Puppet Strings
Words & Music By Randy Stonehill
Transcribed by Brent Pacheco
This is the version from Welcome To Paradise, transcribed as closely as I
could from listening to the album. There are some variations on the album,
but this is the basic gist of it. I've also added chords that can be
adequately substituded rather than playing exactly what it tabbed out.
Let me know if you find any mistakes!
Intro: Asus4 A
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AAus4
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Verse:
AAus4
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I can't keep from mourning for this
AAus4
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top - sy tur - vy world With
AAm
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all it's strife and
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pain . . .
AAus4
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Mour- ning for the lost and the
AAus4
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des - perate chil - dren who
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can't re - mem - ber their
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names and I can
Chorus:
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feel it in my soul now the
CCAG
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end is getting near I can
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hear the devil laughing and it's
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ring ing in my
Chorus Ending 1:
ABm/A
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ears . . . .
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Chorus Ending 2:
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ears We are all like fool -ish
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puppets Who'r De - sir - ing to be
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kings And lie pit if ful ly
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crippled Af - ter cut ting our own
ABm/A
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strings . . . .
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