Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Difficulty: Intermediate Intro: A C#m/G# Gdim7 F#7 Bm A#aug D E Verse 1: A C#m/G Gdim7 It's a god-awful small affair F#7 To the girl with the mousy hair Bm A#aug D But her mummy is yelling "No" E And her daddy has told her to go A C#m/G Gdim7 But her friend is nowhere to be seen F#7 Now she walks through her sunken dream. Bm A#aug D To the seat with the clearest view E And she's hooked to the silver screen
Pre-Chorus: Eaug E Am But the film is a saddening bore A# For she's lived it ten times or more F A Dm She could spit in the eyes of fools D# As they ask her to focus on Chorus: D G Sailors fighting in the dance hall Bm7 A#aug A Oh man! look at those cavemen go Am Em7 It's the freakiest show Gm7 D Take a look at the lawman G Beating up the wrong guy Bm A#aug A Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know Am Em7 He's in the best selling show Gm7 Bm7 A#aug D E Is there life on Mars? Verse 2: A C#m/G Gdim7 It's on America's tortured brow F#7 That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Bm A#aug D Now the workers have struck for fame E 'Cause Lennon's on sale again A C#m/G Gdim7 See the mice in their million hordes F#7 From Ibeza to the norfolk broads Bm A#aug D Rule Britannia is out of bounds E To my mother, my dog, and clowns Pre-Chorus: Eaug E Am But the film is a saddening bore A# For I've writ it ten times or more F A Dm It's about to be writ again D# As I ask you to focus on Chorus: D G Sailors fighting in the dance hall Bm7 A#aug A Oh man! look at those cavemen go Am Em7 It's the freakiest show Gm7 D Take a look at the lawman G Beating up the wrong guy Bm A#aug A Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know Am Em7 He's in the best selling show Gm7 Bm7 A#aug D E Is there life on Mars? F# D Is there life on Mars?