Chords for Life on Mars: Bowie meets Rundgren
Tempo:
123.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
D
F#m
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D#m] It's a god-awful small [D] affair [C#] To the girl with the mousy [F#m] hair
[A] But her mummy is yelling [B] no And her daddy has told her to [E] go
[D#] But her [B] friend is nowhere to [D] be seen Now [C#] she walks through her sunken [F#m] dream
To [A] the seat with the clearest [B] view And she's hooked to the silver [D] screen
But [D#] the film is a sadling [Em] bore [F] Cause she's lived there ten times or [C] more
She [G#] could spit in the eyes of [Am] fools [C] As they ask her [A#] to focus [A] on sailors
[D] Sliding in her damn [F#m] soul Look [F] at those [E] cavemen go
[Em] It's the freakiest [B] show [Dm] Take a look at [A] the law
[D] And beating up the wrong [F#m] guy Oh man, [F] wonder if they'll ever [E] know
[Em] He's in the best [Bm]-selling show [Dm] Is there life [F#m] on board?
[F]
[E] [D#] [E]
[F]
[F#] [C#] [G#m]
[A]
[Am] [E]
South [B] America's torture [D] growl [C#] Mickey Mouse has grown [F] up a [F#m] cow
Now the [E] workers have struck [B] for fame Cause [B] Lenin's on sale [E] again
See [D#m] the mice and [D#] their million [D] hordes [C#] Come my visa to the north of [F#m] France
Ruritania [E] is out of [B] bounds To my mother, my dog, [G] and [D] clowns
But [D#] the book is a [Em] sadling bore Cause [F] I wrote it ten times or [C] more
[G#] It's about to be writ [Am] again As [C] I ask her to [A] focus on sailors
[D] Sliding in her [F#m] damn soul Oh [F] man, look at those [E] cavemen go
[Em] It's the [B] freakiest show
[Dm] Take a look [A] at the law
[D] And beating up the [F#m] wrong guy [F] Oh man, wonder if they'll ever [E] know
[Em] He's in the best [Bm]-selling show
[Dm] Is there [F#m] life on board?
[F] [A]
[D#] [E]
[F] [F#m]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[Dm] [Bm]
[A]
[A] But her mummy is yelling [B] no And her daddy has told her to [E] go
[D#] But her [B] friend is nowhere to [D] be seen Now [C#] she walks through her sunken [F#m] dream
To [A] the seat with the clearest [B] view And she's hooked to the silver [D] screen
But [D#] the film is a sadling [Em] bore [F] Cause she's lived there ten times or [C] more
She [G#] could spit in the eyes of [Am] fools [C] As they ask her [A#] to focus [A] on sailors
[D] Sliding in her damn [F#m] soul Look [F] at those [E] cavemen go
[Em] It's the freakiest [B] show [Dm] Take a look at [A] the law
[D] And beating up the wrong [F#m] guy Oh man, [F] wonder if they'll ever [E] know
[Em] He's in the best [Bm]-selling show [Dm] Is there life [F#m] on board?
[F]
[E] [D#] [E]
[F]
[F#] [C#] [G#m]
[A]
[Am] [E]
South [B] America's torture [D] growl [C#] Mickey Mouse has grown [F] up a [F#m] cow
Now the [E] workers have struck [B] for fame Cause [B] Lenin's on sale [E] again
See [D#m] the mice and [D#] their million [D] hordes [C#] Come my visa to the north of [F#m] France
Ruritania [E] is out of [B] bounds To my mother, my dog, [G] and [D] clowns
But [D#] the book is a [Em] sadling bore Cause [F] I wrote it ten times or [C] more
[G#] It's about to be writ [Am] again As [C] I ask her to [A] focus on sailors
[D] Sliding in her [F#m] damn soul Oh [F] man, look at those [E] cavemen go
[Em] It's the [B] freakiest show
[Dm] Take a look [A] at the law
[D] And beating up the [F#m] wrong guy [F] Oh man, wonder if they'll ever [E] know
[Em] He's in the best [Bm]-selling show
[Dm] Is there [F#m] life on board?
