Suzanne Vega - Marlene on the wall
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Capo: 1
"Marlene on the wall"
words & music by Suzanne Vega
!!!set capo on 1st fret!!!!
(So all these chords below are one halfstep higher recorded!)
Tempo is 112
Chord-List: (if you wanna play w/o capo, increase the fret-nr by one)
chord F A# D# G# C F
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Esus4 0 2 2 2 0 0
F#msus4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Amaj9 X 0 2 1 0 0
Aadd2 X 2 2 2 2 0
Em7 0 2 0 0 0 0
Cmaj7 X 3 2 0 0 0
C6 X 3 2 2 1 0
Bm7sus4 X 2 4 2 5 2
Bm7 X 2 4 4 3 2
G/C X 3 0 0 0 3
D X X 0 2 3 2
D/C X 3 0 2 3 2 (you can also play simple D)
Intro: E | Esus4 | F#msus4 | Amaj9
(Last warning: these are the chords for guits w/ capo on 1st fred.
If you play bass or w/o capo, the intro is F|Fsus4|Gm7sus4|Bbmaj9 etc.)
1.
EEven if I am in love with you all
Esus4this to say what's it to you? Ob-
F#msus4serve the blood the rose tatoo of the
Aadd2fingerprints on me from you.
Eother evidence has shown that
Esus4you and I are still alone we
F#msus4skirt around the danger zone and don't
Aadd2talk about it later.
CHORUS
Em7Marlene watches from the walls
Cmaj7her mocking C6smile says it all
[Bm7sus4]as she recordsBm7 the rise and
Cmaj7fall of every soldier passing
Em7but the only soldier now is me
Cmaj7I'm fighting thingsC6 I cannot
[Bm7sus4]see. I think its Bm7called my desti-
[G/C]ny but [D/C]I [G/C]Am [Cmaj9]changing
D Marlene on the wall
[Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] (Well I)
2.
EWalk to your house in the afternoon by the
Esus4butcher shop with the saw-dust strewn
F#msus4"don't give away the goods too soon" is
Aadd2what you might have told me and I
Etried so hard to resist when you
Esus4held me in your handsome fist and re
F#msus4minded me of the night we kissed and of
Aadd2why I should be leaving
CHORUS
3. Instrumental
CHORUS (on last Cmaj7 words are: "And")
repeat 1st verse
(additional lyrics are "And I" within last bar of 1st verse)
CODA
Etried so hard to resist
Esus4held me in your handsome fist and re-
F#msus4minded me of the night we kissed and of
Aadd2why I should be leaving.
||:
Em7Marlene watches from the wall
Cmaj7her mocking C6smile says it all
[Bm7sus4]as she records the rise and
Cmaj7fall of every <1.man whose been here / 2.soldier passing>
Em7but the only <1.one here / 2.soldier> now is me
Cmaj7I'm fighting things C6I cannot
[Bm7sus4]see I think it's Bm7called my desti-
[G/C]ny but [D/C]I [G/C]Am [Cmaj9]changing
<1.Dchanging changing
Cmaj7changing changing :||
/2.D Marlene on the wall.>
OUTRO
[Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [E]
nice song but not that easy...
have fun!
Erik Pischel
pischel@informatik.hu-berlin.de