4/4 unless otherwise stated.
ORDER: I V1 C INT V2 GS V3 C INT V4 C FINT O
[INTRO]
(bass)
Em | | | |
(add synth)
| | | |
(drums)
| | | |
(urgent strings)
| | | |
[VERSE 1]
Em Em9/D
"You're so free, " that's what everybody's tell - ing me
3/4
C | D | Em | |
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
Em Em9/D
Something's wrong, got a feeling that I don't belong
3/4
C | D | Em | |
As if I had come from outer space, out of place, like King Kong
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5 | C-5/Gb | C Eb-5 | C-5 |
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5 | C-5/Gb | C Eb-5 | C-5 | C-5/Gb |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb | Bb Db-5 | Bb-5 |
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb | Bb Db-5 | Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb |
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5 | B-9 B |
[VERSE 2]
Em Em9/D
Like a doll, like a puppet with no will at all
3/4
C | D | Em | |
And somebody told me how to talk, how to walk, how to fall
[GUITAR SOLO]
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
Em A/E | Em7 A/E |
[VERSE 3]
Em Em9/D
Can't complain, I've got no-one but myself to blame
3/4
C | D | Em | |
Something's happening I can't control, lost my hold, is it safe?
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5 | C-5/Gb | C Eb-5 | C-5 |
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5 | C-5/Gb | C Eb-5 | C-5 | C-5/Gb |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb | Bb Db-5 | Bb-5 |
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb | Bb Db-5 | Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb |
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5 | B-9 B |
[VERSE 4]
Em Em9/D
"Look this way, just a little smile, " is what they say
3/4
C | D | Em | |
"You look better on the photograph; if you laugh, that's okay"
[CHORUS]
3/4 2/4 4/4
C-5 | C-5/Gb | C Eb-5 | C-5 |
I'm a marionette, just a marionette, pull the string
3/4 2/4 3/4
C-5 | C-5/Gb | C Eb-5 | C-5 | C-5/Gb |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as long as I sing
3/4 2/4 4/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb | Bb Db-5 | Bb-5 |
I'm a marionette, see my pirouette, round and round
3/4 2/4 3/4
Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb | Bb Db-5 | Bb-5 | Bb-5/Fb |
I'm a marionette, I'm a marionette, just a silly old clown
[FINAL INTERLUDE]
7/8 4/4
C-5 | B-9 | B |
[OUTRO] - super slowed down and in all 4/4.
Em Em9/D
"You're so free, " that's what everybody's tell - ing me
C | D | Em | |
Yet I feel I'm like an outward-bound, pushed around, refugee
Source: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/abba/im_a_marionette_chords_1799998