[Verse 1]
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Cm/Eb</b>
It's a god-awful small affair
<b class="chord">D7</b>
To the girl with the mousy hair
<b class="chord">Gm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C7</b>
But her mummy is yelling "No"
<b class="chord">F</b>
And her daddy has told her to go
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Cm/Eb</b>
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
<b class="chord">D7</b>
Now she walks through her sunken dream.
<b class="chord">Gm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C7</b>
To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
[Pre-Chorus]
<b class="chord">Ab</b> <b class="chord">Eaug</b> <b class="chord">Fm</b>
But the film is a saddening bore
<b class="chord">Ab7</b>
For she's lived it ten times or more
<b class="chord">Db</b> <b class="chord">Aaug</b> <b class="chord">Bbm</b>
She could spit in the eyes of fools
<b class="chord">Db7</b>
As they ask her to focus on
[Chorus]
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Eb</b>
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
<b class="chord">Gm7</b> <b class="chord">Gbaug</b> <b class="chord">F</b>
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
<b class="chord">Fm</b> <b class="chord">Cm7</b>
It's the freakiest show
<b class="chord">Ebm7</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b>
Take a look at the lawman
<b class="chord">Eb</b>
Beating up the wrong guy
<b class="chord">Gm</b> <b class="chord">Gbaug</b>
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Fm</b> <b class="chord">Cm7</b>
He's in the best selling show
<b class="chord">Ebm7</b> <b class="chord">Gm7</b> <b class="chord">Gbaug</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C/E</b>
Is there life on Mars?
[Bridge]
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Gbdim</b> <b class="chord">Gm</b> <b class="chord">Ddim</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Bbm</b>
[Verse 2]
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Cm/Eb</b>
It's on Amerika's tortured brow
<b class="chord">D7</b>
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
<b class="chord">Gm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C7</b>
Now the workers have struck for fame
<b class="chord">F</b>
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Cm/Eb</b>
See the mice in their million hordes
<b class="chord">D7</b>
From Ibeza to the norfolk broads
<b class="chord">Gm</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C7</b>
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
[Pre-Chorus]
<b class="chord">Ab</b> <b class="chord">Eaug</b> <b class="chord">Fm</b>
But the film is a saddening bore
<b class="chord">Ab7</b>
For I've writ it ten times or more
<b class="chord">Db</b> <b class="chord">Aaug</b> <b class="chord">Bbm</b>
It's about to be writ again
<b class="chord">Db7</b>
As I ask you to focus on
[Chorus]
<b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">Eb</b>
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
<b class="chord">Gm7</b> <b class="chord">Gbaug</b> <b class="chord">F</b>
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
<b class="chord">Fm</b> <b class="chord">Cm7</b>
It's the freakiest show
<b class="chord">Ebm7</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b>
Take a look at the lawman
<b class="chord">Eb</b>
Beating up the wrong guy
<b class="chord">Gm</b> <b class="chord">Gbaug</b>
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
<b class="chord">F</b> <b class="chord">Fm</b> <b class="chord">Cm7</b>
He's in the best selling show
<b class="chord">Ebm7</b> <b class="chord">Gm7</b> <b class="chord">Gbaug</b> <b class="chord">Bb</b> <b class="chord">C/E</b>
Is there life on Mars?