Standard Tuning, Capo 2 INTRO: (Deep chords set an ominus atmosphere) |1) e|--------------------------------------------------------|------------| B|--------------------------------------------------------|------------| G|--2-------2---2-----------2---1-------------------------|------------| D|--2-------3---2----0------2---2---0-------1---0---1-----|----0---0---| A|--3-------3---3----0------2---2---1-------1---1---3-----|----0---0---| E|--0-------0---0----1------0---0---3-------3---3---------|----3---2---| x2 |2) e|-------------------- PROGRESSION: B|-------------------- G|------------0---0--- Am.. Am6 Am | Dm.. Esus4 E | D|----3---0---0---2--- Gm.. Gm6 Gm | Cm.. Dsus4 D | A|----3---0---x---2--- Am.. Am6 Am | Dm.. Esus4 E | E|----1---1---3---0--- Gm.. Gm6 Gm | F5 Dm | G5 Em Am Em C G/B Am So many years ago, many more than I'd even care to bear in my mind Em G D/F# From the darkest of all places I found you Am Em C G/B Am All the limbs in their right places and a heart made of real gold Em G D/F# Sell me your little doll, oh sir, I ask you kind C Em Dadd11 C Em Dadd11 C Every night I returned to watch them- The master and the puppet in the show Em Dadd11 C Em Dadd11 C He said "Oh no, I cannot sell him. Priceless he is, masterpiece of mine." Am Em C G/B Please sell me your puppet, sir, name your price oh please! Am Em G D/F# Whatever you may ask, tenfold the price I pay Am Em C G/B Did I not make it clear? This debate is over Am Em G D/F# I will never part from this puppet, my son C Em Dadd11 C Em Dadd11 C With hungry eyes I followed them all night, the blind master and the puppet he had made Em Dadd11 C Em Dadd11 C No, sir, to sell is not my will! The doll is mine, even if I have to kill Bb Dm C Bb Dm C Bb So it shall be, if this is what it takes. Greed is truly blinder than me Dm C Bb Dm C Bb Heart of gold is what you wish for? So this little boy wants to be a puppet, for real ..Dm C Bb.. Dm C G Bb Dm C F Bb Dm C G C Dadd11 D5 So I have the golden heart C Dadd11 B D5 Now only needing the voice of the master C G/B Dadd11 E Never feel hunger, never grow older C D5 B Am My dream was to be a star in a real puppet show ..Em C G/B Am Em G D/F# Am Em C G/B Am Em G D/F# Am Em C G/B Am Em G D/F# Am Em C G/B Am Em G D/F# (USE INTRO's CHORD SPELLINGS) Am Am6 Am Dm Esus4 E Gm It's so hard to remember my life.. The times before the show Gm6 Gm Cm Dsus4 D Am Can I ever cut off the strings? "Take a bow, now dance and sing..." (Sing!) Am6 Am Dm Esus4 E Gm Would you turn me to a child again? "No, never, I am your guide" Gm6 Gm Cm You can see a small grin on the face F5 Dm G5 Em Of the master, when the puppet's in his place Am E G Be careful what you wish for, wishes might come alive (G) E Am The twines are pulling me every day and night (Am) E G The show, the glitter and all the fame, I'd give away for a life (G) Some things can end with a word, they say E Am This only ends with a sharp knife (Knife!) Bb Dm C Dm Bb Dm Gsus4 G Bb Dm C Dm Bb C G E (Strum out on variations of Am..)