[Verse 1]
 
G
Marion, born December 5th, 

a Sagittarius
G
Mother & father, 

two little sisters, 

all were immigrants
Am7
America was waiting for you
D
America was waiting for you
G
Marion’s family saw his humor 

as absurdity
G
Nevertheless, he joined 

the local university
Am7
And studied for a third of his life
D
He studied for a third of his life
 
And passed the bar
 
Em7      D                  G
He was a lawyer, working for free
        C        D
And was fervid in speech
Em7        D                G
All of the workers that he’d protect
       C             D
Say he practiced what he preached
 

[Verse 2]
 
G
Hated the mayor, so he petitionеd 

to recall the guy
G
For he attеmpted selling off 

Seattle City Light
Am7
Two hundred thousand names on the form
D
Two hundred thousand names on the form
G
He, with the people on his side, 

became a congressman
G
Winning a district 

often taken by Republicans
Am7
To Washington from Washington State
D
To Washington from Washington State
 
At thirty-two
 
Em7             D       G
When re-elected everyone loved him
C             D
Except for his peers
Em7    D              G
A coalition set on his downfall
      C          D
Would form in his last years
 
 
[Bridge]
 
G G Bm
       He married a woman he knew 

for a week 'cause he couldn’t wait
G G Bm              C           
       Took part in a riot while 
          D
still on his honeymoon
G G Bm
       They took him away in a jacket 

to the sanitarium
G G Bm             C     
       Declared as insane, 
        D
jumped the fence of the place, & soon
Cm                              G
Returning home, announced his re-election
C                       D  D
Then called the campaign off again
G                               
Almost as if becoming lesser like 
                    Am7   D   
yourself had been an art
G                            
Marion, less subdued & sober, 
                         Am7 D
saw the world observe him fall apart
 

[Verse 3]
 
G
He wrote a note & left his 

window several stories high
G
Landed abruptly near the car 

his wife was waiting by
Am7
They say she changed the day 

that he died
D
They say she changed the day 

that he died
G
And in the note, he said his only hope 

in life had been
G
That he’d improve upon the way 

the world was living in
Am7
But people only knew him as strange
D
The people only knew him as strange
 
And nothing more
 
Em7        D                 G
Were you a genius, were you a fool
      C        D
Or in need of a cure?
 
Em7       D               G
Was it in anger, was it in fear
       C         D
Or had it been in fervor?
 
 
[Outro]
G
All of the quirks we used 

to have are now a symptom of
G
Acronyms we don’t get to know 

that we’re the victims of
Am7
Then people say that we’ll never change
D
And so, of course, we don’t ever change
 
But still, we try

ℹ️ About This Song

On the 4th of June 2021, the track was released produced by Left at London.

Track Info

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Song: The Ballad of Marion Zioncheck

• Artist: Left at London
• Produced by Left at London
• Album t​.​i​.​a​.​p​.​f​.​y​.​h.

Chords Info

• Tuning: (EADGBE)
• Key: G#
• Capo: 1st fret
• Chords: G, Am7, Bm, C, Cm, D, Em7
• Suggested Strumming:DU DU DU DU
• D = Down Stroke, U = UpStroke, N.C = No Chords

Guitar Chords	Ukulele Chords
G – 320003 Am7 – x020210 Bm – x24432 C – x32010 Cm – x35543 D – xx0232 Em7 – 020000	G – 0232 Am7 – 0000 Bm – 4222 C – 0003 Cm – 0333 D – 2220 Em7 – 0202