Intro: F Fmaj7 F7 It's a god-awful small affair D Gm To the girl with the mousy hair F C But her mommy is yelling "No" F And her daddy has told her to go Fmaj7 F7 But her friend is nowhere to be seen
D Gm Now she walks through her sunken dream F C To the seat with the clearest view Eb And she's hooked to the silver screen Pre Chorus: E Fm But the film is a saddening bore F# C# 'Cause she's lived it ten times or more F Bbm She could spit in the eyes of fools B As they ask her to focus on Bb Eb Sailors fighting in the dance hall Gm D F Oh man! look at those cavemen go Cm It's the freakiest show Chorus: Bb Take a look at the lawman Eb Beating up the wrong guy Gm D F Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know Cm He's in the best selling show Eb Gm D F C Is there life on Mars? Verse: F Fmaj7 F7 It's on America's tortured brow D Gm That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow F C Now the workers have struck for fame C F 'Cause Lennon's on sale again Fmaj7 F7 See the mice in their million hordes D Gm From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads F C Rule Britannia is out of bounds C To my mother, my dog, and clowns Pre Chorus: E Fm But the film is a saddening bore F# C# 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more F Bbm It's about to be writ again B As I ask you to focus on Bb Eb Sailors fighting in the dance hall Gm D F Oh man! look at those cavemen go Cm It's the freakiest show Chorus: Bb Take a look at the lawman Eb Beating up the wrong guy Gm D F Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know Cm He's in the best selling show Eb Gm D F C Is there life on Mars