Intro
(bass)
A#m | | | |
(add synth)
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(drums)
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(urgent strings)
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[VERSE 1]
A#m A#m9/G#
"You're so free, " that's what everybody's tell - ing me
3/4
F# | G# | A#m | |
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
A#m A#m9/G#
Something's wrong, got a feeling that I don't belong
3/4
F# | G# | A#m | |
As if I had come from outer space, out of place, like King Kong
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5 | C-5/C | F# Eb-5 | C-5 |
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5 | C-5/C | F# Eb-5 | C-5 | C-5/C |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# | Fb Db-5 | Bb-5 |
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# | Fb Db-5 | Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# |
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5 | F-9 B |
[VERSE 2]
A#m A#m9/G#
Like a doll, like a puppet with no will at all
3/4
F# | G# | A#m | |
And somebody told me how to talk, how to walk, how to fall
[GUITAR SOLO]
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
A#m D#/A# | A#m7 D#/A# |
[VERSE 3]
A#m A#m9/G#
Can't complain, I've got no-one but myself to blame
3/4
F# | G# | A#m | |
Something's happening I can't control, lost my hold, is it safe?
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5 | C-5/C | F# Eb-5 | C-5 |
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5 | C-5/C | F# Eb-5 | C-5 | C-5/C |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# | Fb Db-5 | Bb-5 |
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# | Fb Db-5 | Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# |
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5 | F-9 B |
[VERSE 4]
A#m A#m9/G#
"Look this way, just a little smile, " is what they say
3/4
F# | G# | A#m | |
"You look better on the photograph; if you laugh, that's okay"
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5 | C-5/C | F# Eb-5 | C-5 |
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5 | C-5/C | F# Eb-5 | C-5 | C-5/C |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# | Fb Db-5 | Bb-5 |
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# | Fb Db-5 | Bb-5 | Bb-5/A# |
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[FINAL INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5 | F-9 | B |
[OUTRO] - super slowed down and in all 4/4.
A#m A#m9/G#
"You're so free, " that's what everybody's tell - ing me
F# | G# | A#m | |
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee