Im A Marionette by ABBA
Key: EmEm | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    



Intro
(bass)
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(add synth)
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(drums)
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(urgent strings)
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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/F#            | C    D#-5 | C-5   |
I'm a marionette, just  a marionette, pull the    string
3/4                                2/4         3/4
C-5             | C-5/F#         | C    D#-5 | C-5           | C-5/F# |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as     long as I sing
3/4                                     2/4          4/4
A#-5             | A#-5/E            | A#    C#-5 | A#-5  |
I'm  a marionette, see    my pirouette, round and    round
3/4                                    2/4         3/4
A#-5            | A#-5/E            | A#   C#-5 | A#-5           | A#-5/E |
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]
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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/F#            | C    D#-5 | C-5   |
I'm a marionette, just  a marionette, pull the    string
3/4                                2/4         3/4
C-5             | C-5/F#         | C    D#-5 | C-5           | C-5/F# |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as     long as I sing
3/4                                     2/4          4/4
A#-5             | A#-5/E            | A#    C#-5 | A#-5  |
I'm  a marionette, see    my pirouette, round and    round
3/4                                    2/4         3/4
A#-5            | A#-5/E            | A#   C#-5 | A#-5           | A#-5/E |
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/F#            | C    D#-5 | C-5   |
I'm a marionette, just  a marionette, pull the    string
3/4                                2/4         3/4
C-5             | C-5/F#         | C    D#-5 | C-5           | C-5/F# |
I'm a marionette, everybody's pet, just as     long as I sing
3/4                                     2/4          4/4
A#-5             | A#-5/E            | A#    C#-5 | A#-5  |
I'm  a marionette, see    my pirouette, round and    round
3/4                                    2/4         3/4
A#-5            | A#-5/E            | A#   C#-5 | A#-5           | A#-5/E |
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