[F] [A]
[D#] [E]
[F] [F#m]
[A] [E]
[A] [D]
[Dm] [Bm]
[A]
Key:
E
D
F#m
A
F
E
D
F#m
_ _ _ [D#m] It's a god-awful small [D] affair _ _ [C#] To the girl with the mousy [F#m] hair
_ _ [A] But her mummy is yelling [B] no _ _ And her daddy has told her to [E] go
_ [D#] But her [B] friend is nowhere to [D] be seen Now [C#] she walks through her sunken [F#m] dream
To [A] the seat with the clearest [B] view And she's hooked to the silver [D] screen
But [D#] the film is a sadling [Em] bore _ _ [F] Cause she's lived there ten times or [C] more
_ She [G#] could spit in the eyes of [Am] fools _ _ [C] As they ask her [A#] to focus [A] on sailors
_ [D] Sliding in her damn [F#m] soul Look _ [F] at those [E] cavemen go
_ _ [Em] _ It's the freakiest [B] show _ _ [Dm] Take a look at [A] the law
_ [D] And beating up the wrong [F#m] guy Oh man, [F] wonder if they'll ever [E] know
_ _ _ [Em] He's in the best [Bm]-selling show _ [Dm] Is there life [F#m] on board?
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
South [B] America's torture [D] _ growl [C#] Mickey Mouse has grown [F] up a [F#m] cow _ _
Now the [E] workers have struck [B] for fame _ Cause [B] Lenin's on sale [E] again _
See [D#m] the mice and [D#] their million [D] _ hordes [C#] Come my visa to the north of [F#m] France _
Ruritania [E] is out of [B] bounds _ To my mother, my dog, [G] and [D] _ clowns
But [D#] the book is a [Em] sadling bore _ Cause [F] I wrote it ten times or [C] more _
[G#] It's about to be writ [Am] again As [C] I ask her to [A] focus on sailors
[D] _ Sliding in her [F#m] damn soul Oh [F] man, look at those [E] cavemen go _
_ [Em] It's the [B] freakiest show _ _
[Dm] Take a look [A] at the law _ _
[D] And beating up the [F#m] wrong guy _ [F] Oh man, wonder if they'll ever [E] know _ _
[Em] _ He's in the best [Bm]-selling show _ _
[Dm] Is there [F#m] life on board?
[F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] But her mummy is yelling [B] no _ _ And her daddy has told her to [E] go
_ [D#] But her [B] friend is nowhere to [D] be seen Now [C#] she walks through her sunken [F#m] dream
To [A] the seat with the clearest [B] view And she's hooked to the silver [D] screen
But [D#] the film is a sadling [Em] bore _ _ [F] Cause she's lived there ten times or [C] more
_ She [G#] could spit in the eyes of [Am] fools _ _ [C] As they ask her [A#] to focus [A] on sailors
_ [D] Sliding in her damn [F#m] soul Look _ [F] at those [E] cavemen go
_ _ [Em] _ It's the freakiest [B] show _ _ [Dm] Take a look at [A] the law
_ [D] And beating up the wrong [F#m] guy Oh man, [F] wonder if they'll ever [E] know
_ _ _ [Em] He's in the best [Bm]-selling show _ [Dm] Is there life [F#m] on board?
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [D#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
South [B] America's torture [D] _ growl [C#] Mickey Mouse has grown [F] up a [F#m] cow _ _
Now the [E] workers have struck [B] for fame _ Cause [B] Lenin's on sale [E] again _
See [D#m] the mice and [D#] their million [D] _ hordes [C#] Come my visa to the north of [F#m] France _
Ruritania [E] is out of [B] bounds _ To my mother, my dog, [G] and [D] _ clowns
But [D#] the book is a [Em] sadling bore _ Cause [F] I wrote it ten times or [C] more _
[G#] It's about to be writ [Am] again As [C] I ask her to [A] focus on sailors
[D] _ Sliding in her [F#m] damn soul Oh [F] man, look at those [E] cavemen go _
_ [Em] It's the [B] freakiest show _ _
[Dm] Take a look [A] at the law _ _
[D] And beating up the [F#m] wrong guy _ [F] Oh man, wonder if they'll ever [E] know _ _
[Em] _ He's in the best [Bm]-selling show _ _
[Dm] Is there [F#m] life on board?
[F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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