Mott the Hoople - Marionette

^FNo puppet,^C no liar, ^F won't bend my ^Bblips to wire - ^FNo Don't press^Curize me so ^FDon't gamble,^C with my life,^F or you won't ^Bblive to do it ^Ftwice Oh take some good ad^Cvice from me And let the wires ^Ebrock

^GAll dressed in black so ^Cnobody sees you ^ASmile in the wings, ^Dtell me I please you ^BCall me a king and ^Ewatch for the ^Gwordworm to ^Cchoke me ^Am And you're ^Glike a giraffe, the perfor^Cmance is ^Bpoor Watch the ^Aaudience laugh as my ^Dhead hits the floor When I'm ^Bbroken in half you still ^Ereach for the f^Dloor

^DSTOP! I've had enough ^Bof this The panto^Emmime's ^Drev^Dberse^Ad I ^Aneed -^Byou feed I ^Egreed - ^Gyou bleed

^GbMarionette - I ain't one yet ^DbTeacher's pet - Well you'd better ^Gbforget it ^GbMarionette - I ain't one yet ^DbTeacher's pet - Go check^Gb your stocks and shares

^DAnd when the cof^Bfin comes make ^Esure there's room for tw^Ao You lied - ^BI led ^EI died -You're dead

^GbMarionette - I ain't one yet ^DbTeacher's pet - You'd better ^Gbforget it ^GbMarionette - I ain't one yet ^DbTeacher's pet - go ^Gbcheck your product

^FA traitor,^C deceiver,^F a groovy ^Bbdisbeliever I ^Fthought A puppet was a ^Cthing cheap-taught - No way ^FCreator,^C conceiver,^F romantic ^Bblove receiver - ^Fcaught

^F"Who are you" ^F"The nerve^Bb" ^CI wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get ^COut, AHHHHH!

^EbOh he ^Gwanna play chords to the ^Cmchick on the ^Bmstreet He wanna ^Aplay words to a^D world that don't speak He ^Bwanna play people who ^Emplay hide 'n' ^Dseek when they don't ^Ctalk ^{G G}He wanna play a riff to the man ^Dwith the ^Gwires He wanna ^Aplay lead but his hand's ^Ggetting tired He ^Bjust wanna play but don't ^Eknow ^Dhow to say - STOP

^DOK, th^Be show's been fun ^EmBut my wood's ^Gbegun to ^Awarp They won -^BI'm done ^ANew one - be^Ggun

^GbMarionette - I did my best ^DbTeacher's pet - It ^Gbjust couldn't last ^GbMarionette - Get me out of this mess ^DbTeacher's little pet - It happened ^Gbso fast ^GbMarionette - Now I need a rest ^DbTeacher's pet - Where's my ^Gbsanity gone - Mother? ^GbMarionette - I did my best ^DbTeacher's little pet - I'm just ^Gblike all the other^Fs

^FThey gambled,^C with my life ^FAnd now I've ^Bblost my will to ^Ffight Oh God these ^Cwires are so tight.... I'm just a ^Ebmarionette ^{Ab Eb F}