David Bowie
"Life on Mars"

this song is mainly piano with the only notable guitar being the couple of solos, nevertheless here are the chords and the solos. If you want to know how to play these exact chords read a book or find a chord generator or something. This is the first "life on mars" tab on this site. Except no imitations. Enjoy.



F         Am/E                   Adim/Eb
   It's a god-awful small affair

       D                        Gm
To the girl with the mousy hair

        Bb/F                   C7
But her mummy is yelling "No"

                                 F
And her daddy has told her to go

        Am/E                        Adim/Eb
But her friend is nowhere to be seen

        D                               Gm
Now she walks through her sunken dream

       Bb/F                          C7
To the seat with the clearest view

                                      Ab/Eb
And she's hooked to the silver screen

        Eaug                      Fm
But the film is a saddening bore

          Gb                         Db
For she's lived it ten times or more

          Aaug                      Bbm
She could spit in the eyes of fools

        Db7/Cb
As they ask her to focus on




Bb      Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall

Gm7        Gbaug                 F   Fm
   Oh man! Look at those cavemen go

                        Cm7
It's the freakiest show

Ebm7
  Take a look at the Lawman

Eb
Beating up the wrong guy

Gm7       Gbaug                    F  Fm
  Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know

                              Cm7
He's in the best selling show

Ebm7               Gm7    Gbaug   Bb/f
  Is there life on Mars?

   Em7(b5)      F              F#dim               Gm         Ddim
e--------------|--------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
B--------------|--b--------13-|--b------10--------|----------|12-----------------|
G-----------10-|12^(14)-------|12^(14)-----12--11-|12~~~~~~~~|---13-10-----------|
D-----10-12----|--------------|-------------------|----------|----------12~~~~~~~|
A--------------|--------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|
E--------------|--------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------|

  Am             Bb            Bbm                      
e--------------|--------------|-----------------------|------
B-13-12-13~~~~~|-13-12-13~~~~~|-13-11-9-------------9-|-(10)-
G--------------|--------------|---------10-12-10-12---|------
D--------------|--------------|-----------------------|------
A--------------|--------------|-----------------------|------
E--------------|--------------|-----------------------|------


REPEAT FIRST VERSE, identical until

Ebm7               Gm7    Gbaug   Bb/F
  Is there life on Mars?


  Em7(b5)               F                F#dim               Gm
e----------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------|
B----------10----------|---b------------|----------10-------|--------------|
G-------10----12-10-12-|-12^(14)--------|----9-11-----11----|--------------|
D-10-12----------------|----------------|-12-------------10-|-10-8----8~~~~|
A----------------------|----------------|-------------------|------10------|
E----------------------|----------------|-------------------|--------------|




Bb/F                       Eb         Ebm           Bb