Marionettes
The ZolasVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
*3, *1, *3, *1
*3, *1, *2, *1
Strummed
Sometimes an empire doesn't fall
As masked invaders climb the walls
Or spreading fires or rising floods
Sometimes it dies within
The king and queen, they go to bed
On years of quiet neglect
To find the coffers bare but with
The musk of arrogance
The musk of arrogance
With me, you're making the same mistakes I made
Something
with you I couldn't convey I felt the same
?? ?? ??
It's true, we're marionettes
But we pull the strings
Something
And here as we dance, we tangle
I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound
We're marionettes
*3, *1, *3, *1
*3, *1, *2, *1
There's comfort in a holding hand
A schedule on which you depend
A cage in which you're snugly penned
That's what we have become
A cyclone in a glass of wine
We both have wishbones for a spine.
But how long will we play this record's tattered side
Afraid to change the song?
Afraid to change the song?
(Into chorus again)
During the Chorus:
(The piano here is alternating between E and A, which you can get with your A
Major or A Minor at 5, strumming your A and D string. That little high piano riff
before the guitar comes in is Cand A; the C# is on the e string at fret9, the A
is on the b string at fret10. You can actually build a finger picking pattern on
this by barring at 7 and hitting your 3rd finger on the e string at 9, and your
pinky on the b string at 10. It's slightly uncomfortable. Leaving out the piano
part lets you hang out in an A Major at 5 and be readier for the chord shift up to B Major).
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Readable chord sheet for Marionettes by The Zolas
[A] *3, [Bm] *1, [F] *3, [Gbm] *1 [A] *3, [Bm] *1, [F] *2, [Gbm] *1 Strummed [A]Sometimes an[Bm] empire doesn't[F] fall [Gbm] [A]As masked in[Bm]vaders climb th[F]e walls [Gbm] [A]Or spreading[Bm] fires or risin[F]g floods [Gbm] [A]Sometimes it[Bm] dies within [F] [Gbm] [A]The king and[Bm] queen, they go[F] to bed [Gbm] [A]On years of [Bm]quiet neglect [F] [Gbm] [Bm]To find t[Am]he coffers bar[A]e but with [Gbm] [F#]The musk o[Gbm]f arrogance [Am] [B] [F#]The musk o[Gbm]f arrogance [Am] [B] [B]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]But we pull the strin[A]gs Something [Am] [C#] [B] And here as we dance, we tangle I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound We're marionettes [A] *3, [Bm] *1, [F] *3, [Gbm] *1 [A] *3, [Bm] *1, [F] *2, [Gbm] *1 [A]There's comf[Bm]ort in a holdin[F]g hand [Gbm] [A]A schedule o[Bm]n which you dep[F]end [Gbm] [A]A cage in wh[Bm]ich you're snug[F]ly penned [Gbm] [A]That's what [Bm]we have become [F] [Gbm] [A]A cyclone in[Bm] a glass of win[F]e [Gbm] [A]We both have[Bm] wishbones for [F]a spine. [Gbm] [Bm]But how l[Am]ong will we pl[A]ay this recor[Gbm]d's tattered side [F#]Afraid to [Gbm]change the so[Am]ng? [B] [F#]Afraid to [Gbm]change the so[Am]ng? [B] (Into chorus again) During the Chorus: (The piano here is alternating between E and A, which you can get with your A Major or A Minor at 5, strumming your A and D string. That little high piano riff before the guitar comes in is C is on the b string at fret10. You can actually build a finger picking pattern on this by barring at 7 and hitting your 3rd finger on the e string at 9, and your pinky on the b string at 10. It's slightly uncomfortable. Leaving out the piano part lets you hang out in an A Major at 5 and be readier for the chord shift up to B Major).