Capo 5th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

I?m a tangle up puppet spinning round in knots

And the more I see of what used to be, the less of you I

got

There was a time that you curled up in my lap like a

child

You?d cling to me [G/f#] smiling your [G/e] eyes wide and

wild

Now you slip through my arms, wave a passing [G/e]

hello

Twist away , and toss a kiss, laughing as you go

You used to say, ?Read me a story, and sing me songs

of love?

For you were Princess [G/f#] Paradise, on the [G/e] wings of a

dove

Now I chase you and tease you trying to remake you my

own

But you just turn away and say, ?Please leave me

alone.?

And I?m a tangled up puppet, all hanging in your

strings

I?m a butterfly in a spider?s web, fluttering my

wings

And the more that I keep dancing, and spinning

?round in knots

The more I see what used to be and the less of you I

got

You are a drawer full of make-up and rinses and

things

You keep changing your [G/f#] moods like your [G/e] earrings and

rings

But tonight while we played tag for five minutes in the

yard

Well, just for a moment, I caught you off guard

And I?m a tangled up puppet all hanging in your

strings;

I?m a butterfly in a spider?s web, fluttering my

wings

And the more that I keep dancing, and spinning

?round in knots,

The more I see what used to be and the less of you I

got

But for now you write your secret poems in a

room just for your dreams

You don?t find time to talk to me about the things you

mean. . .

What I mean is

I have watched you takes shape from a jumble of

parts

And find the grace and [G/f#] form of a [G/e] fine work of

art

Hey, you, my brand new woman, newly come into your

own,

Don?t you know that you don?t need to grow up all

alone