Starman – David Bowie

𝄆 B♭/A 𝄀 F^maj7 𝄀 B♭/A 𝄀 F^maj7 𝄇 × 2

G^m Didn’t know what time it was the lights

were low-ow-ow.

F I leaned back on my radio-o-o.

C Some cat was layin’ down some

C⁷ rock ’n’ roll, “’lotta soul”, he said. F A♭ B♭

G^m Then the loud sound did seem to fa-a-ade.

F Came back like a slow voice on a wave of pha-a-ase.

C That weren’t no D.J., that was

C⁷ hazy cosmic jive. 𝄀 A riff 𝄀 G 𝄀

There’s a F starman D^m waiting in the sky.

He’d A^m like to come and C meet us,

but he C⁷ thinks he’d blow our minds.

There’s a F starman D^m waiting in the sky.

He’s A^m told us not to C blow it,

’cause he C⁷ knows it’s all worthwhile.

He told me:

B♭ “Let the B♭^m children lose it. F

Let the D⁷ children use it.

G^m Let all the C children boogie.”

𝄀 B♭ 𝄀 F 𝄀 C 𝄀 F 𝄀

𝄀 B♭ 𝄀 F 𝄀 C 𝄀 G^m 𝄀

G^m I had to phone someone so I picked on you-ou-ou.

F Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too-oo-oo!

C Switch on the TV.

We may C⁷ pick him up on Channel Two. F A♭ B♭

G^m Look out your window I can see his ligh-igh-ight.

F If we can sparkle he may land tonigh-igh-ight.

C Don’t tell your poppa

or he’ll C⁷ get us locked up in fright. 𝄀 A riff 𝄀 G 𝄀

× 2

𝄆 B♭ 𝄀 F 𝄀 C 𝄀 F 𝄇

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