Tangled Up Puppet chords by Harry Chapin

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

(capo 3rd fret)
Note: For the full "Harry" effect, tune 6 to D.


Dsus4Dsus4 - D MajorD - Dsus2Dsus2 - D MajorD - Dsus4Dsus4 - D MajorD - Dsus2Dsus2 - D MajorD (2x's)

   D MajorD
I'm a tangled up puppet
          E minor 7Em7
Spinning 'round in knots
    A7A7       E minor 7Em7
And the more I see what used to be
  A7A7        D MajorD
The less of you I've got

      D MajorD       D/C#      D/B     D/AD/A
There was a time that you curled up in my lap like a child
   G+G      G/F#     E minor 7Em7      Em/DEm/D
You'd cling to me smiling, your eyes wide and wild
    B minorBm       Bm/ABm/A     Bm/G#   Em/GEm/G
Now you slip through my arms, wave a passing hello
E minorEm       Em/DEm/D     A/C#A/C#      D MajorD
Twist away and toss a kiss, laughing as you go


      D MajorD        D/C#   D/B       D/AD/A
You used to say "Read me a story and sing me songs of love"
   G+G         G/F#      E minor 7Em7    Em/DEm/D
For you were Princess Paradise on the wings of a dove
    B minorBm       Bm/ABm/A     Bm/G#   Em/GEm/G
Now I chase you and tease you trying to remake you my own
E minorEm             Em/DEm/D     A/C#A/C#   D MajorD     G/AG/A
But you just turn away and say "please leave me alone."


      D MajorD                   E minor 7Em7
And I'm a tangled up puppet all hanging in your strings
    A7A7       E minor 7Em7      A7A7      D MajorD
I'm a butterfly in a spider's web, fluttering my wings
                            E minor 7Em7
And the more that I keep dancing and spinning round in knots
   A7A7       E minor 7Em7        A7A7        D MajorD
The more I see what used to be and the less of you I've got


      D MajorD       D/C#    D/B    D/AD/A
You are a drawer full of makeup and rinses and things
      G+G      G/F#       E minor 7Em7    Em/DEm/D
You keep changing your moods like your earrings and rings
    B minorBm       Bm/ABm/A       Bm/G#     Em/GEm/G
But tonight while we played tag for five minutes in the yard
E minorEm     Em/DEm/D   A/C#A/C#      D MajorD    G/AG/A
Just for a moment I caught you off guard

      D MajorD                   E minor 7Em7
And I'm a tangled up puppet all hanging in your strings
    A7A7       E minor 7Em7      A7A7      D MajorD
I'm a butterfly in a spider's web, fluttering my wings
                            E minor 7Em7
And the more that I keep dancing and spinning round in knots
   A7A7       E minor 7Em7        A7A7        D MajorD
The more I see what used to be and the less of you I've got


B minorBm            G+G
But now you write your secret poems
    A augmentedA         B minorBm
In a room just for your dreams
   G+G         B minorBm
You don't find time to talk to me
 E MajorE          B minorBm   A augmentedA
About the things you mean
    G+G
What I mean is...


    D MajorD        D/C#     B minorBm    D/AD/A
I have watched you take shape from a jumble of parts
   G+G         G/F#   E minorEm      Em/DEm/D
And find the grace and form of a fine work of art
   F#7F#7       B minorBm  Bm/ABm/A    Bm/G#     Em/GEm/G
Hey you my brand new woman   newly come into your own
E minor 7Em7         Em/DEm/D       Em/C#  A augmentedA  D MajorD
Don't you know that you don't need to grow up all alone