A Bm F F# 2x A Bm F F# Sometimes an empire doesn't fall A Bm F F# As masked invaders climb the walls Bm D F# Or spreading fires or rising floods Bm F# D A Sometimes it dies within A Bm F F# The king and queen, they go to bed A Bm F F# On years of quiet neglect Bm D F# To find the coffers bare but with Bm F# D A The musk of arrogance Bm F# D A The musk of arrogance A E F# D With me, you're making the same mistakes I made A E F# D With you I couldn't convey I felt the same A E F# D It's true, we're marionettes, But we pull the strings A E F# D And here as we dance, we tangle A E F# D I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound A E F# Dm We're marionettes, We're marionettes A Bm F F# 2x A Bm F F# There's comfort in a holding hand A Bm F F# A schedule on which you depend Bm D F# A cage in which you're snugly penned Bm F# D A That's what we have become A Bm F F# A cyclone in a glass of wine A Bm F F# We both have wishbones for a spine. Bm D F# But how long will we play this record's tattered side Bm F# D A Afraid to change the song? Bm F# D A Afraid to change the song? A E F# D With me, you're making the same mistakes I made A E F# D With you I couldn't convey I felt the same A E F# D It's true, we're marionettes, But we pull the strings A E F# D And here as we dance, we tangle A E F# D I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound A E F# D We're marionettes, We're marionettes A E F# D We're marionettes, But we pull the strings A E F# D And here as we dance, we tangle A E F# D I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound A E F# Dm We're marionettes, We're marionettes A Bm F F# 2x
