Boy on a String Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][Csus4][C][Csus4][Cm][Csus4][C]
[Cm][C][Csus4][Cm][C]
[Csus4][C][F][Am]
[F]The marionette has your num

[Verse 1]
[G]ber
He's pulling your [Am]arms and leg[F]s
'Til you can't stand on [G]your own
Dragging your con[Am]science [F]on the stage

[Verse 2]
And your heart [G]gets rearranged
And you can[Am]not tell you ment[F]or
From you [G]Maker[Am]
[F]Look at the crowd bleeding with [G]laughter

[Verse 3]
Or the way [Am]you e[F]n tertain
at beckon [G]call
They don't [Am]see b[F]ehind the lights
[G]Or the painted background
[Am]They just like [F]to see you fall
[G]

[Verse 4]
[C]
[Chorus]
But you [G]don't really [C]mind
And you're just wast[G]ing [C]time
You don't [G]feel anything
You're a [C]boy on a string

[Verse 5]
[Am]I fe[G]el[Csus4][Cm][G][F][Am][F]
a sadness [G]like Gapetto
Watching the life [Am]that he
[F]created run [G]away
Seeing [Am]the pup[F]peteer's intrusion
And [G]holding the remains

[Verse 6]
Of [Am]puppets that had [F]rotted [G]away
[Am]One day the curtain [F]will not open[G]
And all of [Am]the crowds will [F]go away
[G]Crowds will go [Am]away (sung in
background)
[F]Someday those string

[Verse 7]
[G]s will choke you
[Am]But un[F]til [G]that day

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][C]

[Verse 8]
[Am][Chorus]
[G]Just [C]a b[G]oy[C][G][C]
[Am][G]
[C]Just [Cm]a boy[C][Csus4][C]
[G][C]
[G][C]
[Am]Just [G]a b[C]oy[G][C]
[Am][G][C][G][C]
[Am]Just [G]a b[C]oy[G][C]
[Am][G]

[Verse 9]
[Chorus: x2] [C]Just a
[Cm]boy on a s[F]tring

[Outro 1]
[Cm][C][Csus4][Cm]
[C][F]