please don’t drag that string around : elvis presley .
B – side of devil in disguise which hit #3 on hot 100
on rca records . B – side dnc .

intro : D# G# D# A#

#1 .
D# F
you like to keep me dangling on a string . .
G# D#
cause you know without you , my life don’t

mean a thing .

chorus :
D# G#
so , i beg you . . please don’t drag that string
D#
around , oh , no .
A#
well , what if it should break . . oh , tell me ,
D# D#7
what would i do then?
G# D#
keep that string up off the ground , oh , yeah . .
A# D#
remember my heart is tied to the other end .

#2 .
D# F
yes , i’m your puppet , my heart is in your hand . .
G# D#
one twist on the wrist and i jump to your command .

chorus :
D# G#
so , i beg you . . please don’t drag that string
D#
around , oh , no .
A#
well , what if it should break . . oh , tell me ,
D# D#7
what would i do then?
G# D#
keep that string up off the ground , oh , yeah . .
A# D#
remember my heart is tied to the other end .

#3 .
D# F G#
i feel inside me , as sure as anything . . one day
D#
i’ll mean more to you , than a puppet on a string .

chorus :
D# G#
so , i beg you . . please don’t drag that string
D#
around , oh , no .
A#
well , what if it should break . . oh , tell me ,
D# D#7
what would i do then?
G# D#
keep that string up off the ground , oh , yeah . .
A# D#
remember my heart is tied to the other end .

a sixties smash from kraziekhat .