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[Verse]
             Bb 
She was only seventeen 
                                     
Had the saddest pair of eyes that you
 Dm 
 ever seen 
Had the saddest pair of eyes that you ever seen 
                                  
Wore them lips in the cold, it was
 F 
 matching green 
Wore them lips in the cold, it was matching green 
  
But she can't be herself when she's
 somebody else 
But she can't be herself when she's somebody else 
                                  
In the morning, she would take her
          Bb 
 mother's wedding ring 
In the morning, she would take her mother's wedding ring 
                                     
But school got pretty tough when they
 Dm 
 see it gleam 
But school got pretty tough when they see it gleam 
                            
So she hid herself under the
 F 
 mezzanine 
So she hid herself under the mezzanine 
  
Re-enacting scenes, yeah
[Pre-Chorus]
                        Bb* 
She dreamed she'd go to California 
                      Dm* 
There everyone would adore her 
                       F* 
And all her mates will call her 
  
'Til four in the morning
[Chorus]
                     Bb 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     Dm 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     F 
Is there any life on Mars? 
  
Yeah, yeah
[Verse]
                        N.C.        
Every morning she would wake up with
  Bb 
 another plan 
Every morning she would wake up with another plan 
                                    
Yeah, her Mum and Dad, they couldn't
 Dm 
 understand 
Yeah, her Mum and Dad, they couldn't understand 
                                    
Why she couldn't turn it off, become
   F 
 a better man 
Why she couldn't turn it off, become a better man 
  
All this therapy eats away gently 
                   N.C.         
at the side of her mind that she
 Bb 
 never had 
at the side of her mind that she never had 
                                     
Yeah, this story told too many times,
    Dm 
 it makes me sad 
Yeah, this story told too many times, it makes me sad 
                                   
I bet the author made a fortune out
     F 
 the autograph 
I bet the author made a fortune out the autograph 
  
Give her the money back 'cause
[Pre-Chorus]
                        Bb 
She dreamed she'd go to California 
                      Dm 
There everyone would adore her 
                       F 
And all her mates will call her 
  
'Til four in the morning
[Chorus]
                     Bb 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     Dm 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     F 
Is there any life on Mars? 
  
Yeah, yeah 
                     Bb 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     Dm 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     F 
Is there any life on Mars? 
  
Yeah, yeah
[Bridge]
       N.C.               Bb 
Do you feel like you're irrelevant? 
                           Dm 
Do you feel like you're irrelevant? 
                             F 
Do you feel like you're just scared
 as fuck? 
Do you feel like you're just scared as fuck? 
                          Bb 
Do you feel like you're irrelevant? 
                          Dm 
Do you feel like you're irrelevant? 
                             F 
Do you feel like you're just scared
 as fuck?
Do you feel like you're just scared as fuck?
[Chorus]
                     Bb 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     Dm 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     F 
Is there any life on Mars? 
  
Yeah, yeah 
                     Bb 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     Dm 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     F 
Is there any life on Mars? 
  
Yeah, yeah 
                     Bb 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     Dm 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     F 
Is there any life on Mars?  
                     Bb 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     Dm 
Is there any life on Mars? 
                     F 
Is there any life on Mars?