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 Gbm
Sometimes an empire doesn't fall
A Bm F Gbm
As masked invaders climb the walls
A Bm F Gbm
Or spreading fires or rising floods
A Bm F Gbm
Sometimes it dies within
A Bm F Gbm
The king and queen, they go to bed
A Bm F Gbm
On years of quiet neglect
Bm, Am, A, Gbm
To find the coffers bare but 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
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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 Gbm
There's comfort in a holding hand
A Bm F Gbm
A schedule on which you depend
A Bm F Gbm
A cage in which you're snugly penned
A Bm F Gbm
That's what we have become
A Bm F Gbm
A cyclone in a glass of wine
A Bm F Gbm
We both have wishbones for a spine.
Bm, Am, A, Gbm
But how long will we play this record's tattered side
F# Gbm, Am, B
Afraid to change the song?
F# Gbm, Am, B
Afraid to change the song?
