David Bowie - Life on mars

LIFE ON MARS As recorded by David Bowie (From the 1971 Album HUNKY DORY) Words and Music by David Bowie Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mick Ronson - Electric Guitar' 1st & 2nd Verses Q=128 $ N.C. N.C. 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ light dist.) 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E H. E +E e H. Q |--------------|-----------------8----|-----------------------|------------| |------------6-|-8b10=====(8)r---8b10-|-8b10------8pb10r(8)-6-|-8----------| |--------5-7---|----------------------|-----------------------|------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------------------|------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------------------|------------| |--------------|----------------------|-----------------------|------------| Q=80 |-3-| E E e H. E E H. E E H. E E E E E E E E |-7p4-----------|---7-8-------|---7-8-------|-8p6-------------| |-----6---------|-------------|-------------|-----9p6-8p6-8-9-| |-------7-------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-----------------| |---------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |---------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |---------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| Outro Q=128 D.S. al Coda& N.C. W E E E E E +E E E |-----------||-----------------------| |-10--------||-------6-8pb10r(8)p6-8-| |-----------||---5-7-----------------| |-----------||-----------------------| |-----------||-----------------------| |-----------||-----------------------| W E E E E +E E S +S S S |-------------|------------------------------------| |-8b10--------|------------------10----------------| |-------------|---7-8-9b11==(9)r----9pb11r(9)p7p0--| |-------------|------------------------------------| |-------------|------------------------------------| |-------------|------------------------------------| H.=H Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths It's a God awful small affair To the girl with the mousey hair, But her mummy is yelling, "No!" And her daddy has told her to go, But her friend is no where to be seen. Now she walks through her sunken dream To the seats with the clearest view And she's hooked to the silver screen, But the film is sadd'ning bore For she's lived it ten times or more. She could spit in the eyes of fools As they ask her to focus on Sailors Fighting in the dance hall. Oh man! Look at those cavemen go. It's the freakiest show. Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy. Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show. Is there life on Mars? It's on America's tortured brow That Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow. Now the workers have struck for fame 'Cause Lennon's on sale again. See the mice in their million hordes From Ibeza to the Norfolk Broads. Rule Britannia is out of bounds To my mother, my dog, and clowns, But the film is a sadd'ning bore 'Cause I wrote it ten times or more. It's about to be writ again As I ask you to focus on Sailors Fighting in the dance hall. Oh man! Look at those cavemen go. It's the freakiest show. Take a look at the lawman Beating up the wrong guy. Oh man! Wonder if he'll ever know He's in the best selling show. Is there life on Mars?