David Bowie - An Oddity On Mars

arranged for a ukulele medley .

G G/F# Dm/F E7 Am
it’s a god – awful small affair to the girl with the mousy hair
Am/G D/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
E7 Am
as she walks through her sunken dream
Am/G D/F#
to the seat with the clearest view
A#
and she’s hooked to the silver screen
A#+ Gm
but the film is a saddEning bore
G# D#
for she’s lived it ten times or more
G7 Cm D#
she could spit in the eyes of fools as they ask her to focus on

chorus :
C F G
sailors , fighting in the dance hall
Am Fm G Gm Dm
oh man! look at those cavemen go , it’s a freakest show
Fm C F G
take a look at the lawman , beating up the wrong guy
Am Fm G Gm Dm
oh man! wonder if he’ll ever know he’s in the best selling show
Fm Am C+ Am7 D7 F Gsus4 D
is there life on mars?

D F#m D F#m
ground control to major tom ground control to major tom :
Bm Bm7/A E7
take your protein pills and put your helmet on
D F#m D F#m
ground control to major tom : commencing countdown engine’s on
Bm Bm7/A E7
check ig – nition and may god’s love be with you

D F#m G
this is ground control to major tom , you’ve really made the grade!
Gm D/F# G
and the papers want to know whose shirts you wear ,
Gm D/F# G
now it’s time to leave the capsule if you dare

G G/F# Dm/F E7 Am
it’s on amerika’s tortured brow mickey mouse has grown up a cow
Am/G D/F# G
now the workers have struck for fame cause lennon’s on sale again
G/F# Dm/F
see the mice in their million hordes
E7 Am
from ibeza to the norfolk broads
Am/G D/F#
rule brittania is out of bounds
A#
to my mother , my dog and clowns
A#+ Gm
but the film is a saddEning bore
G# D#
`cause i wrote it ten times before
G7 Cm D#
it’s about to be writ again as i ask you to focus ’cuz

C E7 F
this is major tom to ground con – trol , i’m stepping through the door
Fm C/E F
and i’m floating in the most peculiar way
Fm C/E F
and the stars look very different today