David Bowie – Oh You Pretty Things (Guitar)

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[Intro] F# G# F# E D C# F# G# F# E D G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D [Verse 1]
G             G/D  D
  Wake up you sleepy head

Esus4                      Em
Put on some clothes, shake off your bed

G                      D
Put another log on the fire for me

A                            E
I've made some breakfast and coffee

G                   D
Look out my window, what do I see

  B/D#                   Em        G7/F      C/E
A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me

        A7/E              D7
All the nightmares came today

                                 G          C#dim7  D  D#dim7  E  B/F#  F#sus4  F#
And it looks as though they're here to stay
[Verse 2]
G             G/D  D
  What are we coming to

Esus4              Em
No room for me, no fun for you

G                 D
  I think about a world to come

          A                       E
Where the books were found by the Golden Ones

G                D
Written in pain, written in awe

     B/D#            Em         G7/F     C/E
By a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for

        A7/E             D7
All the strangers came today

                                G
And it looks as though they're here to stay
[Chorus]
G      Bm/F#         Em7
Oh you pretty things

          G7/D                     C                  G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane?

G      Bm/F#         Em7
Oh you pretty things

          G7/D                     C                  G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane?

       A7
Let me make it plain

D7                     C7          G
Gotta make way for the homo superior
[Verse 3]
(G)         G/D  D
Look out at your children

Esus4               Em
See their faces in golden rays

G                          D
 Don't kid yourself they belong to you

A                          E
  They're the start of the coming race

    G                       D
The earth is a bitch, we've finished our news

B/D#            Em      G7/F        C/E
  Homo sapiens have outgrown their use

        A7/E             D7
All the strangers came today

                                G
And it looks as though they're here to stay
[Chorus]
G      Bm/F#         Em7
Oh you pretty things

          G7/D                     C                  G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane?

G      Bm/F#         Em7
Oh you pretty things

          G7/D                     C                  G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane?

       A7
Let me make it plain

D7                     C7          G
Gotta make way for the homo superior
[Outro] F# G# F# E D C# F# G# F# E D G/D D G/D D G/D D G/D C# F#/C# D# G#/D# F# F# C#