A Bm F F# 2x
[A]Sometimes an [Bm]empire [F]doesn't f[F#]all
[A]As masked inv[Bm]aders c[F]limb the [F#]walls
[Bm]Or spreading [D]fires o[F#]r rising floods
[Bm]Sometimes it [F#]dies wit[D]hin[A]
[A]The king and [Bm]queen, [F]they go t[F#]o bed
[A]On years of q[Bm]uiet ne[F]glect[F#]
[Bm]To find the c[D]offers [F#]bare but with
[Bm]The musk of a[F#]rrogance[D][A]
[Bm]The musk of a[F#]rrogance[D][A]
[A]With me, you're making the same [E]mistakes I [F#]made[D]
[A]With you I couldn't convey I fel[E]t the same[F#][D]
[A]It's true, w[E]e're mario[F#]nettes, Bu[D]t we pull the strings
[A] And [E]here as we[F#] dance, we[D] tangle
[A] I'm [E]spinning y[F#]ou round a[D]nd closer we're wound
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, We'[F#]re marione[Dm]ttes
A Bm F F# 2x
[A]There's comfo[Bm]rt in a[F] holding [F#]hand
[A]A schedule on[Bm] which [F]you depen[F#]d
[Bm]A cage in whi[D]ch you'[F#]re snugly penned
[Bm]That's what w[F#]e have b[D]ecome[A]
[A]A cyclone in [Bm]a glass[F] of wine[F#]
[A]We both have [Bm]wishbon[F]es for a [F#]spine.
[Bm]But how long [D]will we[F#] play this record's tattered side
[Bm]Afraid to cha[F#]nge the [D]song?[A]
[Bm]Afraid to cha[F#]nge the [D]song?[A]
[A]With me, you're making the same [E]mistakes I [F#]made[D]
[A]With you I couldn't convey I fel[E]t the same[F#][D]
[A]It's true, w[E]e're mario[F#]nettes, Bu[D]t we pull the strings
[A] And [E]here as we[F#] dance, we[D] tangle
[A] I'm [E]spinning y[F#]ou round a[D]nd closer we're wound
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, We'[F#]re marione[D]ttes
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, But[F#] we pull t[D]he strings
[A] And [E]here as we[F#] dance, we[D] tangle
[A] I'm [E]spinning y[F#]ou round a[D]nd closer we're wound
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, We'[F#]re marione[Dm]ttes
A Bm F F# 2x
[A]Sometimes an [Bm]empire [F]doesn't f[F#]all
[A]As masked inv[Bm]aders c[F]limb the [F#]walls
[Bm]Or spreading [D]fires o[F#]r rising floods
[Bm]Sometimes it [F#]dies wit[D]hin[A]
[A]The king and [Bm]queen, [F]they go t[F#]o bed
[A]On years of q[Bm]uiet ne[F]glect[F#]
[Bm]To find the c[D]offers [F#]bare but with
[Bm]The musk of a[F#]rrogance[D][A]
[Bm]The musk of a[F#]rrogance[D][A]
[A]With me, you're making the same [E]mistakes I [F#]made[D]
[A]With you I couldn't convey I fel[E]t the same[F#][D]
[A]It's true, w[E]e're mario[F#]nettes, Bu[D]t we pull the strings
[A] And [E]here as we[F#] dance, we[D] tangle
[A] I'm [E]spinning y[F#]ou round a[D]nd closer we're wound
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, We'[F#]re marione[Dm]ttes
A Bm F F# 2x
[A]There's comfo[Bm]rt in a[F] holding [F#]hand
[A]A schedule on[Bm] which [F]you depen[F#]d
[Bm]A cage in whi[D]ch you'[F#]re snugly penned
[Bm]That's what w[F#]e have b[D]ecome[A]
[A]A cyclone in [Bm]a glass[F] of wine[F#]
[A]We both have [Bm]wishbon[F]es for a [F#]spine.
[Bm]But how long [D]will we[F#] play this record's tattered side
[Bm]Afraid to cha[F#]nge the [D]song?[A]
[Bm]Afraid to cha[F#]nge the [D]song?[A]
[A]With me, you're making the same [E]mistakes I [F#]made[D]
[A]With you I couldn't convey I fel[E]t the same[F#][D]
[A]It's true, w[E]e're mario[F#]nettes, Bu[D]t we pull the strings
[A] And [E]here as we[F#] dance, we[D] tangle
[A] I'm [E]spinning y[F#]ou round a[D]nd closer we're wound
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, We'[F#]re marione[D]ttes
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, But[F#] we pull t[D]he strings
[A] And [E]here as we[F#] dance, we[D] tangle
[A] I'm [E]spinning y[F#]ou round a[D]nd closer we're wound
[A]We're marion[E]ettes, We'[F#]re marione[Dm]ttes
A Bm F F# 2x
