Life On Mars Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays550

Life On Mars by Shane Nicholson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G5, F, Dm, Am/G, G, A# and Gm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			life on mars 
 
no capo!!! and yeah - no guitar either, but this will work if you can't play piano 
 
    G5  F   Dm Am/G  G   A#  Gm 
E --3---1---1---0----3---1---3-- 
B --3---1---3---1----0---3---3-- 
G --3---2---2---0----0---3---3-- 
D --3---3---0---2----0---3---5-- 
A --5---3-------0----2---1---5-- 
E --3---1------------3---1---3-- 
 
G5              F 
this is life on mars 
G5                 F 
traffic lights and stars 
G5             Dm 
you got in for free 
         Am/G        G 
but it's not like on tv 
 
G5              F 
this is life on mars 
G5                F 
swing from rusted bars 
G5               Dm 
take all you can find 
   Am/G        G 
to occupy your mind 
 
A#               F       Gm 
there's nothing alive up here 
A#               F       Gm 
there's nothing alive up here 
A#               F               Gm 
there's only the truths that you fear 
A#       F       Gm 
nothing alive up here 
 
G5              F 
this is life on mars 
G5                        F 
rented rooms and borrowed cars 
G5                    Dm 
trace a line to every scene 
      Am/G         G 
paint colours in between 
 
A#               F       Gm 
there's nothing alive up here 
A#               F       Gm 
there's nothing alive up here 
A#               F               Gm 
there's only the truths that you fear 
A#       F       Gm 
nothing alive up here 
 
G5              F 
this is life on mars 
G5                F 
where we all wear scars 
G5                  Dm 
but if the feelings right 
         Am/G          G       
there'll be no sleep tonight 
 
A#               F       Gm 
there's nothing alive up here 
A#               F       Gm 
there's nothing alive up here 
A#               F               Gm 
there's only the truths that you fear 
A#       F       Gm 
nothing alive up here... 

    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante