Marlene On The Wall Chords by Suzanne Vega

_ _ _ _ _ _ This next [G#] song was inspired by _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ [N] this evening which happened a long time ago, which was I guess a few years ago
where I knew that Marlena Dietrich was going to be on television. _ _ _ _
And I [C#] _ _ [G#] had never seen her, so I thought, well, you know, I should really check this out.
So I was there, right, in front of this TV set, which was an old set and it took a while for the picture to come on.
So I turned it on and I'm looking at [E] this blank screen and not only that, but I had forgotten what channel it was on.
So I'm trying to figure out from what I'm hearing which channel could be [F#] the right one. _ _ _
[F] And I'm zipping around, you know, and suddenly I hear this man's voice say, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You have led many men to death with your body, _ he says,
[F#] which I [G#] thought was like a really kind of an interesting and intriguing statement.
And I wasn't really sure if I had gotten the right channel, but I really wanted to find out what in the world
whoever he was talking to would say back.
[B] _ And I thought, you know, of all the things that I [C] might say, you know, if someone were to say this to me,
and I thought, well, you know, knowing [N] myself, I would probably feel somewhat embarrassed or _ apologetic.
I would probably say, _ _ gosh, you know, I'm really sorry.
I'll try and make sure it never happens [F#] again. _ _
_ _ _ _ Or, and [G] then in the next minute, you know, Marlena Dietrich's face bursts onto the screen
and she doesn't look _ _ _ [G#] apologetic or [F] embarrassed or even concerned.
_ She says, give me a kiss, [F#] which of course is the perfect response.
And one I definitely would not have thought of.
And so that's how Marlena on the Wall came to be written.
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_ _ _ Even if I'm in love with you, all this to say what's it to [G#] you, observe the blood,
the rose tattoo [B] of the fingerprints on me [F#] from you.
Other evidence has shown that you and I are still alone.
[G#] We skirt around the danger zone [B] and don't talk about it later.
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Marlena [C#m] watches from [A] the wall.
Her mocking smile [F#] says it all.
[C#m] As she reports the rise [D] and fall of [A] every soldier [F#m] passing.
But the only soldier now is [D] me.
I'm fighting [E] things I cannot [C#] see.
[C#m] I think it's called my [D] destiny that I am [E] changing.
_ _ _ Marlena [D] on the Wall.
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[A] _ _ _ _ [F#] Well, I walked to your house in the afternoon by the butcher shop with the sawdust [G#] strewn.
Don't give away the goods too soon is what she might have told me.
And [F#] I tried so hard to resist when you held me in your handsome [G#] fist
and reminded me of the night we'd kissed and of why I should be leaving.
_ [F#m] _ Marlena watches [D] from the wall.
Her mocking smile [C#] says it all.
[C#m] As she reports the [A] rise and fall of every soldier [F#m] passing.
But the only soldier now [A] is me.
I'm fighting things I cannot [F#m] see.
[C#m] I think it's called my [D] destiny that I am [E] changing.
_ _ Marlena [D] on the Wall.
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_ _ _ [F#m] Marlena watches [D] from the wall.
Her mocking [A] smile says [C#] it all.
As she [E] reports the [D] rise and fall of every [F#m] soldier passing.
But the only soldier now [A] is me.
I'm fighting things I cannot [C#] see.
I think [E] it's called my [D] destiny that I am [E] changing. _ _
Marlena [D] on the Wall.
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_ _ [F#] And even if I am in love with you, all this to say what's it to do?
[G#] Observe the blood and those tattoo of the fingerprints on me from you.
[F#] Other evidence has shown that you and I are [G#] still alone.
We skirt around the danger zone and don't talk about it later.
[F#] And I tried so hard to resist when you held me in your handsome fist
[G#] and reminded me of the night we kissed and of why I should be leaving.
_ [F#m] _ Marlena watches from [D] the wall.
Her mocking smile [C#] says it all.
As she [E] reports the rise [D] and fall of every man who's been [F#m] here.
But the only one here [D] now is me.
I'm fighting things I cannot [F#m] see.
[C#m] I think it's called [D] my destiny that I am [E] changing. _
Changing, changing, [B] _ changing, _ changing.
[F#m] _ Marlena watches [D] from the wall.
Her mocking smile [C#] says it [C#m] all.
As she records the [D] rise and fall of every soldier [F#m] passing.
But the only soldier now is [D] me.
I'm fighting [E] things I [C#] cannot see.
[C#m] I think it's called [D] my destiny [A] that I am changing.
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Marlena on [D] the Wall.
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