Chords for Al Stewart - Palace Of Versailles (TOPPOP)

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[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] The _ [Em] ones of smoke arising [D] from the walls of the [G] Bastille
[C] And through the [Am] streets of Paris [D] runs a sense of the [B] unreal
[Em] The kings have [Am] all departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere
[C] We burned out [Am] all their mansions in [D] the name of [B] Robespierre
And still [C] we wait [D] to see the day it [G] again
Our [C] 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
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[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] days are numbered [D] and we live hand [B] to mouth
While [C] we wait [D] to see [G] the day it again
Our [C] time [D] is wasting in the [G] wind
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] _
[B] wondering why
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
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[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
Ghost of [C] revolution [D] still crawls the [G] Paris streets
[Em] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete
[Em] It speaks in [Am] sight, the cheap red [D] wine of café [G] summer nights
[C] It's red and [Am] amber voices [D] call the cars of [B] traffic lights
Why [C] do you wait [D] to [G] see the day it again?
[C] Your 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
_ Wondering _ _ [Am] why, [D] _ [G] it echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
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[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _