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
ABmFGbm
Sometimes an empire doesn't fall
ABmFGbm
As masked invaders climb the walls
ABmFGbm
Or spreading fires or rising floods
ABmFGbm
Sometimes it dies within
ABmFGbm
The king and queen, they go to bed
ABmFGbm
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
BmA
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
ABmFGbm
There's comfort in a holding hand
ABmFGbm
A schedule on which you depend
ABmFGbm
A cage in which you're snugly penned
ABmFGbm
That's what we have become
ABmFGbm
A cyclone in a glass of wine
ABmFGbm
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?