Chords for Al Stewart - Palace of Versailles

[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [B] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [B]
[Em] The wands of smoke [Am] are rising [D] from the walls of the [G] Bastille
[C] And through the streets [A] of Paris runs [D] the sense of the [B] unreal
[Em] The kings have all [Am] departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere
We [C] burned out all [A] their mansions in [D] the name of [B] Robespierre
And still [C] we wait [D] to see [G] the day begin
Our [C] time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] wondering [B] why [C] it echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
_ [C] [F#] Inside [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ [Em] the midnight [Am] council [D] the lamps are [G] burning low
[Em] Oh you sit and talk [Am] all through [D] the night but there's just no place [B] to go
_ [Em] Bonaparte is [Am] coming [D] with his army from the [G] south
[C] Mariah [G] days [Am] are numbered [D] and we live hand [B] to mouth
While [C] we wait _ [D] to see [G] the day begin
Our [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] wondering [B] why [C] it echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
_ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
The ghost of [Am] revolution [D] still crawls the Paris [G] streets
[C] Down all the [Am] restless sentries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete
[Em] It speaks inside [Am] the cheap red wine [D] of campaign [G] sermon nights
[C] It's red and [A] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights
Why do [C] you wait [D] to see [G] the day [G] begin?
Your [C] time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] wondering [B] why [C] it echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles _ _
Wondering [Am] why [D] it _ [G] echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] _ _
[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _