Artist: Echo and the Bunnymen
Title:THE PUPPET
words and music by echo and the bunnymen
tabbed by:  
john dioso <76711.2312@CompuServe.COM>, john dioso <jdioso@cnsports.com>


INTRO RIFF:
E-----------------------------------  
B-----------------------------------
G-------0-------0------0---0---0---0
D-----2---2---2---2-/4---4---4---4--
A---0-------0-----------------------
E-----------------------------------

repeat riff 3x, then play over chords
|A|D|A|D|A|D|A|D|

verse:
D
i'll practice my fall for practice makes perfect
chained to the wall for maximum hold
the windows too far, too far from my legs
open the door and let out the cold

chorus (play with riff):
    A              D
you knew about this
          A            D
with your head in your hands
A        D
all along
A                 D
i was the puppet, i was the puppet

after 1st chorus:
     C
E|---------------------|------------------
B|---------------------|------------------
G|---0-----0-----0--0--|--0-----0-----0--0
D|---2--3--2--0--2--0--|--2--3--2--0--2--0
A|---3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3--3--3--3--3
E|---------------------|------------------

D
trampolines broken, ceiling has come down
the ache in my back tells me something's gone wrong
rocking horse rocks as the wallpaper peels
curtain would like to know what he has done

repeat chorus + break (guitar actually only plays higher notes, which are picked
quickly, like a mandolin; the lower notes mimic the keyboard):

play 2x
    D            C               D           C
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-|
G|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--7------------------------5-|-7------------------------5-|
A|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|

    D        C         D   C 
E|------------------|----------|
B|--10--12--10---8--|--10------|
G|------------------|----------|
D|--7---9---7----5--|--7-------|
A|------------------|----------|
E|------------------|----------|

guitar tacet (bass only)

G|------------------|-----------------|
D|------------------|-----------------|
A|--7-7------7------|--7-7------7-----|
E|------8-5----8-5--|------8-5----8-5-|

D
we're the salt of the earth
(i'll practice my fall for practice makes perfect)
and we know what to say
(chained to the wall for maximum hold)
we're the salt of the earth
(the windows too far, too far from my legs)
and we know our place
(open the door and let out the cold)

vocal ad lib with with chorus + last verse over |A|D| and riff