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Is There Life On Mars? chords by
David Bowie
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Key: F major•
Verse 1
D
D

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C#dim
C#dim
4

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A
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Cdim
Cdim
3

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It's a God- awful small affair
C
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B
B
2

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Em
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To the girl with the mousy hair
D
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A
A

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But her mummy is yelling, "No"
D
D

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And her daddy has told her to go
Verse 2
A
A

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C#dim
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But her friend is nowhere to
C#dim
C#dim
4

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Cdim
Cdim
3

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C
C

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Cdim
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3

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be seen
B
B
2

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Now she walks through
Em
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her sunken dream
D
D

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A
A

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To the seat with the clearest view

And she's hooked to
C
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Am
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the silver screen
Verse 3
C#
C#
4

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Dm
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But the film is a saddening bore
Eb
Eb
6

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Bb
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For she's lived it ten times or more
Daug
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Gm
Gm
3

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She could spit in the eyes of fools
Ab
Ab
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As they ask her to focus on
Verse 4
G
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C
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Em
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Sailors fighting in the dance hall
Gaug
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B
B
2

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D
D

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Dm
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Oh man, look at those cavemen go
Am
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Cm
Cm
3

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It's the freakiest show
G
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Take a look at the lawman
C
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Em
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Beating up the wrong guy
Gaug
Gaug

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B
B
2

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D
D

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Oh man, wonder if he'll ever know
Dm
Dm

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Am
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Cm
Cm
3

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He's in the best selling show
Em
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Is there life on Mars?
Interlude 1
Gaug
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C#dim
C#dim
4

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D
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Ebdim
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Em
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B
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2

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Bdim
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F#m
F#m
2

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G
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Gm
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3

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D
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Verse 5
A
A

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It's on America's tortured
Cdim
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C
C

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brow
B
B
2

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That Mickey Mouse has
Em
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grown up a cow
D
D

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Now the workers have struck
G
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A
A

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for fame
D
D

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'Cause Lennon's on sale again
A
A

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C
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See the mice in their million hordes
B
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2

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Em
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From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads
G
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A
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Rule Britannia is out of bounds
Am
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C
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To my mother, my dog, and clowns
C#
C#
4

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But the film is a sadden
C#aug
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Dm
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ing bore
Eb
Eb
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Bb
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'Cause I wrote it ten times or more
Daug
Daug

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Gm
Gm
3

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It's about to be writ again
Ab
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As I ask you to focus on
Verse 6
G
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C
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Em
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Sailors fighting in the dance hall
B
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2

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Gaug
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D
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Dm
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Oh man, look at those cavemen go
Am
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Cm
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3

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It's the freakiest show
G
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Take a look at the lawman
C
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Em
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Beating up the wrong guy
B
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2

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Gaug
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Oh man, wonder if
B
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2

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D
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he'll ever know
Dm
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Am
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Cm
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3

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He's in the best selling show
Em
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Is there life on Mars?
Outro 1
Gaug
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C#dim
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D
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Ebdim
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Em
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G
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C
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Cm
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3

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G
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Gm
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • C#dim

    4

  • A

  • Cdim

    3

  • C

  • B

    2

  • Em

  • Am

  • C#

    4

  • Dm

  • Eb

    6

  • Bb

  • Daug

  • Gm

    3

  • Ab

    4

  • G

  • Gaug

  • Cm

    3

  • Ebdim

  • Bdim

  • F#m

    2

  • C#aug

    2

Capo: 3

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Is There Life On Mars? by David Bowie is F major.

The primary chords used in Is There Life On Mars? are F, Edim, C, Ebdim, Eb, D.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 3 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like F, Edim, C, Ebdim, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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