Marlene On The Wall Chords

Song: Marlene on the wall
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Composer: Suzanne Vega
Album: Suzanne Vega
 
Tabbed by DJ  13th June 2017
 
NOTE:
Suzanne Vega uses higher inversions of these chords,
but for a single acoustic guitar accompaniment the
chords below have a fuller sound and still retain
those open ringing strings.
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
CAPO: 2nd fret
(Will then sound in the recorded key of F#)
 
Chord names & fret positions are relative to the capo
E     = 022100             Em7    = 075700 or 022030
Esus4 = 022200             Cmaj7  = x35500 or x32000
F#m11 = 202200 or 044200   Bm11   = x20230
Asus2 = x02200             D6sus2 = x5770x
 
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[Intro]
  E            Esus4        F#m11        Asus2
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Verse 1]
E
Even if I am in love with you,
    Esus4
All this to say, what's it to you?
     F#m11
Ob - serve the blood, the rose tattoo,
       Asus2
Of the fingerprints on me from you,
E
   Other evidence has shown that...  
Esus4
     ...You and I are still alone,
   F#m11
We    ...skirt around the danger zone,
          Asus2
And don't talk about it later
 
[Chorus]
Em7                           Cmaj7
     Marlene watches from the wall,
                          Bm11
Her mocking smile says it all,
 
As she records the rise,
    Cmaj7
And fall of every soldier passing,
Em7                             Cmaj7
    But the only soldier now is me,
                             Bm11
I'm fighting things I cannot see,
                               Cmaj7
I think it's called my desti - ny...
          Cmaj7     D6sus2
That I am changing,
               Cmaj7    D6sus2   Cmaj7
 Marlene on the wall
 
[Verse 2]
        E
Well, I walk to your house in the afternoon,
       Esus4
By the butcher's shop, with the sawdust strewn,
F#m11
       'Don't give away the goods too soon!'
   Asus2                              E
Is what she might have told me,
      E
And I tried so hard to resist,
         Esus4
When you held me in your handsome fist,
         F#m11
And re - minded me of the night we kissed,
       Asus2
And of why I should be leaving
 
[Chorus]
Em7                           Cmaj7
     Marlene watches from the wall,
                          Bm11
Her mocking smile says it all,
            Bm11
As she re - cords the rise,
    Cmaj7
And fall of every soldier passing,
Em                              Cmaj7
    But the only soldier now is me,
                             Bm11
I'm fighting things I cannot see,
                               Cmaj7
I think it's called my desti - ny...
          Cmaj7     D6sus2
That I am changing,
               Cmaj7   D6sus2   Cmaj7
Marlene on the wall
 
[Break]
  E            Esus4        F#m11        Asus2
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  E            Esus4        F#m11        Asus2
| /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
 
[Chorus]
Em7                           Cmaj7
     Marlene watches from the wall,
                          Bm11
Her mocking smile says it all,
            Bm11
As she re - cords the rise,
    Cadd9
And fall of every soldier passing,
Em7                              Cmaj7
     But the only soldier now is me,
                             Bm11
I'm fighting things I cannot see,
             Bm11              Cmaj7
I think it's called my desti - ny...
          Cmaj7     D6sus2
That I am changing,
N.C.           Cmaj7   D6sus2   Cmaj7
Marlene on the wall
 
[Verse 3]
    E
And even if I am in love with you,
    Esus4
All this to say, what's it to you?
     F#m11
Ob - serve the blood, the rose tattoo,
       Asus2
Of the fingerprints on me from you,
E
    Other evidence has shown that...  
Esus4
     ...You and I are still alone,
   F#m11
We    ...skirt around the danger zone,
          Asus2
And don't talk about it later
 
[Verse 4]
      E
And I tried so hard to resist,
         Esus4
When you held me in your handsome fist,
         F#m11
And re - minded me of the night we kissed,
       Asus2
And of why I should be leaving
 
[Chorus]
Em7                           Cmaj7
     Marlene watches from the wall,
                          Bm11
Her mocking smile says it all,
            Bm11
As she re - cords the rise,
    Cadd9
And fall of every soldier passing,
Em7                              Cmaj7
     But the only soldier now is me,
                             Bm11
I'm fighting things I cannot see,
             Bm11              Cmaj7
I think it's called my desti - ny...
          Cmaj7
That I am changing,
D6sus2              Cmaj7
Changing, changing, changing, changing!
 
[Chorus]
Em7                           Cmaj7
     Marlene watches from the wall,
                          Bm11
Her mocking smile says it all,
            Bm11
As she re - cords the rise,
    Cadd9
And fall of every soldier passing,
Em7                              Cmaj7
     But the only soldier now is me,
                             Bm11
I'm fighting things I cannot see,
             Bm11              Cmaj7
I think it's called my desti - ny...
          Cmaj7     D6sus2
That I am changing,
N.C.           Cmaj7
Marlene on the wall
 
[Coda]
  D6sus2    Cmaj7 *   D6sus2    Cmaj7 *    E
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