David Robert Jones (8 January 1947 – 10 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter and actor. He was a leading figure in the music industry and is considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, acclaimed by critics and musicians, particularly for his innovative work during the 1970s. His career was marked by reinvention and visual presentation, with his music and stagecraft having a significant impact on popular music.
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NOTE: The recording on the David Bowie album "Hunky Dory" is in the key of F. This transcription transposes the song up to the key of G and therefore cannot be played along with the original recording.
PICKING PATTERN: For the verse, pick with the following pattern- the base note and first and second strings all simultaneously, then the third string. For the chorus, strum.
[Verse]
GG/F#Dm/FE7Am It's a god-awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair Am/GD/F#G But her mother is yelling "No" and her father as told her to go G/F#Dm/F But her friend is nowhere to be seen E7Am now she walks through her sunken dream Am/GD/F# To the seat with the clearest view Bb and she's hooked to the silver screen Bb+Gm But the film is a saddening bore G#Eb For she's lived it ten times or more G7CmEb She could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on
[Chorus]
CFG Sailors, fighting in the dance hall AmFmGGmDm Oh man! look at those cavemen go, it's a freakest show FmCFG Take a look at the Lawman, beating up the wrong guy AmFmGGmDm Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know he's in the best selling show FmAmC+Am7D7FGsus4D Is there life on Mars?
[Verse]
GG/F#Dm/F It's on Amerika's tortured brow E7Am Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow Am/GD/F# Now the workers have struck for fame GG/F#Dm/F Cause Lennon's on sale again GG/F#Dm/F See the mice in their million hordes E7Am From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads Am/GD/F# Rule Brittania is out of bounds GG/F#Dm/F To my mother, my dog and clowns Bb+Gm But the film is a saddening bore G#Eb `Cause I wrote it ten times before G7Cm It's about to be writ again Eb As I ask you to focus on
[Chorus]
CFG Sailors, fighting in the dance hall AmFmGGmDm Oh man! look at those cavemen go, it's a freakest show FmCFG Take a look at the Lawman, beating up the wrong guy AmFmGGmDm Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know he's in the best selling show FmAmC+Am7D7FGsus4D Is there life on Mars?