Jester Tear

The following chords have a slightly higher change then most random

sets of chords, at being the right ones for "Script for a jester's

tear" by Marillion. I have serious doubts about many of them, so

remarks are very welcome.

So here I am once [Dm] more

in the playground of the [Bb] broken [C] hearts,

one more ex[Gm]perience, one more [F] entry

in a [Am] diary, self-[Dm]penned.

Yet another emotional [Bb] sui[C]cide,

overdosed on [Am] sentiment and [Dm] pride.

Too late to say I [G] love you.

Too [Cm] late to restage the [G] play.

A[Cm]bandoning the [G] relics

in my [D] playground of yester[G]day.

I'm [D] losing on the [A] swings,

I'm [F#m] losing on the [Bm] roundabouts.

I'm [D] losing on the [A] swings,

I'm [F#m] losing on the [Bm] roundabouts.

Too much, too soon,

too far to go,

too late to play, [Bm]

the game is [D]o-[Bm]ver,

the game is [D]o-[Bm]ver.

[A] [F#m] [D] [A] [F#m]

[F#sus7] [Bm] [F#sus7] [Bm] [F#sus7]

[F#sus7] [G] [A] [G] [F#sus7]

[F#sus7] [Bm] [F#sus7] [Bm] [F#sus7]

[F#sus7] [G] [A] [G] [F#sus7]

Yet [F#sus7] a[Bm]no[F#sus7]ther e[Bm]motio[F#sus7]nal

su[F#sus7]i[G]cide [A] [G] [F#sus7]

repeat these chords until you get sick of 'em, or

until you reach...:

...[A] the [G] game [F#sus7] is [Em] over....

I [Em] act the [Bm] role in [F#sus7] classic style [Em]

of a [Em] martyr [Bm] carved with a [F#sus7] twisted smyle [Em]

To [Em] bleed the [Bm] lyrics [F#sus7] for this song [Em]

to [Em] write the [Bm] rites, to [F#sus7] right my wrongs [Em]

An [Am] epi[G]taph to a [F] broken dream [G]

to [Am] exor[G]cise this [F]silent scream [G]

A [Em] scream [Bm] [F#sus7] that's [Em] borne

from [Em] sorrow [Bm] [F#sus7] [Em]

etc....

Promised wedding now a [A] wake [F#m] [E] [B]

[A] [F#m] [B]

The [Abm] fool escaped from paradise will look

over his shoulder and cry.

Sit and chew on daffodils and

struggle to answer why?

repeat [Abm] [A] [F#m] [B] with just one variation:

..has gone [Abm] solo in the [A] game,

I've gone [D] solo [F#m] in the [B] game.

Stefan Frank (slfrank@cs.vu.nl)

Vrije Universiteit

Amsterdam

The Netherlands