Puppet Strings Lyrics

Words & Music By Randy Stonehill
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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Verse:
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I can't keep from mourning for this
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top - sy tur - vy world With
all it's strife and
pain . . .
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Mour- ning for the lost and the
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des - perate chil - dren who
can't re - mem - ber their
names and I can
Chorus:
feel it in my soul now the
end is getting near I can
hear the devil laughing and it's
ring ing in my
Chorus Ending 1:
ears . . . .
(Back To Verse)
Chorus Ending 2:
ears We are all like fool -ish
puppets Who'r De - sir - ing to be
kings And lie pit if ful ly
crippled Af - ter cut ting our own
strings . . . .
(Back To Verse)