Boy On A String

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| Boy On A String                   
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| by: Jars Of Clay                  
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| CD: Jars Of Clay                  
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| copyright: Brentwood Music        
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INTRO: Am C G (x5)

VERSE 1:
Am       C              G
The marionette has your number
               Am                
It pullin your arms and legs till 
     C                   G
you can't stand on your own
              Am               
Dragging your conscience on the 
 C             G
stage and you heart gets rearranged
        Am               C        
And you cannot tell your mentor 
        G
from your maker
Am          C                    
Look at the crowds bleeding with 
G
laughter
Continues after the ad
         Am           C           
Over the way you entertain at 
   G
beckon call
           Am             C      
They don't see behind the lights or 
G
the painted background
Am             C          G
They just like to see you fall

CHORUS:
C Am        C            G
    But you don't really mind
C Am             C            G
    Cause you're just wasting time
C Am          C       G
    You can't feel anything
           C   Am C G
    Just a boy on a string

VERSE 2:
Am       C            G
I feel a sadness like Gapetto
             Am           C       
Watching the life that he created 
     G
run away,
           Am            C        
Seeing the puppeteer's intrusion 
   G
and holding the remains
   Am               C       G
Of puppets that had rotted away
Am          C                G
One day the curtain will not open
               Am          C   G
And all of the crowds will go away
Am            C            G
Someday those strings will choke you
Am    C        G
But until that day