LIFE ON MARS? by David Bowie F Am/E F7/Eb D7 It's a god-awful small affair, to the girl with the mousy hair Gm Bb/F C/E C7 But her mother is yelling "No," and her father as told her to go F Am/E F7/Eb D7 But her friend is nowhere to be seen, as she walks through her sunken dream Gm Bb/F C/E C7 To the seat with the clearest view, and she's hooked to the silver screen Ab/Eb Ab+/E Fm Ab7/F# But the film is a saddening bore, For she's lived it ten times or more C# A+ Bbm C#7/B She could spit in the eyes of fools, as they ask her to focus on CHORUS: Bb Eb Sailors, fighting in the dance hall Gm F#+ F Oh man! look at those cavemen go, Fm Cm7 Ebm7 it's a freakest show, take a look at the Bb Eb Lawman, beating up the wrong guy Gm F#+ F Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know Fm Cm7 Ebm7 he's in the best selling show Gm F#+ Bb/F C9 Is there life on Mars? INTERLUDE: F D7/F# Gm E7/Ab Am C7/Bb Bbm7 F Am/E F7/Eb D7 It's on Amerika's tortured brow, Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Gm Bb/F C/E C7 Now the workers have struck for fame, Cause Lennon's on sale again F Am/E F7/Eb D7 See the mice in their million hordes, From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads Gm Bb/F C/E C7 Rule Brittania is out of bounds, To my mother, my dog and clowns Ab/Eb Ab+/E Fm Ab7/F# But the film is a saddening bore, Cause I wrote it ten times before C# A+ Bbm C#7/B It's about to be writ again, As I ask you to focus on CHORUS