Life On Mars

LIFE ON MARS?- David Bowie

It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair

But her mother is yelling "No" and her father as told her to go

But her friend is nowhere to be seen

as she walks through her sunken dream

To the seat with the clearest view

and she's hooked to the silver screen

But the film is a saddening bore

For she's lived it ten times or more

She could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on

Sailors, fighting in the dance hall

Oh man! look at those cavemen go, it's a freakest show

Take a look at the Lawman, beating up the wrong guy

Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know he's in the best selling show

Is there life on Mars?

It's on Amerika's tortured brow

Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow

Now the workers have struck for fame

Cause Lennon's on sale again

See the mice in their million hordes

>From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads

Rule Brittania is out of bounds

To my mother, my dog and clowns

But the film is a saddening bore

`Cause I wrote it ten times before

It's about to be writ again

As I ask you to focus on ...CHORUS

Bb+: 2 2 4 3 3 2 Eb: x 6 5 3 4 3

C+: x 0 2 1 1 0 Gsus4: 3 2 0 0 1 3

Dm/F: 1 x 0 2 3 1

NOTE: For the verse, pick with the following pattern- the base note and

first and second strings all simultaneously, then the third string. For

the chorus, strum.

(from Hunky Dory, 1971)

(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)

From: ard@tarzan_5542E00E.inesc.pt (Alfredo Domingues)

If you want more from Bowie, tell me.

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Life on Mars?

It's a god-awful small affair

To the girl with the mousy hair

But her mother is yelling "No"

And her father as told her to go

But her friend is nowhere to be seen

And she walks through her suncken dream

To the seat with the clearest view

And she's hooked to the silver screen

But the film is a saddening bore

For she's lived it ten times or more.

She could spit in the eyes of fools

As they ask her to focus on

Sailers, fighting in the dance hall

Oh man! look at those cavemen go

It's a freakest show

Take a look a the ...

Lawman, Beating up the wrong guy

Oh man! Wonger if he'll ever now

He's in the best selling show

Is there life on Mars?

It's on Amerikas tortured brow

Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow

Now the workers have struck for fame

Cause Lennon's on sale again

See the mice in their million hordes