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