Chords for Al Stewart - Palace of Versailles (from Time Passages 1978)
Tempo:
73.35 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
B
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [E]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [E] The
[Em] wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of [G] the Bastille
[C] And through the [A] streets of Paris [D] runs the sense of [B] the unreal
[Em] The kings of [Am] all departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere
[C] We burned out [Am] all their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre
And [C] still we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
[C] Our time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am]
[D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] Inside the [C] midnight council, [D] the lamps are [G] burning low
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go
[Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south
Mariah [Am] Day's a number, [D] and we lift [B] hand to mouth
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
Our [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C]
[B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] The [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
ghost of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets
[C] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete
[Em] It speaks inside [C] the cheap red [D] wine of café's [G] on the nights
[C] Its red and [A] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights
Why do [C] you wait [D] to see [G] the day it again?
Your [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] Wondering why [D] it [G] echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] [D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] [Am]
[D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [C] [D]
[G] [G] [C] [D]
[G] [B] [C]
[B] [C] [Em] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
[Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
[N]
[C] [Am] [B] [E]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [E] The
[Em] wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of [G] the Bastille
[C] And through the [A] streets of Paris [D] runs the sense of [B] the unreal
[Em] The kings of [Am] all departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere
[C] We burned out [Am] all their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre
And [C] still we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
[C] Our time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am]
[D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] Inside the [C] midnight council, [D] the lamps are [G] burning low
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go
[Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south
Mariah [Am] Day's a number, [D] and we lift [B] hand to mouth
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
Our [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C]
[B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] The [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
ghost of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets
[C] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete
[Em] It speaks inside [C] the cheap red [D] wine of café's [G] on the nights
[C] Its red and [A] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights
Why do [C] you wait [D] to see [G] the day it again?
Your [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] Wondering why [D] it [G] echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] [D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] [Am]
[D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [C] [D]
[G] [G] [C] [D]
[G] [B] [C]
[B] [C] [Em] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
[Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
[N]
Key:
C
D
B
Am
G
C
D
B
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [E] The _
[Em] wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of [G] the Bastille
[C] And through the [A] streets of Paris [D] runs the sense of [B] the unreal
[Em] The kings of [Am] all departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere
[C] We burned out [Am] all their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre
And [C] still we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
[C] Our time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] Inside the [C] midnight council, [D] the lamps are [G] burning low
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go
_ [Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south
_ Mariah [Am] Day's a number, [D] and we lift [B] hand to mouth
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
Our [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] _
[B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] The _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
ghost of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets
[C] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete
[Em] It speaks inside [C] the cheap red [D] wine of café's [G] on the nights
[C] Its red and [A] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights
Why do [C] you wait [D] to see [G] the day it again?
Your [C] time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles _ _ _
_ [Am] Wondering why [D] it _ [G] echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ [E] The _
[Em] wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of [G] the Bastille
[C] And through the [A] streets of Paris [D] runs the sense of [B] the unreal
[Em] The kings of [Am] all departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere
[C] We burned out [Am] all their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre
And [C] still we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
[C] Our time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] Inside the [C] midnight council, [D] the lamps are [G] burning low
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go
_ [Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south
_ Mariah [Am] Day's a number, [D] and we lift [B] hand to mouth
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again
Our [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] _
[B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
[Am] The _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
ghost of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets
[C] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete
[Em] It speaks inside [C] the cheap red [D] wine of café's [G] on the nights
[C] Its red and [A] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights
Why do [C] you wait [D] to see [G] the day it again?
Your [C] time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles _ _ _
_ [Am] Wondering why [D] it _ [G] echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _