Biography:
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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- Liza Jane
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- Rock 'n' Roll Suicide
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- Bang Bang
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- Beat Of Your Drum
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- Born In A Ufo
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- Boys Keep Swinging
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- Candidate
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- Chant Of The Ever Circling Skeletal Family
- Come And Buy My Toys
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- Dj
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- Drive
- Eight Line Poem
- Even A Fool Learns To Love
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- Fall Dog Bombs The Moon
- Fantastic Voyage
- Fascination
- Fill Your Heart
- Friday On My Mind
- Future Legend
- Girl Loves Me
- God Bless The Girl
- God Knows Im Good
- God Only Knows
- Hallo Spaceboy
- Hang On To Yourself
- Heathen The Rays
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- Here Comes The Night
- Heroes Helden
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- Hunky Dory
- I Cant Explain
- I Cant Give Everything Away
- I Have Not Been To Oxford Town
- I Know Its Gonna Happen Someday
- Id Rather Be High
- If There Is Something
- If You Can See Me
- Im Deranged
- Im Waiting For The Man
- In The Heat Of The Morning
- It Aint Easy
- Its No Game
- Its No Game Part 1
- Its No Game Part 2
- Janine
- John Im Only Dancing
- Join The Gang
- Jump They Say
- Karma Man
- Lady Grinning Soul
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- Let Me Sleep Beside You
- Lets Dance
- Letter To Hermione
- Lightning Frightening
- Little Bombadier
- Little Wonder
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- Look Back In Anger
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- Love You Till Tuesday
- Loving The Alien
- Lust For Life
- Madmen
- Maid Of Bond Street
- Memory Of A Free Festival
- Miracle Goodnight
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- My Death
- Never Get Old
- Never Let Me Down
- New Angels Of Promise
- New Killer Star
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- Oh You Pretty Things
- Outside
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- Peace On Earth
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- Putting Out Fire
- Queen Bitch
- Ragazzo Solo Ragazza Sola
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- Remembering Marie A
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- Right
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- Rosalyn
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- Scary Monsters And Supercreeps
- Scream Like A Baby
- See Emily Play
- Sell Me A Coat
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- Shining Star
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- Sunday
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- Sweet Thing
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- The Cygnet Committee
- The Informer
- The Laughing Gnome
- The Next Day
- The Prettiest Star
- The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars
- The Secret Life Of Arabia
- The Stars Are Out Tonight
- The Supermen
- This Is Not America
- Thursdays Child
- Time
- Time Will Crawl
- Tired Of My Life
- Tis A Pity Shes A Whore
- Trying To Get To Heaven
- Tvc
- Uncle Arthur
- Unwashed And Somewhat Slightly Dazed
- Up The Hill Backwards
- Valentines Day
- Velvet Goldmine
- Warszawa
- Watch That Man
- We Are Hungry Men
- We Are The Dead
- What In The World
- When I Live My Dream
- When Im Five
- When The Wind Blows
- Where Are We Now
- Where Have All The Good Times Gone
- Who Can I Be Now
- Width Of A Circle
- Wild Is The Wind
- Wild
- Win
- Within You
- Without You
- Wood Jackson
- Word On A Wing
- Working Class Hero
- You Feel So Lonely You Could Die
- You Will Set The World On Fire
- Zeroes
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
David Bowie
"Life on Mars?" from the album "Hunky Dory"
Key: F
This transcription by markwkidd is based upon previous transcriptions from lovebolts, j03c,
nick_zubarev, and HD Piano. This transcription is harmonically compatible to the original piano version,
although there are certain simplifications due to the differences between the two instruments.
Note that the song uses a "walking" bassline on the piano in many sections. Chord voicings and inversions are
providied that allow a similar affect for the guitar. Many chords are embelleshed with arpeggiations and small
transitional flourishes that can also be emulated on guitar.
[Verse]
F F/E F/Eb
It's a god-awful small affair
Dsus4 D7 Gm
To the girl with the mousy hair
Bb/F C/E
But her mummy is yelling "No"
C7/E F
And her daddy has told her to go
F/E F/Eb
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Dsus4 D7 Gm
Now she walks through her sunken dream
Bb/F C/E
To the seat with the clearest view
C7/E Ab/Eb
And she's hooked to the silver screen
[Pre-Chorus]
Eaug Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Abadd2/Gb Db
For she's lived it ten times or more
Dbaug/A Bbm
She could spit in the eyes of fools
Db/B
As they ask her to focus on
[Chorus]
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
Cm Ebm
It's the freakiest show
Bb
Take a look at the Lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Cm Ebm
He's in the best selling show
Gm Gm/Gb Gm/F Gm/E
Is there life on Mars?
