Lagu tersebut merupakan bagian dari album studio keempat mereka yang bertajuk Blind Man's Zoo.
Saat debut perilisannya, album yang dirilis melalui Elektra Records itu berhasil menduduki posisi ke-13 di US Billboard 200.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “You Happy Puppet” dari 10.000 Maniacs.
Capo 4
[Intro]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7 x2
[Verse 1]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
How did they teach you to be
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Just a happy puppet dancing on a string
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
How did you learn everything that
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Comes along with slavish funnery?
[Chorus 1]
C Dm
Tell me something if the world is so insane
Am7 F
Is it making you sane again to...
C Dm
Let another man tug at the thread
Am7 F
That pulls up your nodding head?
[Verse 2]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
How did they teach you to be
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Just a happy puppet dancing on a string
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
How do you manage to live inside
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
This tiny stage you can't leave?
[Chorus 1]
C Dm
Tell me something if the world is so insane
Am7 F
Is it making you sane again to...
C Dm
Let another man tug at the thread
Am7 F
That pulls up your nodding head?
[Break]
Bb F
A dullard strung on the wire
F Bb
When the master's gone, you hang there
Bb F
With your eyes and your limbs so lifeless
[Ulangi Chorus 1]
[Verse 3]
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
How did they teach you to be
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
Just a happy puppet dancing on a string
Bbmaj7 Fmaj7
How do you manage to speak
Bbmaj7 F
Your mouth a frozen grin?
[Ulangi Break]
[Chorus 2]
C Dm
Tell me something if the world is so insane
Am7 F
Is it making you sane again to...
C Dm
Let another man tug at the thread
Am7 F
That pulls up your empty wooden head?
[Outro]
C Dm
Your hollowed head, your marble eyes
Am7 F
Your wooden hands and your metal jawpins
C Dm
All wait in limbo for the man
Am7 C F
Who knows how to move you this way
https://www.kompas.com/hype/read/2023/09/14/170500566/lirik-dan-chord-lagu-you-happy-puppet-10.000-maniacs