Guitar Chords for "Marlene on the wall" Suzanne Vega
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"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]her mocking [C6]smile says it all
[Bm7sus4]as she records[Bm7] the rise and
[Cmaj7]fall of every soldier passing
[Em7]but the only soldier now is me
[Cmaj7]I'm fighting things[C6] I cannot
[Bm7sus4]see. I think its [Bm7]called my desti-
[G/C]ny but [D/C]I [G/C]am [Cmaj9]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
CHORUS (on last [Cmaj7] 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.
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[Em7]Marlene watches from the wall
Cmaj7]her mocking [C6]smile says it all
[Bm7sus4]as she records the rise and
[Cmaj7]fall of every <1.man whose been here / 2.soldier passing>
[Em7]but the only <1.one here / 2.soldier> now is me
[Cmaj7]I'm fighting things [C6]I cannot
[Bm7sus4]see I think it's [Bm7]called my desti-
[G/C]ny but [D/C]I [G/C]am [Cmaj9]changing
<1.[D]changing changing
[Cmaj7]changing changing :||
/2.[D] Marlene on the wall.>
OUTRO
[Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [E]
nice song but not that easy...
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The above is solely MY INTERPRETATION of this great song, in a format aimed at learning guitarists.
No attempt has been made to copy or reproduce the artist's or publisher's sheet music for the song,
if such exists.
It can be used for INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. To play the song as it should be played, you should
purchase the official sheetmusic for the song. You should also purchase and listen to the song to learn
the rhythm and timing of the song - this is essential if you wish to play the song with any degree of accuracy
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