Intro:
A Major, Barred at 5: 577655. Herein referred to as A
A Minor, Barred at 5: 577555. Herein referred to as Am
B Minor, Barred at 7: 799777. Herein referred to as Bm
B major, Barred at 7: 799877. Herein referred to as B
Gb Minor, Barred at 2: 244222. Herein referred to as Gbm
F# Major, Barred at 2: 244322. Herein referred to as F#
F Major, Barred at 1: 133211. Herein referred to as F
C# Major, Barred at 9: 99[11][11]99. Herein referred to as C#
                                                
Intro                                                   
A *3, Bm *1, F *3, Gbm *1                            
A *3, Bm *1, F *2, Gbm *1

Verse 1: Strummed
A           Bm             F            Gbm                  
Sometimes an empire doesn't fall
A           Bm             F            Gbm
As masked invaders climb the walls
A           Bm             F            Gbm
Or spreading fires or rising floods
A           Bm             F            Gbm
Sometimes it dies within

A           Bm             F            Gbm                  
The king and queen, they go to bed
A           Bm             F            Gbm                  
On years of quiet neglect
Bm,      Am,           A,           Gbm                      
To find the coffers bare but with
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B                  
The musk of arrogance
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B
The musk of arrogance                           

B (though I'm not sure he actually plays anything)       
With me, you're making the same mistakes I made 
B                      Something           Gbm
with you I couldn't convey I felt the same

??              ??      ??
It's true, we're marionettes
Bm                   A  
But we pull the strings
 
Something              Am             C#       B
And here as we dance, we tangle

I'm spinning you round and closer we're wound

We're marionettes 

Intro
A *3, Bm *1, F *3, Gbm *1                            
A *3, Bm *1, F *2, Gbm *1

A           Bm             F            Gbm                  
There's comfort in a holding hand
A           Bm             F            Gbm          
A schedule on which you depend
A           Bm             F            Gbm
A cage in which you're snugly penned
A           Bm             F            Gbm
That's what we have become

A           Bm             F            Gbm
A cyclone in a glass of wine
A           Bm             F            Gbm
We both have wishbones for a spine.
Bm,      Am,           A,           Gbm                      
But how long will we play this record's tattered side
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B                  
Afraid to change the song? 
F#        Gbm,         Am,        B                  
Afraid to change the song?