VEGA SUZANNE - "marlene on the wall" Tablature

"Marlene on the wall"
words & music by Suzanne Vega

!!!set capo on 1st fret!!!!
(So all these chords below are one halfstep higher recorded!)
Tempo is 112

Chord-List: (if you wanna play w/o capo, increase the fret-nr by one)

chord F A# d# g# c f
E 0 2 2 1 0 0
Esus4 0 2 2 2 0 0
F#msus4 2 2 2 2 2 2
Amaj9 X 0 2 1 0 0
Aadd2 X 2 2 2 2 0
Em7 0 2 0 0 0 0
Cmaj7 X 3 2 0 0 0
C6 X 3 2 2 1 0
Bm7sus4 X 2 4 2 5 2
Bm7 X 2 4 4 3 2
G/C X 3 0 0 0 3
D X X 0 2 3 2
D/C X 3 0 2 3 2 (you can also play simple D)

Intro: E | Esus4 | F#msus4 | Amaj9
(Last warning: these are the chords for guits w/ capo on 1st fred.
If you play bass or w/o capo, the intro is F|Fsus4|Gm7sus4|Bbmaj9 etc.)

1.
[E]Even ..
[Esus4]this ..
[F#msus4]serve ..
[Aadd2]fingerprints ...
[E]other ..
[Esus4]you ...
[F#msus4]skirt ..
[Aadd2]talk ...

CHORUS
[Em7]Marlene ..
[Cmaj7]her .[C6]smile ..
[Bm7sus4]as .[Bm7] ..
[Cmaj7]fall ..
[Em7]but ..
[Cmaj7]I'm ..[C6] I ..
[Bm7sus4]see. .[Bm7]called ..
[G/C]ny but [D/C]I [G/C]am [Cmaj9]changing
[D] Marlene ..
[Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] (Well I)

2.
[E]Walk ..
[Esus4]butcher ..
[F#msus4]"don't..
[Aadd2]what ..
[E]tried so ..
[Esus4]held ..
[F#msus4]minded .
[Aadd2]why ..

CHORUS

3. Instrumental

CHORUS (on last [Cmaj7] words are: "And")
repeat 1st verse
(additional lyrics are "And I" within last bar of 1st verse)
CODA
[E]tried so ..
[Esus4]held ..
[F#msus4]minded ..
[Aadd2]why ...
||:
[Em7]Marlene ..
[Cmaj7]her ..[C6]smile ..
[Bm7sus4]as ..
[Cmaj7]fall .<1.man ../ 2.soldier ..>
[Em7]but ..<1.one ../ 2.soldier> ..
[Cmaj7]I'm ..[C6]I ..
[Bm7sus4]see ..[Bm7]called ..-
[G/C]ny .. [D/C]I [G/C]am [Cmaj9]changing
<1.[D]changing ..
[Cmaj7]changing ..:||
/2.[D] Marlene ...>

OUTRO
[Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [D] | [Cmaj7] | [E]

nice song but not that easy...

have fun!
Erik Pischel
pischel@informatik.hu-berlin.de