Jars of Clay - Boy on a string

^Am7 The mari^Fmaj7onette has your num^Gber Pulling your arm^Am7s and legs 'til^Fmaj7 you can't stand on your own^G Dragging your con^Am7science on the ^Fmaj7stage and your heart^G gets rearranged And you ^Am7cannot tell your^Fmaj7 mentor from your Mak^Ger ^Am7 Look at ^Fmaj7the crowds bleeding with laug^Ghter Over the way^Am7 you ente^Fmaj7rtain at beck and call ^G They don't see^Am7 behind th^Fmaj7e lights ^Gor the painted backgrounds ^Am7They just like^Fmaj7 to see you fall^{G Cmaj7 C2}

And you ^Gdon't really mind ^Cmaj7 And you're ^Am7just wasting ^Gtime ^Cmaj7 And ^C2you don't ^Gfeel anything You're a ^Cmaj7boy on a string

^Am7 I feel ^Fmaj7the sadness like Gepet^Gto Watching the lif^Am7e that he cre^Fmaj7ated run away ^G Seeing the pup^Am7peteer's int^Fmaj7rusion and ^Gholding the remains Of ^Am7puppets that ^Fmaj7had rotted away ^{G Am7} One day ^Fmaj7the curtain will not o^Gpen (will not open) And all of the ^Am7crowds will ^Fmaj7go away ^G(crowds will go a^Am7way) ^Am7 Sometime^Fmaj7s those strings^G will choke you ^Am7But un^Fmaj7til that day^{G Cmaj7}

No, you ^Gwon't really mind ^Cmaj7 And you're ^Am7just wasting ^Gtime ^Cmaj7 And you don't ^Gfeel anything You're a ^Cmaj7boy on a string ^{Am7 G}

^CJust a boy, just a boy, just a boy, just a boy Just a boy just a boy just a boy just a boy Just a ^C/Bbboy just a boy just a boy just a ^Cboy C/Bb |C | | | Just a boy just a boy just a boy just a

And you ^Gdon't really mind ^C And you're ^Am7just wasting time^{G C} And you don't ^Gfeel anything You're a ^Cboy on a string ^{Am7 G C} 'Cause you ^Gdon't really mind ^C And you're ^Am7just wasting time^{G C} You don't ^Gfeel anything You're a ^Cboy on a string ^{Am7 G} C2sus Cm Cm9 Just a boy on a string