The Palace Of Versailles Chords by Al Stewart

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[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
The wands of smoke are rising [D] From the walls of the [G] Bastille
[C] And through the [A] streets of Paris [D] Runs the sense of the [B] unreal
[Em] The kings have [Am] all departed [D] Their servants are [G] nowhere
[C] We burned out [A] all their mansions [D] In the name of [B] Robespierre
And [C] still we wait [D] To [G] see the day begin
[C] Hot 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] And Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] With his army from [G] the south
Mariah, days [Am] are numbered [D] And we live [B] hand to mouth
[C] While we wait [D] To [G] see the day begin
[C] Hot 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] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
Ghost of [C] revolution [D] Still crawls the [G] Paris streets
[C] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] It wanders [B] incomplete
[Em] It speaks [C] inside the cheap red [D] wine Of café [G] summer nights
[C] Its red and [A] amber voices [D] Call the cars of [B] traffic lights
Why [C] do you wait [D] To [G] see the day begin
[C] Your 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] Wondering why [D] It _ [G] echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles
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[B] _ _ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
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[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
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[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _
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