Marionettes

Intro:
A Major, Barred at 5: 577655. Herein
 referred to as A
A Minor, Barred at 5: 577555. Herein
 referred to as Am
B Minor, Barred at 7: 799777. Herein
 referred to as Bm
B major, Barred at 7: 799877. Herein
 referred to as B
Gb Minor, Barred at 2: 244222. 
Herein referred to as Gbm
F# Major, Barred at 2: 244322. 
Herein referred to as F#
F Major, Barred at 1: 133211. Herein
 referred to as F
C# Major, Barred at 9: 99[11][11]99.
 Herein referred to as C#

Intro
A *3, Bm *1, F *3, Gbm *1
A *3, Bm *1, F *2, Gbm *1

Verse 1: Strummed
A           Bm             F    
Sometimes an empire doesn't fall
        Gbm

A           Bm             F    
As masked invaders climb the 
        Gbm
walls
A           Bm             F    
Or spreading fires or rising 
        Gbm
floods
A           Bm             F    
Sometimes it dies within
        Gbm


A           Bm             F    
The king and queen, they go to 
        Gbm
bed
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A           Bm             F    
On years of quiet neglect
        Gbm

Bm,      Am,           A,       
To find the coffers bare but 
    Gbm
with
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B
The musk of arrogance
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B
The musk of arrogance

B (though I'm not sure he actually 
plays anything)
With me, you're making the same 
mistakes I made
B                      Something    
       Gbm
with you I couldn't convey I felt 
the same

??              ??      ??
It's true, we're marionettes
Bm                   A
But we pull the strings

Something              Am           
  C#       B
And here as we dance, we tangle

I'm spinning you round and closer 
we're wound

We're marionettes

Intro
A *3, Bm *1, F *3, Gbm *1
A *3, Bm *1, F *2, Gbm *1

A           Bm             F    
There's comfort in a holding 
        Gbm
hand
A           Bm             F    
A schedule on which you depend
        Gbm

A           Bm             F    
A cage in which you're snugly 
        Gbm
penned
A           Bm             F    
That's what we have become
        Gbm


A           Bm             F    
A cyclone in a glass of wine
        Gbm

A           Bm             F    
We both have wishbones for a 
        Gbm
spine.
Bm,      Am,           A,  
But how long will we play this 
         Gbm
record's tattered side
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B
Afraid to change the song?
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B
Afraid to change the song?