Oh You Pretty Things tab - david bowie

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


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


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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Oh You Pretty Things lyrics ===================== Wake up you sleepy head Put on some clothes, shake up your bed Put another log on the fire for me I've made some breakfast and coffee Look out my window and what do I see A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me All the nightmares came today And it looks as though they're here to stay What are we coming to No room for me, no fun for you I think about a world to come Where the books were found by the Golden ones Written in pain, written in awe By a puzzled man who questioned What we were here for All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Let me make it plain You gotta make way for the Homo Superior Look at your children See their faces in golden rays Don't kid yourself they belong to you They're the start of a coming race The earth is a bitch We've finished our news Homo Sapiens have outgrown their use All the strangers came today And it looks as though they're here to stay Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Oh You Pretty Things Don't you know you're driving your Mamas and Papas insane Let me make it plain You gotta make way for the Homo Superior