Puppets Chords
Puppets by Leonard Cohen is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Em, Cadd9, B7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verso 1:
G
German puppets burnt the Jews
G
Jewish puppets did not choose
Verso 2:
D
Puppet vultures eat the dead
C
Puppet corpses they are fed
Verso 3:
G
Puppet winds and puppet waves
G
Puppet sailors in their graves
Verso 4:
D
Puppet flower, puppet stem
C
Puppet time dismantles them
Verso 5:
G
Puppet me and puppet you
Em C G
Puppet German, puppet Jew
Verso 6:
G
Puppet presidents command
G
Puppet troops to burn the land
Verso 7:
D
Puppet fire, puppet flames
Cadd9
Feed on all the puppet names
Verso 8:
G
Puppet lovers in their bliss
G
Turn away from all of this
Verso 9:
D
Puppet reader shakes his head
Cadd9
Takes his puppet wife to bed
Verso 10:
G
Puppet me and puppet you
Em C G
Puppet German, puppet Jew
Interlude ||: G | Em C G ||
Verso 11:
G
Puppet presidents command
B7
Puppet troops to burn the land
Verso 12:
C Cadd9 C
Puppet fire, puppet flames
Am
Feed on all the puppet names
Verso 13:
G
Puppet night comes down to play
G
The after-act to puppet day