Written by David Bowie
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#