Oh You Pretty Things Chords
by David Bowie
Oh You Pretty Things by David Bowie is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords F#, G#, E, D, D6, G, Emsus4, Em, A, B7, F, C, A7, D7, C#dim, D#dim, D#, B, F#sus4, Bm, C7, C#, C#6 and D#6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS
INTRO: F# G# F# E D. F# G# F# E D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6…
G D
Wake up you sleepy head
Emsus4 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
B7 Em F C
A crack in the sky and a hand reaching down to me
A7 D
All the nightmares came today
D7 G C#dim D D#dim D# B F#sus4 F#
And it looks as though they're here to stay
G D
What are we coming to
Emsus4 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
B7 Em F C
By a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for
A7 D
All the strangers came today
D7 G
And it looks as though they're here to stay
Chorus 1:
G Bm Em
Oh you pretty things
D C7 G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane? X2
A
Let me make it plain
D C G
Gotta make way for the homo superior
D
Look out at your children
Emsus4 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
The earth is a bitch
D
We've finished our news
B7 Em F C
Homo sapiens have outgrown their use
A7 D G
All the strangers came today and it looks as though they're here to stay
Chorus 2
OUTRO: F# G# F# E D F# G# F# E
D D6 D D6 D D6 D D6
C# C#6 D# D#6 F# C#