C# Fm G#m/BIt's a god-awful small affair
A#7To the girl with the mousy hair
D#m F# G#7 But her mummy is yelling "No"
C#And her daddy has told her to go
C# Fm G#m/BBut her friend is nowhere to be seen
A#7Now she walks through her sunken dream.
D#m F# G#7To the seat with the clearest view
And she's hooked to the silver screen
E Caug C#mBut the film is a saddening bore
E7For she's lived it ten times or more
A Faug F#mShe could spit in the eyes of fools
A7As they ask her to focus on
F# BSailors fighting in the dance hall
D#m7 Daug C#Oh man! look at those cavemen go
C#m G#m7It's the freakiest show
Bm7 F#Take a look at the lawman
BBeating up the wrong guy
D#m DaugOh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
C# C#m G#m7 He's in the best selling show
Bm7 D#m7 Daug F#/C# G#/CIs there life on Mars?
C# Ddim D#m A#dim Fm F# F#m
C# Fm G#m/BIt's on Amerika's tortured brow
A#7That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow
D#m F# G#7Now the workers have struck for fame
C#'Cause Lennon's on sale again
C# Fm G#m/BSee the mice in their million hordes
A#7From Ibeza to the norfolk broads
D#m F# G#7Rule Britannia is out of bounds
To my mother, my dog, and clowns
E Caug C#mBut the film is a saddening bore
E7For I've writ it ten times or more
A Faug F#mIt's about to be writ again
A7As I ask you to focus on
F# BSailors fighting in the dance hall
D#m7 Daug C#Oh man! look at those cavemen go
C#m G#m7It's the freakiest show
Bm7 F#Take a look at the lawman
BBeating up the wrong guy
D#m DaugOh man! Wonder if he'll ever know
C# C#m G#m7 He's in the best selling show
Bm7 D#m7 Daug F#/C# G#/CIs there life on Mars?