Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: F Verse: F F/E Cm/Eb D7 Gm It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair Gm7 C/E C F But her mummy is yelling no and her daddy as told her to go F/E Cm/Eb But her friend is nowhere to be seen D7 Gm now she walks through her sunken dream Gm7 C/E To the seat with the clearest view C Ab and she's hooked to the silver screen Am(maj7) Fm But the film is a saddening bore Ab7 C# For she's lived it ten times or more F7 A#m C# She could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on
Chorus: A# D# Gm Sailors, fighting in the dance hall Gm(maj7) F Fm Cm7 Oh man! look at those cavemen go, it's a freakest show D#m7 A# D# Gm Take a look at the lawman, beating up the wrong guy Gm(maj7) F Fm Cm7 Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know he's in the best selling show D#m7 Gm Gm(maj7) Gm7 C7 F D7 Gm F7(dim) Am C7 D#m7 Is there life on Mars? Verse: F F/E Cm/Eb It's on America's tortured brow D7 Gm Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Gm7 C/E Now the workers have struck for fame C F Cause Lennon's on sale again F/E Cm/Eb See the mice in their million hordes D7 Gm From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads Gm7 C/E Rule Brittania is out of bounds C Ab To my mother, my dog and clowns Am(maj7) Fm But the film is a saddening bore Ab7 C# 'Cause I wrote it ten times before F7 A#m It's about to be writ again C# As I ask you to focus on Chorus: A# D# Gm Sailors, fighting in the dance hall Gm(maj7) F Fm Cm7 Oh man! look at those cavemen go, it's a freakest show D#m7 A# D# Gm Take a look at the lawman, beating up the wrong guy Gm(maj7) F Fm Cm7 Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know he's in the best selling show D#m7 Gm Gm(maj7) Gm7 C7 F D7 Gm F7(dim) Am C7 D#m7 Is there life on Mars?
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