Script For A Jesters Tear
Marillion
Continues after the ad
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Dm So here I am once moreBb In the playground of the brokenC heartsGm F One more experience, one more entryEm Dm In a diary, self pennedBb C Yet another emotional sui-cideAm Dm Overdosed on sentiments and prideCm G Too late to say I love youCm G Too late to restage the playCm G Abandoning the relicsD G In my playground of yesterdayD A F#m BmD A F#m BmD A I'm losing on the swingsF#m Bm I'm losing on the roundaboutsD A I'm losing on the swingsF#m Bm I'm losing on the roundaboutsD A Too much, too soon, too far to go ( play D then on the drums A-F#m then Bm)F#m Bm D A Too late to play the game isF#m Bm D A F#m Bm D A F#m overBm D A F#m BmD A F#m Bm D A The game is overF#m Bm D A F#m Bm D A F#m BmA D Bm F#m A D A BmG A Bm GA Bm G So here I am once moreA Bm In the playground of the brokenG heartsA Bm G I'm losing on the swingsA Bm G I'm losing on the roundaboutsContinues after the adA Bm G The game is over, over, over...Bm G Bm G Bm GBm G Yet another emotional suicideA Bm G Overdosed on sentiments and prideA Bm G I'm losing on the swingsA Bm G I'm losing on the roundaboutsA Bm G A Bm The game is overG A Bm G A Bm GA Bm G Too late to say, "I love you"A Bm G Too late to restage the playEm The game is overEm Bm A F#mEm Bm A F#mEm Bm A F#m I act the role in classic styleEm Bm A Of a martyr carved with twistedF#m smileEm Bm A To bleed the lyric for this songF#mEm Bm A To write the rights to right myF#m wrongsA G F G An epitaph to a broken dreamA G F G To exercise this silent screamEm Bm A F#m A scream that's born fromEm Bm A F#m sorrowEm Bm A F#mEm Bm A F#mEm Bm A I never did write that love songF#mEm Bm The words just never seemed toA F#m flowEm Bm A Now sad in reflection did I gazeF#m through perfectionEm Bm And examine the shadows on theA F#m other side of the morningA G And examine the shadows on theF G other side of the morningA G Promised wedding now awake,F G A promised wedding now awake,F# E B awake, awake, awake,Abm A F#m BAbm The fool escaped from paradiseA will look over his shoulder and cryF#m Sit and chew on daffodils andB struggle to answer whyAbm As you grow up and leave theA playground where you kissed your prince and found your frogF#m Remember the jester that showedB you tearsAbm A F#m B The script for tearsAbm So I'll hold my peace forever whenA you wear your bridal gownF#m In the silence of my shame theB mute that sang the sirens' songAbm A Has gone solo in the gameF#m B I've gone solo in the game (at the F#m here you can play the bass notes D C# F# to get a correct sound)Abm A F#m B But the game is overAbm Can you still say you love me?A Can you still say you love me?F#m B Can you still say that you love me?Abm Do you love me, do you love me?A Do you love me, do you love me?F#m B Do you love me just as you did (same here)Abm Can you still say you love me?A Can you still say you love me?F#m B Can you still say that you love me?Abm A F#m Just as did, just as didB AbmA F#m Do you love me? Do you love me,B Abm A ... do you love me?