Suzanne Vega - Marlene on the Wall

      
 
 words & music by Suzanne Vega
 
 !!!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       C6               
 her mocking smile says it all
 Bm7sus4       Bm7          
 as she records the rise and
 Cmaj7                        
 fall of every soldier passing
 Em7                           
 but the only soldier now is me
 Cmaj7              C6       
 I'm fighting things I cannot
 Bm7sus4          Bm7             
 see. I think its called my desti-
 G/C    D/C G/C Cmaj9   
 ny but I am 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
 
                 Cmaj7             
 CHORUS (on last  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       C6               
 her mocking smile says it all
 Bm7sus4                    
 as she records the rise and
 Cmaj7        
 fall of every
 Em7                   
 but the only now is me
 Cmaj7               C6      
 I'm fighting things I cannot
 Bm7sus4          Bm7             
 see I think it's called my desti-
 G/C    D/C G/C Cmaj9   
 ny but I am changing
 
 OUTRO
 Cmaj7 D  Cmaj7 D  Cmaj7 E 
  |  |  |  |  | 
 
 nice song but not that easy...
 
 have fun!
 Erik Pischel
 pischel@informatik.hu-berlin.de