Marlene On The Wall

 Suzanne Vega 
 "Marlene on the Wall" 
 off of the self-titled album, “Suzanne Vega” (1st album) 
  
 Acoustic: Standard Tuning, Capo 2nd fret 
  
 This song's mostly choc-full of open 'power' chords.  
 Keep the high e and b strings open 
 for that 'open' and 'full' effect  
  
 Intro: 
 E--0-----0-0----0--------| 
 B--0-----0-0----0---(9)--| 
 G--9-----9-9----11---9---| 
 D--9-----9-9----11---9---| 
 A--7----0--0----9----0---| 
 e-------0--0---------9---| 
  
 Verse 1: 
 E--0----| 
 B--0----| 
 G--9----| 
 D--9----| 
 A--7----| 
 e-------| 
   Even if I'm in love with you 
  
 E----0-0----| 
 B----0-0----| 
 G----9-9----| 
 D----9-9----| 
 A---0--0----| 
 e---0--0----| 
 All this to say, what's it to you? 
  
 E----0----| 
 B----0----| 
 G----11---| 
 D----11---| 
 A----9----| 
 e---------| 
     Observe the blood, the rose tattoo 
  
 E----0---| 
 B---(9)--| 
 G----9---| 
 D----9---| 
 A----0---| 
 e----9---| 
 Of the fingerprints on me from you 
  
 ...etc.  
 {It goes on like that} 
  
 Other evidence has shown 
 That you and I are still alone 
 We skirt around the danger zone 
 And don't talk about it later 
  
 Chorus: 
 e--0------------------------0-------------------------------0-| 
 b--0------------------------0-------------------------------0-| 
 g--9------------------------0-------------------------------0-| 
 d--9------------------------10------------------------------9-| 
 a--7------------------------10------------------------------9-| 
 e---------------------------8-------------------------------7-| 
    Marlene watches from the wall, her mocking smile says it all 
  
 e---------------------------------| 
 b---------------------------------| 
 g---------------------------------| 
 d---------------------------9\10--| 
 a---------------------------9\10--| 
 e---------------------------7\8---| 
 As she records the rise and fall 
 Of every soldier passing 
  
 But the only soldier now is me 
 I'm fighting things I cannot see 
 I think it's called my destiny 
 That I am changing 
  
 Marlene on the wall 
  
 I walk to your house in the afternoon 
 By the butcher shop with the sawdust strewn 
 "Don't give away the goods too soon" 
 Is waht she might have told me 
  
 But I've tried so hard to resist 
 when you hold me in your handsome fist 
 and remembered when the night we kissed  
 and why i should be leaving 
  
 Chorus: 
 Marlene watches from the wall 
 Her mocking smile says it all 
 As the records the rise and fall 
 Of every man who's been here 
  
 But the only one here now is me 
 I'm fighting things I cannot see 
 I think it's called my destiny 
 That I am changing, changing, changing, changing... 
  
 Marlene on the wall