{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":61244,"song":"Life On Mars","artist":"David Bowie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11541563-life-on-mars-chords-by-david-bowie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/61244?type=chord","rating":4.61667,"votes":967,"content":"LIFE ON MARS? - David Bowie\r\n\r\nChords:\r\nBb+:  2 2 4 3 3 2     Eb:    x 6 5 3 4 3\r\nC+:   x 0 2 1 1 0     Gsus4: 3 2 0 0 1 3\r\nDm/F: 1 x 0 2 3 1\r\n\r\n\r\nNOTE: The recording on the David Bowie album \"Hunky Dory\" is in the key of F. This transcription transposes\r\nthe song up to the key of G and therefore cannot be played along with the original recording.\r\n\r\nPICKING PATTERN:\r\nFor the verse, pick with the following pattern - the bass note and\r\nfirst and second strings all simultaneously, then the third string.  For\r\nthe chorus, strum.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G/F#[/ch]            [ch]Dm/F[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am/G[/ch]              [ch]D/F#[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut her mummy is yelling \"No\" and her daddy has told her to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G/F#[/ch]                  [ch]Dm/F[/ch]\r\nBut her friend is nowhere to be seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nnow she walks through her sunken dream[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am/G[/ch]                  [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nTo the seat with the clearest view[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nand she's hooked to the silver screen[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb+[/ch]                [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut the film is a saddening bore[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G#[/ch]                   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nFor she's lived it ten times or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nShe could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSailors, fighting in the dance hall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Fm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh man! look at those cavemen go,    it's a freakest show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake a look at the Lawman, beating up the wrong guy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh man!  Wonder if he'll ever know   he's in the best selling show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C+[/ch]  [ch]Am7/G[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIs there life on Mars?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]                   [ch]Dm/F[/ch]\r\nIt's on Amerika's tortured brow[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E7[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThat Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am/G[/ch]                         [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nNow the workers have struck for fame[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]              [ch]Dm/F[/ch]\r\nCause Lennon's on sale again[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G/F#[/ch]              [ch]Dm/F[/ch]\r\nSee the mice in their million hordes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFrom Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am/G[/ch]               [ch]D/F#[/ch]\r\nRule Brittania is out of bounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G/F#[/ch]          [ch]Dm/F[/ch]\r\nTo my mother, my dog and clowns[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bb+[/ch]                     [ch]Gm[/ch]\r\nBut the film is a saddening bore[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G#[/ch]                         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\n`Cause I wrote it ten times or more[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIt's about to be writ again[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAs I ask you to focus on[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSailors, fighting in the dance hall[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Fm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Gm[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh man! look at those cavemen go,    it's a freakest show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTake a look at the Lawman, beating up the wrong guy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Fm[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Gm[/ch]                          [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOh man!  Wonder if he'll ever know   he's in the best selling show[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Fm[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]C+[/ch]  [ch]Am7/G[/ch]  [ch]D/F#[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Cm[/ch]\r\nIs there life on Mars?[/tab]","plain_text":"LIFE ON MARS? - David Bowie\n\nChords:\nBb+:  2 2 4 3 3 2     Eb:    x 6 5 3 4 3\nC+:   x 0 2 1 1 0     Gsus4: 3 2 0 0 1 3\nDm/F: 1 x 0 2 3 1\n\n\nNOTE: The recording on the David Bowie album \"Hunky Dory\" is in the key of F. This transcription transposes\nthe song up to the key of G and therefore cannot be played along with the original recording.\n\nPICKING PATTERN:\nFor the verse, pick with the following pattern - the bass note and\nfirst and second strings all simultaneously, then the third string.  For\nthe chorus, strum.\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bb","Eb","C","Gsus4","Dm/F","F","G","G/F#","E7","Am","Am/G","D/F#","Bb+","Gm","G#","G7","Cm","Fm","Dm","C+","Am7/G","E","F#","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,0,2,2,1,0],"frets":[3,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,3,5,5,4,3]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Fm":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,1,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}