Gdim7
It's on America's tortured brow
C#7
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
F#m Faug A
Now the workers have struck for fame
B
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
E G#m/D# Gdim7
See the mice with their million hordes
C#7
From Ibiza to the norfolk broads
F#m Faug A
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
B
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
[Pre-Chorus]
Baug B Em
But the film is a saddening bore
F
cause she writ it ten times or more
C E Am
It's about to be writ again
A#
As I ask you to focus on
[Chorus]
A D
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
F#m7 Faug E
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Em Bm7
It's the freakiest show
Dm7 A
Take a look at the lawman
D
Beating up the wrong guy
F#m Faug E
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Em Bm7
He's in the best selling show
Dm7 F#m7 Faug A B
Is there life on Mars?
C# A
Is there life on Mars?