• Song:

    An Oddity On Mars

  • Artist:

    David Bowie

Arranged for a ukulele medley.

G (320003@1)    G/f#            Dm/F          E7 (020130@1)                AmIt's (x02210@1)a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair
         Am/G (302210@1)           D/F# (200232@1)                             GBut (320003@1)her mother is yelling "No" and her father as told her to go
          G/f#                  Dm/F
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
        E7 (020130@1)                     Amas (x02210@1)she walks through her sunken dream
        Am/G (302210@1)                D/F#To (200232@1)the seat with the clearest view
                                Bband (x1333x@1)she's hooked to the silver screen
          Bb+                GmBut (355333@1)the film is a saddening bore
            Ab (xx1114@1)                 EbFor (x43121@3)she's lived it ten times or more
           G7 (320001@1)                 Cm (x3101x@1)        EbShe (x43121@3)could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on

CHORUS:
  C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)                 GSailors, (320003@1)fighting in the dance hall
 Am (x02210@1)    Fm (133111@1)                  G (320003@1)Gm (355333@1)                DmOh (xx0231@1)man! look at those cavemen go,    it's a freakest show
Fm (133111@1)                 C (x32010@1)    F (133211@1)                  GTake (320003@1)a look at the Lawman, beating up the wrong guy
Am (x02210@1)     Fm (133111@1)                   G (320003@1)name="chord_355333@1">Gm                          DmOh (xx0231@1)man!  Wonder if he'll ever know   he's in the best selling show
Fm (133111@1)              Am (x02210@1) C+  Am7 (x02010@1)D7 (xx0212@1)F (133211@1)Gsus4 (3x0013@1)DIs (xx0232@1)there life on Mars?

D (xx0232@1)                     F#m (244222@1)D (xx0232@1)                     F#mGround (244222@1)control to Major Tom Ground control to Major Tom:
Bm (x24432@1)      Bm7/A (x00202@1)           E7Take (020130@1)your protein pills and put your helmet on
D (xx0232@1)                     F#m (244222@1) D (xx0232@1)                           F#mGround (244222@1)control to Major Tom: Commencing countdown engine's on
Bm (x24432@1)     Bm7/A (x00202@1)        E7Check (020130@1)ig-nition and may God's love be with you

D (xx0232@1)                             F#m (244222@1)                        GThis (320003@1)is ground control to Major Tom, you've really made the grade!
         Gm (355333@1)           D/F# (200232@1)                 G (320003@1)   
And the papers want to know whose shirts you wear, 
         Gm (355333@1)              D/F# (200232@1)          Gnow (320003@1)it's time to leave the capsule if you dare

G (320003@1)                G/f#    Dm/F          E7 (020130@1)                AmIt's (x02210@1)on Amerika's tortured brow Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
        Am/G (302210@1)                  D/F# (200232@1)                          GNow (320003@1)the workers have struck for fame Cause Lennon's on sale again
          G/f#                  Dm/F
See the mice in their million hordes
       E7 (020130@1)                 AmFrom (x02210@1)Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
       Am/G (302210@1)              D/F#Rule (200232@1)Brittania is out of bounds
                           BbTo (x1333x@1)my mother, my dog and clowns
          Bb+                GmBut (355333@1)the film is a saddening bore
           Ab (xx1114@1)               Eb`Cause (x43121@3)I wrote it ten times before
           G7 (320001@1)          Cm (x3101x@1)     EbIt's (x43121@3)about to be writ again As I ask you to focus 'cuz

C (x32010@1)                             E7 (020130@1)                           FThis (133211@1)is Major Tom to ground con-trol, I'm stepping through the door
        Fm (133111@1)            C/E (x3111x@5)         F (133211@1) 
And I'm floating in the most peculiar way 
        Fm (133111@1)            C/E (x3111x@5)       Fand (133211@1)the stars look very different today
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