[Post-Chorus]
F Gbdim Gm Ddim7 Am Bbadd9 Bbmadd9
[Verse]
F F/E F/Eb
It's on Amerikas tortured brow
Dsus4 D7 Gm
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Bb/F C/E
Now the workers have struck for fame
C7/E F
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
F/E F/Eb
See the mice in their million hordes
Dsus4 D7 Gm
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
Bb/F C/E
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
C7/E Ab/Eb
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
[Pre-Chorus]
Eaug Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Abadd2/Gb Db
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
Dbaug/A Bbm
It's about to be writ again
Db/B
As I ask you to focus on
[Chorus]
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
Cm Ebm
It's the freakiest show
Bb
Take a look at the Lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Cm Ebm
He's in the best selling show
Gm Gm/Gb Gm/F Gm/E
Is there life on Mars?
[Outro]
F Gb/D Gm Bb/F Bb/F Bb/F Eb Ebm F
[Chords]
NOTE: The Gm chord in the chorus mutes the bottom two strings in order to achieve a walking bassline down
through Gm/Gb, Gm/F, and Gm/E.
Ab/Eb: x66544
Ab/Gb: 21111x
Abadd2: xx4545
Bbm: x13321
Bb/F: 113331
Bb: 688766
Bbadd9: x10x10
Bbmadd9: x12x21
C/E: 032010
C7/E: 032310
Cm: x35543
Db: x46664
Db/B: x2x121
Dbaug/A: x03221
Dsus4: xx0232
D7: xx0212
Ddim7: x20101
D/Gb: 200232
Eaug: 0x6554
Eb: x68886
Ebm: x68876
F: xx3211
F/E: xx2211
F/Eb: xx1211
Fm: 133111
Gbaug: 2xx332
Gbdim: xx2212
Gm: 355333
Gm: xx5333
Gm/Gb: xx4333
Gm/F: xx3333
Gm/E: xx2333
"Life on Mars?" from the album "Hunky Dory"
Key: F
This transcription by markwkidd is based upon previous transcriptions from lovebolts, j03c,
nick_zubarev, and HD Piano. This transcription is harmonically compatible to the original piano version,
although there are certain simplifications due to the differences between the two instruments.
Note that the song uses a "walking" bassline on the piano in many sections. Chord voicings and inversions are
providied that allow a similar affect for the guitar. Many chords are embelleshed with arpeggiations and small
transitional flourishes that can also be emulated on guitar.
[Verse]
F F/E F/Eb
It's a god-awful small affair
Dsus4 D7 Gm
To the girl with the mousy hair
Bb/F C/E
But her mummy is yelling "No"
C7/E F
And her daddy has told her to go
F/E F/Eb
But her friend is nowhere to be seen
Dsus4 D7 Gm
Now she walks through her sunken dream
Bb/F C/E
To the seat with the clearest view
C7/E Ab/Eb
And she's hooked to the silver screen
[Pre-Chorus]
Eaug Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Abadd2/Gb Db
For she's lived it ten times or more
Dbaug/A Bbm
She could spit in the eyes of fools
Db/B
As they ask her to focus on
[Chorus]
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
Cm Ebm
It's the freakiest show
Bb
Take a look at the Lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Cm Ebm
He's in the best selling show
Gm Gm/Gb Gm/F Gm/E
Is there life on Mars?
[Post-Chorus]
F Gbdim Gm Ddim7 Am Bbadd9 Bbmadd9
[Verse]
F F/E F/Eb
It's on Amerikas tortured brow
Dsus4 D7 Gm
That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
Bb/F C/E
Now the workers have struck for fame
C7/E F
'Cause Lennon's on sale again
F/E F/Eb
See the mice in their million hordes
Dsus4 D7 Gm
From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads
Bb/F C/E
Rule Britannia is out of bounds
C7/E Ab/Eb
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
[Pre-Chorus]
Eaug Fm
But the film is a saddening bore
Abadd2/Gb Db
'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
Dbaug/A Bbm
It's about to be writ again
Db/B
As I ask you to focus on
[Chorus]
Bb Eb
Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Look at those cavemen go
Cm Ebm
It's the freakiest show
Bb
Take a look at the Lawman
Eb
Beating up the wrong guy
Gm Gbaug F Fm
Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
Cm Ebm
He's in the best selling show
Gm Gm/Gb Gm/F Gm/E
Is there life on Mars?
[Outro]
F Gb/D Gm Bb/F Bb/F Bb/F Eb Ebm F
[Chords]
NOTE: The Gm chord in the chorus mutes the bottom two strings in order to achieve a walking bassline down
through Gm/Gb, Gm/F, and Gm/E.
Ab/Eb: x66544
Ab/Gb: 21111x
Abadd2: xx4545
Bbm: x13321
Bb/F: 113331
Bb: 688766
Bbadd9: x10x10
Bbmadd9: x12x21
C/E: 032010
C7/E: 032310
Cm: x35543
Db: x46664
Db/B: x2x121
Dbaug/A: x03221
Dsus4: xx0232
D7: xx0212
Ddim7: x20101
D/Gb: 200232
Eaug: 0x6554
Eb: x68886
Ebm: x68876
F: xx3211
F/E: xx2211
F/Eb: xx1211
Fm: 133111
Gbaug: 2xx332
Gbdim: xx2212
Gm: 355333
Gm: xx5333
Gm/Gb: xx4333
Gm/F: xx3333
Gm/E: xx2333
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