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