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life on mars

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AI reference · supporting evidence Mixed · 4/4 · about 60 BPM

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Timing check: All fetched lyrics were preserved; 75 explicit bars were fitted to the verified 235.982-second recording.

Expected about 75 bars; arranged 75.0 bars (about 236 seconds, recording 236 seconds).
Verse: strings 6-3-2-1-2-3 Pre-Chorus: D U D U D U D U Chorus: D D U U D U
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60 BPM

Built from 1 playable source, using ultimate-guitar as the structural base.

1:B+D+3 · 25:B+3 · 29:2 · 33:3 · 57:B+3 · 61:2 · 65:B+3 · 89:3 · 93:2 · 97:3 · 109:4 · 117:5 · two bars · Applies to: Intro 1:B+3 · 25:3 · 29:2 · 33:3 · 57:3 · 61:2 · 65:3 · 89:3 · 93:2 · 97:3 · 109:4 · 117:5 · two bars · Applies to: Verse 1

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[Intro]|  |   |   |[Verse 1]|   | It's a god-awful small affair|  |  |To the girl with the mousy hair|  |  |But her mummy is yelling "No"|  |And her daddy has told her to go|  |  |  |But her friend is nowhere to be seen|  |Now she walks through her sunken dream.|   |To the seat with the clearest view|  |And she's hooked to the silver screen[Pre-Chorus]|   |  |But the film is a saddening 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[Chorus]|   |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?[Bridge]|   |   |   |  |[Verse 2]|   |  |It's on Amerika'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[Pre-Chorus]|  |  |  |But the film is a saddening bore|  |Cause I wrote it ten times or more|   |  |It's about to be writ again|  |As I ask you to focus on[Chorus]|   |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?[Outro]|   |   |   |  |
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