Key: F
Introduction:
F Am D#m/Eb
It' s a god-awful small affair
D7
To the girl with the mousy hair
Gm A# C7
But her mummy is yelling "No"
F
And her daddy has told her to go
F Am D#m/Eb
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
D7
Now she walks through her sunken dream.
Gm A# C7
To the seat with the clearest view
And she' s hooked to the silver screen
G# E+ Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Ab7
For she' s lived it ten times or more
C# A+ A#m
She could spit in the eyes of fools
Db7
As they ask her to focus on
A# D#
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm7 F#+ F
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It' s the freakiest show
Ebm7 A#
Take a look at the lawman
D#
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm F#+
Oh man! Wonder if he' ll ever know
F Fm Cm7
He' s in the best selling show
Ebm7 Gm7 F#+ A#/F C/E
Is there life on Mars?
F Am D#m/Eb
It' s on Amerika' s tortured brow
D7
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Gm A# C7
Now the workers have struck for fame
F
' Cause Lennon' s on sale again
F Am D#m/Eb
See the mice in their million hordes
D7
From Ibeza to the norfolk broads
Gm A# C7
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
G# E+ Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Ab7
For I' ve writ it ten times or more
C# A+ A#m
It' s about to be writ again
Db7
As I ask you to focus on
A# D#
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm7 F#+ F
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It' s the freakiest show
Ebm7 A#
Take a look at the lawman
D#
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm F#+
Oh man! Wonder if he' ll ever know
F Fm Cm7
He' s in the best selling show
Ebm7 Gm7 F#+ A#/F C/E
Is there life on Mars?