LIFE ON MARS? from Hunky Dory


F (133211@1)    F/E (xx2211@1)                  F7It's (131241@1)a God awful small affair
       D7To (xx0212@1)the girl with the mousy hair
Gm (355333@1)    Gm7
But her mummy is yelling no
C (x32010@1)     C7 (x32310@1)                  FAnd (133211@1)her daddy has told her to go
        F/E (xx2211@1)                   F7But (131241@1)her friend is nowhere to be seen
        D7Now (xx0212@1)she walks through her sunken dream
Gm (355333@1)   Gm7
To the seat with the clearest view
C (x32010@1)       C7And (x32310@1)she's hooked to the silver screen
Ab/Eb      Ab#5/E
But the film is a saddening bore
Fm (133111@1)      Ab7For (xx1112@1)she's lived it ten times or more
Db (x43121@1)      AShe (x02220@1)could spit in the eyes of fools
Bb (x1333x@1)    BAs (x2444x@1)they ask her to focus on


CHORUS 1:
Bb (x1333x@1)    EbSailors (x43121@3)fighting in the dance hall
Gm (355333@1)   F#aug5                FOh (133211@1)man look at those cavemen go
Fm (133111@1)               Cm7
It's the freakiest show
Ebm7 (x3131x@4)             Bb (x1333x@1)   EbTake (x43121@3)a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Gm (355333@1)   F#aug5                   FOh (133211@1)man wonder if he'll ever know
Fm (133111@1)                     Cm7
He's in the best selling show
Ebm7 (x3131x@4)           Gm (355333@1)  F#aug5  Bb (x1333x@1)Em7dim5
Is there life on mars?


SOLO:  F  F#dim  Gm  G#dim  Am  Bb 
Bbm (x13321@1)
F (133211@1)      F/E (xx2211@1)                 F7It's (131241@1)on Americas tortured brow
            D (xx0232@1)                      GmThat (355333@1)Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
        Gm7                          CNow (x32010@1)the workers have struck for fame
    C7Cos (x32310@1)Lennon's on sale again
F (133211@1)     F/E (xx2211@1)                        F7See (131241@1)the mice in their million hoards
      D (xx0232@1)                     GmFrom (355333@1)Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
         Gm7                     CRule (x32010@1)Brittannia is out of bounds
      C7To (x32310@1)my mother my dog and clowns
Ab/Eb      Ab#5/E
But the film is a saddening bore
Fm (133111@1)    Ab7Cause (xx1112@1)I wrote it ten times or more
Db (x43121@1)  AIt's (x02220@1)about to be writ again
Bb (x1333x@1)    BAs (x2444x@1)they ask her to focus on


CHORUS 2:
Bb (x1333x@1)    EbSailors (x43121@3)fighting in the dance hall
Gm (355333@1)   F#aug5                FOh (133211@1)man look at those cavemen go
Fm (133111@1)               Cm7
It's the freakiest show
Ebm7 (x3131x@4)             Bb (x1333x@1)   EbTake (x43121@3)a look at the lawman beating up the wrong guy
Gm (355333@1)   F#aug5                   FOh (133211@1)man wonder if he'll ever know
Fm (133111@1)                     Cm7
He's in the best selling show
Ebm7 (x3131x@4)           Gm (355333@1)  F#aug5  Bb (x1333x@1)Em7dim5
Is there life on mars?


OUTRO:  F (133211@1)F#dim (2312xx@1)Gm (355333@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)
 Ebm  Bb

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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:
             F (133211@1)F#dim (2312xx@1)name="chord_355333@1">Gm G#dim (1201xx@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am 
 Bbm (x13321@1)      F (133211@1)       E------8---------7P4----78-78-8P6-----------|
        B---68B-8B-8B68-----6------------9P68P68910-|
        G-57-----------------7-5--5-----------------|
        D-------------------------------------------|
        A-------------------------------------------|
        E-------------------------------------------|

Outro:
                   F (133211@1)F#dim (2312xx@1)    Gm (355333@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)  
Ebm Bb
        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----------------------------------------------|

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CHORDS:  EADGBE
         ------
F (133211@1)      133211
Am (x02210@1)     X02210
F7 (131241@1)     XX121X
Gm7      353333
Ebm7     X68676
C (x32010@1)      X32010
Bb (x1333x@1)     X13331
Gm (355333@1)     355333
Ab7      464544
F#dim    XX2212
D7 (xx0212@1)     XX0212
Eb (x43121@3)     X68886
C7 (x32310@1)     X32310
Cm7      X35343
Ab#5     XX211X
B (x2444x@1)      X24442
Fm (133111@1)     133111
Ab (xx1114@1)     XX111X
Ebm      X68876
G#dim    XX4434
A (x02220@1)      X02220
Db (x43121@1)     X46664
F/E      XX221X
Bbm      X13321
F#aug5   XX4332
Em7dim5  010030