Watch her out there on display dancing in her sleepy way all her visions start to play on the icicles of our decay. Marlene ... Fading flowers in her hair she's suffering from wear and tear. She lies in water- falls of dreams. And never questions what it means. Marlene ... And all along the desert shore She wanders further ever more The only thing that's left to try She says "To live, I have to die". She whispers sadly "Well I might" And holds herself so very tight And jumping from an unknown height She merges with the liquid night. Lovers wrap her mist in furs And tell her what she has is hers But when they take her by the hand She slips back in the desert sand. And what she leaves is made of glass Lovers worship as they pass And each one says "Well, now she's mine" But all drink solitary wine. I'll drink it to Marlene Oh Marlene Kevin AyersBananamour 1973 |
Chords (sort of) 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A 004430 Esus11 002220 A Same basic sequence throughout - song is based on a drone in A with various guitar groans overlaid, tweets, wails, grumbles etc. |
Chords given in the form xxoo4o2 (Bm) represent the
frets stopped on each of the six strings of the guitar, lowest pitch on the
left, highest pitch on the right, with standard tuning EADGBE. A t means that
the thumb is used to fret the low E string. An x means that this particular
string is not played, or damped, and an o means that it is open (no fret is
fingered for that string - or, if you like, the "zeroth" fret is
stopped). A 4 (for example) means that a finger is placed on fingerboard behind
(towards the tuning-peg end) the 4th fret. Or, if you like to think of it that
way, in the 4th "space" between frets. (Most guitars have mother of
pearl dots inlaid behind the 3rd, 5th 7th, 9th and 12th (octave) frets.)