Marlene On The Wall chords by Suzanne Vega

Chords with lyrics

Alternate mode for standard tuning with some corrections and added chord

Tempo is 112

Chords used:

chord  FF A#A# d# g# c f
F#F#   2 4 4 3 2 2
Fsus4Fsus4  2 4 4 4 2 2
G#msus4 4 4 4 4 4 4
BMaj9Bmaj9  X 2 4 3 2 2
Badd2  X 4 4 4 4 2
Fm7Fm7   2 4 2 2 2 2
Dmaj7Dmaj7  X 5 4 2 2 2
D6D6   X 5 4 4 3 2
DMaj9Dmaj9  X 5 4 2 5 2
Cm7sus4 X 4 6 4 7 4
Cm7Cm7   X 4 6 6 5 4
A/D   X 5 2 2 2 5
E MajorE    X 7 9 9 9 7
E/D   X 5 X 4 5 4

Intro: F#F# | F#sus4F#sus4 | G#msus4 | BMaj9Bmaj9

Verse 1:

[F#F#]Even if...
[F#sus4F#sus4]this to say...
[G#msus4]serve the blood...
[Badd2]fingerprints...
[F#F#]other evidence...
[F#sus4F#sus4]you and I...
[G#msus4]skirt around...
[Badd2]talk...

CHORUS
[F#m7F#m7]Marlene...
[Dmaj7Dmaj7]her mocking [D6D6]smile...
[C#m7sus4]as she... [C#m7C#m7] the rise and
[Dmaj7Dmaj7]fall of...
[F#m7F#m7]but...
[Dmaj7Dmaj7]I’m.. [D6D6] I cannot
[C#m7sus4]see... [C#Bm7]called my desti-
[A/D]ny but [E/D]I [A/D]am [DMaj9Dmaj9]changing
[E MajorE] Marlene..
[Dmaj7Dmaj7] | [E MajorE] | [Dmaj7Dmaj7]  (Well I)

Verse 2:
[F#F#]Walk to...
[F#sus4F#sus4]butcher shop...
[G#msus4]¨don’t give...
[Badd2]what you...
[F#F#]tried so hard...
[F#sus4F#sus4]held me...
[G#msus4]minded me...
[Badd2]why I...

CHORUS

Verse 3. Instrumental

CHORUS (on last [Dmaj7Dmaj7] words are: ¨And¨)
repeat 1st verse
(additional lyrics are ¨And I¨ within last bar of 1st verse)
CODA
[F#F#]tried so...
[F#sus4F#sus4]held me...
[G#msus4]minded me...
[Badd2]why I...
||:
[F#m7F#m7]Marlene watches...
[Dmaj7Dmaj7]her mocking [C6C6]smile...
[Cm7sus4]as she...
[Dmaj7Dmaj7]fall of every...
[F#m7F#m7]but the only...
[Dmaj7Dmaj7]I’m fighting things [C6C6]I cannot
[Cm7sus4]see I... [Bm7Bm7]called my desti-
[A/D]ny but [E/D]I [A/D]am [DMaj9Dmaj9]changing


OUTRO
[Dmaj7Dmaj7] | [E MajorE] | [Dmaj7Dmaj7] | [E MajorE] | [Dmaj7Dmaj7] | [F#F#]


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