Intro: A#m C# G# x4 Verse: A#m C# G# The marionette has your number A#m C# G# It pullin your arms and legs till you canʼt stand on your own A#m C# G# Dragging your conscience on the stage and you heart gets rearranged A#m C# G# And you cannot tell your mentor from your maker A#m C# G# Look at the crowds bleeding with laughter A#m C# G# Over the way you entertain at beckon call A#m C# G# They donʼt see behind the lights or the painted background A#m C# G# They just like to see you fall Chorus: C# A#m C# G# But you donʼt really mind C# A#m C# G# Cause youʼre just wasting time C# A#m C# G# You canʼt feel anything C# A#m C# G# Just a boy on a string Verse: A#m C# G# I feel a sadness like Gapetto A#m C# G# Watching the life that he created run away, A#m C# G# Seeing the puppeteerʼs intrusion and holding the remains A#m C# G# Of puppets that had rotted away A#m C# G# One day the curtain will not open A#m C# G# And all of the crowds will go away A#m C# G# Someday those strings will choke you A#m C# G# But until that day Chorus.
