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            Oh you pretty things
by David Bowie
from Ziggy Stardust

I imagine this tab can be used to figure out a guitar arrangement but its meant for 
since the song was written for piano.

Legend
_______________________
m = minor chord
dim = diminished chord
Gb/Db = Chord/Bass note
A(B) = Chord/added note


example: Gm(E)/C = G minor chord with added 
and A C in the bass


Intro:

F   G   F   Eb   Db   C
F   G   F   Eb   [Db   
x 4


Verse 1:

Gb           Db/F
  Wake up you sleepy head
Eb(Ab)               Ebm
Put on some clothes, shake up your bed
Gb                     Db/F
Put another log on the fire for me
Ab                           Eb
I've made some breakfast and coffee
Gb                     Db
Look out my window and what do I see
Bbm7/D                   Ebm           
  B/Eb
A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me
        Cdim(A)         Db7
All the nightmares came today
                               Gb
And it looks as though they're here to stay

Interlude: Cdim(A)   Db   Ddim(B)   Eb   
  Bb(C)/F    F


Verse2:

Gb             Db/F
   What are we coming to
Eb(A)           Ebm
No room for me, no fun for you
Gb                 Db/F
   I think about a world to come
          Ab                      Eb
Where the books were found by the Golden ones
Gb               Db
Written in pain, written in awe
     Bb7/D           Ebmin      Gb7/E             B/Eb
By a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for
        Cdim(A)        Db7
All the strangers coday
                               Gb
And it looks as though they're here to stay


Chorus:

Gb     Bbmin/F       Ebmin
Oh You Pretty Things
          Gb/Db
Don't you know you're driving your
B7              Gb
Mamas and Papas insane
Gb     Bbmin/F       Ebmin
Oh You Pretty Things
          Gb/Db
Don't you know you're driving your
B7              Gb
Mamas and Papas insane
       Ab7
Let me make it plain
    Db7                    B7          Gb
You gotta make way for the Homo Superior


Verse3:

Gb               Db/F
   Look at your children
Eb(A)                   Ebm
     See their faces in golden rays
Gb                        Db/F
   Don't kid yourself they belong to you
Ab                        Eb
   They're the start of a coming race
Gb                          Db
The earth is a bitch, we've finished our news
Bb7/D            Ebmin    Gb7/E       B/Eb
     Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use
        Cdim(A)         Db7
All the strangers came today
                               Gb
And it looks as though they're here to stay

[Chorus]
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