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Marlene On The Wall by Suzanne Vega
Marlene On The Wall
!!!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.
[E]Even if I am in love with you all
[Esus4]this to say what's it to you? Ob-
[F#msus4]serve the blood the rose tatoo of the
[Aadd2]fingerprints on me from you.
[E]other evidence has shown that
[Esus4]you and I are still alone we
[F#msus4]skirt around the danger zone and don't
[Aadd2]talk about it later.
CHORUS
[Em7]Marlene watches from the walls
[Cmaj7]her mocking [C6]smile says it all
[Bm7sus4]as she records[Bm7] the rise and
[Cmaj7]fall of every soldier passing
[Em7]but the only soldier now is me
[Cmaj7]I'm fighting things[C6] I cannot
[Bm7sus4]see. I think its [Bm7]called 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.
[E]Walk to your house in the afternoon by the
[Esus4]butcher shop with the saw-dust strewn
[F#msus4]"don't give away the goods too soon" is
[Aadd2]what you might have told me and I
[E]tried so hard to resist when you
[Esus4]held me in your handsome fist and re
[F#msus4]minded me of the night we kissed and of
[Aadd2]why 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
[E]tried so hard to resist
[Esus4]held me in your handsome fist and re-
[F#msus4]minded me of the night we kissed and of
[Aadd2]why I should be leaving.
||:
[Em7]Marlene watches from the wall
[Cmaj7]her mocking [C6]smile says it all
[Bm7sus4]as she records the rise and
[Cmaj7]fall of every <1.man whose been here / 2.soldier passing>
[Em7]but the only <1.one here / 2.soldier> now is me
[Cmaj7]I'm fighting things [C6]I cannot
[Bm7sus4]see I think it's [Bm7]called my desti-
[G/C]ny but [D/C]I [G/C]Am [Cmaj9]changing
<1.[D]changing changing
[Cmaj7]changing changing :||
/2.[D] Marlene on the wall.>
OUTRO
[Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [E]
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version 2
Capo on two!
E 022100
Esus4 022200
F#m 2442xx
A x02220
Em7 x2203x
Cmaj7 x3203x
Bm7 x2423x
D xx0232
E
Even if I am in love with you
Esus4
All this to say, what's it to you?
F#m
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
A
Of the fingerprints on me from you
E
Other evidence has shown
Esus4
That you and I are still alone
F#m
We skirt around the danger zone
A
And don't talk about it later
Em7 Cmaj7
Marlene watches from the wall
Bm7
Her mocking smile says it all
Cmaj7
As the records the rise and fall
Em7
Of every soldier passing
Cmaj7
But the only soldier now is me
Bm7
I'm fighting things I cannot see
Cmaj7
I think it's called my destiny
Cmaj7 D
That I am changing
Bm7 Cmaj7
Marlene on the wall
E
I walk to your house in the afternoon
Esus4
By the butcher's shop with the sawdust strewn
F#m
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
A
Is what she might have told me
E
And I tried so hard to resist
Esus4
When you held me in your handsome fist
F#m
And reminded me of the night we kissed
A
And of why I should be leaving
Em7 Cmaj7
Marlene watches from the wall
Bm7
Her mocking smile says it all
Cmaj7
As the records the rise and fall
Em7
Of every soldier passing
Cmaj7
But the only soldier now is me
Bm7
I'm fighting things I cannot see
Cmaj7
I think it's called my destiny
Cmaj7 D
That I am changing
Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Marlene on the wall
Instrumental: E Esus4 F#m A
Em7 Cmaj7
Marlene watches from the wall
Bm7
Her mocking smile says it all
Cmaj7
As the records the rise and fall
Em7
Of every soldier passing
Cmaj7
But the only soldier now is me
Bm7
I'm fighting things I cannot see
Cmaj7
I think it's called my destiny
Cmaj7 D
That I am changing
Bm7 Cmaj7
Marlene on the wall
E
Even if I am in love with you
Esus4
All this to say, what's it to you?
F#m
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
A
Of the fingerprints on me from you
E
Other evidence has shown
Esus4
That you and I are still alone
F#m
We skirt around the danger zone
A
And don't talk about it later
E
And I tried so hard to resist
Esus4
When you held me in your handsome fist
F#m
And reminded me of the night we kissed
A
And of why I should be leaving
Em7 Cmaj7
Marlene watches from the wall
Bm7
Her mocking smile says it all
Cmaj7
As the records the rise and fall
Em7
Of every soldier passing
Cmaj7
But the only soldier now is me
Bm7
I'm fighting things I cannot see
Cmaj7
I think it's called my destiny
Cmaj7 D
That I am changing
Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7
Marlene on the wall
Instrumental: E Esus4 F#m A
Em7 Cmaj7
Marlene watches from the wall
Bm7
Her mocking smile says it all
Cmaj7
As the records the rise and fall
Em7
Of every man who's been here
Cmaj7
But the only soldier now is me
Bm7
I'm fighting things I cannot see
Cmaj7
I think it's called my destiny
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D
That I am changing, changing changing, changing
Em7 Cmaj7
Marlene watches from the wall
Bm7
Her mocking smile says it all
Cmaj7
As the records the rise and fall
Em7
Of every man who's been here
Cmaj7
But the only soldier now is me
Bm7
I'm fighting things I cannot see
Cmaj7
I think it's called my destiny
Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D Cmaj7 D
That I am changing
Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7 Bm7 Cmaj7 E
Marlene on the wall
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version 3
Acoustic: Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd fret
This song's mostly choc-full of open 'power' chords.
Keep the high e and b strings open
for that 'open' and 'full' effect
Intro:
E--0-----0-0----0--------|
B--0-----0-0----0---(9)--|
G--9-----9-9----11---9---|
D--9-----9-9----11---9---|
A--7----0--0----9----0---|
e-------0--0---------9---|
Verse 1:
E--0----|
B--0----|
G--9----|
D--9----|
A--7----|
e-------|
Even if I'm in love with you
E----0-0----|
B----0-0----|
G----9-9----|
D----9-9----|
A---0--0----|
e---0--0----|
All this to say, what's it to you?
E----0----|
B----0----|
G----11---|
D----11---|
A----9----|
e---------|
Observe the blood, the rose tattoo
E----0---|
B---(9)--|
G----9---|
D----9---|
A----0---|
e----9---|
Of the fingerprints on me from you
...etc.
{It goes on like that}
Other evidence has shown
That you and I are still alone
We skirt around the danger zone
And don't talk about it later
Chorus:
e--0------------------------0-------------------------------0-|
b--0------------------------0-------------------------------0-|
g--9------------------------0-------------------------------0-|
d--9------------------------10------------------------------9-|
a--7------------------------10------------------------------9-|
e---------------------------8-------------------------------7-|
Marlene watches from the wall, her mocking smile says it all
e---------------------------------|
b---------------------------------|
g---------------------------------|
d---------------------------9\10--|
a---------------------------9\10--|
e---------------------------7\8---|
As she records the rise and fall
Of every soldier passing
But the only soldier now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
That I am changing
Marlene on the wall
I walk to your house in the afternoon
By the butcher shop with the sawdust strewn
"Don't give away the goods too soon"
Is waht she might have told me
But I've tried so hard to resist
when you hold me in your handsome fist
and remembered when the night we kissed
and why i should be leaving
Chorus:
Marlene watches from the wall
Her mocking smile says it all
As the records the rise and fall
Of every man who's been here
But the only one here now is me
I'm fighting things I cannot see
I think it's called my destiny
That I am changing, changing, changing, changing...
Marlene on the wall
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