17 Chords used in the song: G, Dm, E7, Am, D, Bb, Gm, G#, Eb, G7, Cm, C, F, Fm, C+, Am7, D7
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G G Dm E7 Am
It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair
Am D D G
But her mummy is yelling no and her daddy has told her to go
G Dm
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
E7 Am
as she walks through her sunken dream
Am D
To the seat with the clearest view
D Bb
and she's hooked to the silver screen
Bb Gm
But the film is a saddening bore
G# Eb
For she's lived it ten times or more
G7 Cm Eb
She could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on
CHORUS:
C F G
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Fm G Gm Dm
Oh man, look at those cavemen go. It's the freakiest show
Fm C F G
Take a look at the Lawman beating up the wrong guy
Fm G Gm Dm
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know. He's in the best selling show
Fm Am C+ Am7 D7
Is there life on Mars
G G Dm
It's on Amerika's tortured brow
E7 Am
Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Am D
Now the workers have struck for fame
D G
Cause Lennon's on sale again
G Dm
See the mice in their million hordes
E7 Am
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Am D
Rule Brittania is out of bounds
D Bb
To my mother my dog and clowns
Bb Gm
But the film is a saddening bore
G# Eb
Cause I wrote it ten times or more
G7 Cm
It's about to be writ again
Eb
As I ask you to focus on
CHORUS:
C F G
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Fm G Gm Dm
Oh man, look at those cavemen go. It's the freakiest show
Fm C F G
Take a look at the Lawman beating up the wrong guy
Fm G Gm Dm
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know. He's in the best selling show
Fm Am C+ Am7 D7 Am G Fm Fm Fm C
Is there life on Mars
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About this song: Life On Mars
"Life on Mars?" is a song by David Bowie first released in 1971 on the album Hunky Dory and also released as a single. The song—which BBC Radio 2 later called "a cross between a Broadway musical and a Salvador Dalí painting"—featured guest piano work by keyboardist Rick Wakeman. When released as a single in 1973, it reached #3 in the UK and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks. The song re-entered the UK charts at #55 over 30 years later, largely because of its use in the original British television series Life on Mars. Read more on Last.fm.