[Intro]
F Fmaj7 F7
It's a god-awful small affair
D Gm
To the girl with the mousy hair
F C
But her mommy is yelling "No"
F
And her daddy has told her to go
Fmaj7 F7
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
D Gm
Now she walks through her sunken dream
F C
To the seat with the clearest view
Eb
And she's hooked to the silver screen
[Pre Chorus]
E Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
F# C#
'Cause she's lived it ten times or more
F Bbm
She could spit in the eyes of fools
B
As they ask her to focus on
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm D F
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Cm
It's the freakiest show
[Chorus]
Bb
Take a look at the lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm D F
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Cm
He's in the best selling show
Eb Gm D F C
Is there life on Mars?
[Verse]
F Fmaj7 F7
It's on America's tortured brow
D Gm
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
F C
Now the workers have struck for fame
C F
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
Fmaj7 F7
See the mice in their million hordes
D Gm
From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
F C
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
C
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
[Pre Chorus]
E Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
F# C#
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
F Bbm
It's about to be writ again
B
As I ask you to focus on
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm D F
Oh man! look at those cavemen go
Cm
It's the freakiest show
[Chorus]
Bb
Take a look at the lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm D F
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Cm
He's in the best selling show
Eb Gm D F C
Is there life on Mars