F Am/E Eb°
It's a God-awful small affair
D7 Gm
To the girl with the mousy hair
Bb/F C
But her mummy is yelling no
C7 F
And her daddy has told her to go
F Am/E Cm
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
D7 Gm
Now she walks through her sunken dream
Bb/F C
To the seat with the clearest view
C7
And she's hooked to the silver screen
Ab Ab7M/E Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Gb Db
For she's lived it ten times, or more
Db7M/A Bbm
She could spit in the eyes of fools
Db7
As they ask her to focus on
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm Gb7M F
Oh, man! look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It's the freakiest show
Ebm7 Bb
Take a look at the lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gb7M F
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know
Fm Cm7
He's in the best selling show
Ebm7 Gm Gb7M Bb/F Em7(5-)
Is there life on Mars?
[Solo] F F#° Gm G#°
Am Bb Bbm
F Am/E A°
It's on America's tortured brow
D7 Gm
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Bb/F C
Now the workers have struck for fame
C7
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
F Am/E Cm
See the mice in their million hordes
D7 Gm
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
Bb/F C
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
C7
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
Ab Ab7M/E Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Gb Db
'Cause I wrote it ten times, or more
Db7M/A Bbm
It's about to be writ again
Db7
As I ask you to focus on
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm Gb7M F
Oh, man! look at those cavemen go
Fm Cm7
It's the freakiest show
Ebm7 Bb
Take a look at the lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gb7M F
Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know
Fm Cm7
He's in the best selling show
Ebm7 Gm Gb7M Bb/F Em7(5-)
Is there life on Mars?
[Final] F F#° Gm G#°
Am Bb Bbm F