Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Difficulty: Intermediate
Intro:
A augmentedA C#m/G# Gdim7Gdim7 F#7F#7
B minorBm A#augA#aug D MajorD E MajorE
Verse 1:
A augmentedA C#m/G Gdim7Gdim7
It's a god-awful small affair
F#7F#7
To the girl with the mousy hair
B minorBm A#augA#aug D MajorD
But her mummy is yelling "No"
E MajorE
And her daddy has told her to go
A augmentedA C#m/G Gdim7Gdim7
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
F#7F#7
Now she walks through her sunken dream.
B minorBm A#augA#aug D MajorD
To the seat with the clearest view
E MajorE
And she's hooked to the silver screen
Pre-Chorus:
E+Eaug E MajorE A minorAm
But the film is a saddening bore
A#A#
For she's lived it ten times or more
FF A augmentedA DmDm
She could spit in the eyes of fools
D#D#
As they ask her to focus on
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Bm7Bm7 A#augA#aug A augmentedA
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
A minorAm E minor 7Em7
It's the freakiest show
Gm7Gm7 D MajorD
Take a look at the lawman
G+G
Beating up the wrong guy
B minorBm A#augA#aug A augmentedA
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
A minorAm E minor 7Em7
He's in the best selling show
Gm7Gm7 Bm7Bm7 A#augA#aug D MajorD E MajorE
Is there life on Mars?
Verse 2:
A augmentedA C#m/G Gdim7Gdim7
It's on America's tortured brow
F#7F#7
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
B minorBm A#augA#aug D MajorD
Now the workers have struck for fame
E MajorE
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
A augmentedA C#m/G Gdim7Gdim7
See the mice in their million hordes
F#7F#7
From Ibeza to the norfolk broads
B minorBm A#augA#aug D MajorD
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
E MajorE
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
Pre-Chorus:
E+Eaug E MajorE A minorAm
But the film is a saddening bore
A#A#
For I've writ it ten times or more
FF A augmentedA DmDm
It's about to be writ again
D#D#
As I ask you to focus on
Chorus:
D MajorD G+G
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Bm7Bm7 A#augA#aug A augmentedA
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
A minorAm E minor 7Em7
It's the freakiest show
Gm7Gm7 D MajorD
Take a look at the lawman
G+G
Beating up the wrong guy
B minorBm A#augA#aug A augmentedA
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
A minorAm E minor 7Em7
He's in the best selling show
Gm7Gm7 Bm7Bm7 A#augA#aug D MajorD E MajorE
Is there life on Mars?
F#F# D MajorD
Is there life on Mars?