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Im A Marionette

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ORDER: I V1 CINT V2 GS V3 CINT V4 C  FINT O
[INTRO]
(bass)
Em| | | |
(add synth)
| | | |
(drums)
| | | |
(urgent strings)
| | | |
[VERSE 1]
"EmYou're so free, " that's what everybody's Em9/Dtell - ing me
3/4
C| D| Em| |
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
EmSomething's wrong, got a feeling that I Em9/Ddon't belong
3/4
C| D| Em| |
As if I had come from outer space, out of place, like King Kong
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5| C-5/Gb| C   Eb-5| C-5|
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5| C-5/Gb| C   Eb-5| C-5| C-5/Gb|
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb| Bb   Db-5| Bb-5|
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb| Bb   Db-5| Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb|
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5| B-9   B|
[VERSE 2]
EmLike a doll, like a puppet with no Em9/Dwill at all
3/4
C| D| Em| |
And somebody told me how to talk, how to walk, how to fall
[GUITAR SOLO]
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
Em   A/E| Em7   A/E|
[VERSE 3]
EmCan't complain, I've got no-one but myEm9/Dself to blame
3/4
C| D| Em| |
Something's happening I can't control, lost my hold, is it safe?
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5| C-5/Gb| C   Eb-5| C-5|
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5| C-5/Gb| C   Eb-5| C-5| C-5/Gb|
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb| Bb   Db-5| Bb-5|
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb| Bb   Db-5| Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb|
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5| B-9   B|
[VERSE 4]
"EmLook this way, just a little smile, " is Em9/Dwhat they say
3/4
C| D| Em| |
"You look better on the photograph; if you laugh, that's okay"
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5| C-5/Gb| C   Eb-5| C-5|
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5| C-5/Gb| C   Eb-5| C-5| C-5/Gb|
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb| Bb   Db-5| Bb-5|
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb| Bb   Db-5| Bb-5| Bb-5/Fb|
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[FINAL INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5| B-9| B|
[OUTRO] - super slowed down and in all 4/4.
"EmYou're so free, " that's what everybody's Em9/Dtell - ing me
C| D| Em| |
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
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