OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS

OH! YOU PRETTY THINGS from Hunky Dory

G	EADGBE 320003	C	EADGBE X32010	F#	EADGBE 244322	Bm	EADGBE X24432	C#dim	EADGBE XX2323
F	EADGBE 133211	A	EADGBE X02220	G#	EADGBE 466344	C#	EADGBE X46664	D#dim	EADGBE XX4545
E	EADGBE 022100	A7	EADGBE X02020	B7	EADGBE X21202	D#6	EAD GBE X610XXX	Emsus4	EADGBE 022200
D	EADGBE XX0232	C7	EADGBE X32310	Em	EADGBE 022000	C#6	EADGBE X48XXX	F#sus4	EADGBE 244422
B	EADGBE X24442	D6	EADGBE XX0432	D#	EADGBE XX5343

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 
                               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                 C
By a puzzled man who questioned what we were here for
        A7               D
All the strangers came today
                               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?
G      Bm            Em
Oh you pretty things 
          D                        C7                  G
Don't you know you're driving your mamas and papas insane?
       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#

Notes:

This song is a piano based song and as far as I'm aware there's no guitar in the original recording at all. I think it's a semitone flat on the recording. They probably all tuned to the piano, I would imagine it's in 'G' rather than in 'F#' so I've written it in 'G.' If you want to play along to the record you'll need to tune your guitar down flat (Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb)
The intro and outro are untranscribable for the guitar because sometimes things that are relatively easy to play on the piano are impossible on the guitar and vice-versa. I've just put the backing chords.

Chorus: Again no guitar, but live Mick Ronson used to play a G major run down, sort of:

          G BmEmD C7  G    G BmEmD C7  GADC G
        E--------------------------------------
        B--------------------------------------
        G--------------------------------------
        D-5-4-2-------5-35-5-4-2-------57------
        A-------5-31---5---------5-31----53/10-
        E-----------31---------------31--------

Intro and Outro: Those strange 'D6' chords - what does it all mean?

INTRO:                             F#G#F#E D D6D D6        G
                                E--2-4-2-0-----------------3
                                B--2-4-2-0-33333333333333330
      F#  G#  F#  E  D...then...G--3-5-3-1-22442244224422440
                                D--4-6-4-2-00000000000000000
                                A--4-6-4-2-----------------2
                                E--2-4-2-0-----------------3


OUTRO:                             F#G#F#E D D6D D6D D6D D6 C#C#6D#D#6  F#  C#
                                E--2-4-2--------------------------------2-2-4-
                                B--2-4-2--------------------------------2-2-6-
      F#  G#  F#  E  D...then...G--3-5-3-9------------------------------3-3-6-
                                D--4-6-4-9-7799779977997799-6688-881010-4-4-6-
                                A--4-6-4-7-5555555555555555-4444-666 6 -4-4-4-
                                E--2-4-2--------------------------------2-2---

If you have any trouble reading or understanding the guitar chords or the tab you can click here for a rough guide!