{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":71966,"song":"Boy On A String","artist":"Jars of Clay","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11545355-boy-on-a-string-chords-by-jars-of-clay/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/71966?type=chord","rating":4.69324,"votes":13,"content":"----------------------------------------------------\r\n| Boy On A String                                  |\r\n----------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (x5)\r\n\r\nVERSE 1:\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe marionette has your number[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt pullin your arms and legs till you can't stand on your own[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDragging your conscience on the stage and you heart gets rearranged[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you cannot tell your mentor from your maker[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLook at the crowds bleeding with laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOver the way you entertain at beckon call[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey don't see behind the lights or the painted background[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey just like to see you fall[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    But you don't really mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Cause you're just wasting time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    You can't feel anything[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n    Just a boy on a string[/tab]\r\n\r\nVERSE 2:\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI feel a sadness like Gapetto[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWatching the life that he created run away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSeeing the puppeteer's intrusion and holding the remains[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf puppets that had rotted away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne day the curtain will not open[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd all of the crowds will go away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSomeday those strings will choke you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut until that day[/tab]\r\n\r\nCHORUS\r","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------\n| Boy On A String                                  |\n----------------------------------------------------\n\nINTRO: Am C G (x5)\n\nVERSE 1:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE 2:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS","chords":["A","Am","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}