Life On Mars Chords

by David Bowie
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 3, 2019
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Chords

F
Am/E
Cm6/Eb
D7sus4
Gm
Gm/F
C7
Cm/Eb
Eaug
Fm
F#
C#
Aaug
Bbm
C#7/B
Bb
EbM
F#aug
Fm6
Cm
Ebm
F#dim7
E7
Am
Eb
Ebm6
D7

Strumming

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Hey there, this is really accurate and includes all the bizzare chords & additions in
this song.
So, here we go...
The chords used here are:
 
             eadgbe
F            133211
Am/E         002210
Cm6/Eb       x6758x
D7sus4       x57585
Gm           355333
Gm/F         xx3333
C7           x35353
Cm/Eb        x6558x
Eaug         xx2112
Fm           133111
F#           244322
C#           x46664
Aaug         xx7665
Bbm          688666
C#7/B        746464
Bb           688766
EbM          x6878x
F#aug        xx4332
Fm6          xx3534
Cm           x35543
Ebm          x68876
F#dim7       xx4545
E7           020100
Am           x02210
Eb           x68886
Ebm6         xx1312
 
Quite a lot. Now::
 
 
[Verse]
 
F         Am/E                   Cm6/Eb
   It's a god-awful small affair
       D7sus4        D7        Gm
To the girl with the mousy hair
        Gm/F                 C7
But her mummy is yelling "No"
                                F
And her daddy has told her to go
 
        Am/E                       Cm6/Eb
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
        D7sus4            D7          Gm
Now she walks through her sunken dream
       Gm/F                    C7
To the seat with the clearest view
                                      Cm/Eb
And she's hooked to the silver screen
 
        Eaug                     Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
             F#                        C#
'Cause she's lived it ten times or more
          Aaug                     Bbm
She could spit in the eyes of fools
        C#7/B
As they ask her to focus on
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb      EbM
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm         F#aug                 F
   Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Fm6                     Cm
   It's the freakiest show
 
Ebm                    Bb
    Take a look at the lawman
EbM
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm         F#aug
   Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
F Fm6                            Cm
      He's in the best selling show
Ebm                  Gm    F#aug Bb C7
    Is there life on Mars?
 
                   (2-time)
F F#dim7 Gm E7 Am Bb Bbm
 
 
[Verse]
 
F          Am/E                  Cm6/Eb
  It's on America's tortured brow
            D7sus4          D7      Gm
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
        Gm/F                        C7
Now the workers have struck for fame
                             F
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
 
        Am/E                  Cm6/Eb
See the mice in their million hordes
      D7sus4      D7            Gm
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
        Gm/F                   C7
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
                                Cm/Eb
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
 
        Eaug                Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
         F#                        C#
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
      Aaug                 Bbm
It's about to be writ again
     C#7/B
As I ask you to focus on
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Bb      EbM
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm         F#aug                 F
   Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Fm6                     Cm
   It's the freakiest show
 
Ebm                    Bb
    Take a look at the lawman
EbM
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm         F#aug
   Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
F Fm6                            Cm
      He's in the best selling show
Ebm                  Gm    F#aug Bb C7
    Is there life on Mars?
 
 
[Outro]
                            (slow)
F F#dim7 Gm Bb Bb Bb Eb Ebm6
Bb
 
Here's also a Tab of the Solos-
 
1st-
 
e|---------------8---------------------7-4----------7-8----7-8----8-6---------------|
B|------6-8b10------8b10--8b10r8p6-8-------5-3-------------------6----9-6-8-9-10----|
G|--5h7------------------------------------------5------5--------6------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------8------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
2nd-
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------6-8b10r8-6-8b10----------10-----------------------------------|
G|---5h7------------------7-9-9b11----9b11b9-7-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------10h8----8-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------10------10-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| b  Bend
| r  Release
 
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Life On Mars – David Bowie
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