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