Marionette Chords
Marionette by Mott the Hoople is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, A, D, B, E, Am, Em, Db, Gb, Cm and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: F
Verso 1:
F C F Bb F
No puppet, no liar, won't bend my lips to wire - No
C
Don't pressurize me so
F C F Bb F
Don't gamble, with my life, or you won't live to do it twice
C
Oh take some good advice from me
Eb
And let the wires rock
Interlude: Eb Ab Eb Ab
Verso 2:
G C
All dressed in black so nobody sees you
A D
Smile in the wings, tell me I please you
B E G C Am
Call me a king and watch for the wordworm to choke me
G C B
And you're like a giraffe, the performance is poor
A D
Watch the audience laugh as my head hits the floor
B E D
When I'm broken in half you still reach for the floor
Ponte:
D
STOP!
B
I've had enough of this
Em D Db A
The pantomime's reversed
A B
I need -you feed
E G
I greed - you bleed
Gb
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Db Gb
Teacher's pet - Well you'd better forget it
Gb
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Db Gb
Teacher's pet - Go check your stocks and shares
D B E A
And when the coffin comes make sure there's room for two
B
You lied - I led
E
I died -You're dead
Gb
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Db Gb
Teacher's pet - You'd better forget it
Gb
Marionette - I ain't one yet
Db Gb
Teacher's pet - go check your product
Interlude: F
Verso 3:
F C F Bb F
A traitor, deceiver, a groovy disbeliever I thought
C
A puppet was a thing cheap-taught - No way
F C F Bb F
Creator, conceiver, romantic love receiver - caught
Breakdown
F
"Who are you"
F Bb
"The nerve"
C
I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get out, I wanna get
C
Out, AHHHHH!
Guitar Solo: Eb Ab Eb Ab (x2)
Verso 4:
Eb G Cm Bm
Oh he wanna play chords to the chick on the street
A D
He wanna play words to a world that don't speak
B Em D C G
He wanna play people who play hide 'n' seek when they don't talk
G D G
He wanna play a riff to the man with the wires
A G
He wanna play lead but his hand's getting tired
B E D
He just wanna play but don't know how to say - STOP
Ponte:
D B
OK, the show's been fun
Em G A
But my wood's begun to warp
B
They won -I'm done
A G
New one - begun
Gb
Marionette - I did my best
Db Gb
Teacher's pet - It just couldn't last
Gb
Marionette - Get me out of this mess
Db Gb
Teacher's little pet - It happened so fast
Gb
Marionette - Now I need a rest
Db Gb
Teacher's pet - Where's my sanity gone - Mother?
Gb
Marionette - I did my best
Db Gb F
Teacher's little pet - I'm just like all the others
Outro
F C
They gambled, with my life
F Bb F
And now I've lost my will to fight
C
Oh God these wires are so tight....
Eb Ab Eb F
I'm just a marionette