Chords for Cost of the Crown (Lovers, Lore, & Loss)

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[C#m] _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[C#m] The stars are very beautiful _ above the palace walls
They shine with equal splendor [G#m] still above our humbler halls
[C#m] I watch them from my window but they're bright and trancing [G#m] below _
[C#m] _ Reminds me [F#m] of the freedom I [B] gave up so [C#m] long _ ago
_ _ _ The royal circlet of bright gold rests lightly on my brow
_ I once thought only of the rights this [G#m] circlet would endow
_ [C#] But once I took the crown [C#m] to which I had been schooled and [G#m] read
[C#m] I found it hidden [F#m] beyond the heart [B] though lying [C#m] upon the _ _ head _ _
Although I am the head of state in truth I am the least _
The true queen knows her people fed _
[G#m] before she sits to feast _
[C#m] The good queen knows her people safe before she takes [G#] her [G#m] rest
[C#m] Faced twice and thrice [F#m] and yet again [B]
before she [C#m] makes _ _ requests
_ _ For they are all my children all that I swore to defend
_ It is my duty to become [G#m] both queen and trusted friend
[C#m] And of my children high and low from beggar to [G#m] above
_ [F#] The [C#m] dearest are my heralds who [B] return my care [C#m] with _ love
_ _ The _ dearest are my heralds swift to spring to my command _
Who give me aid and fellowship [G#m] who always _ understand _
[C#m] That land and people first have needs that I may not [G#m] deny _
[C#m] So I must send [F#m] my dearest friends [B] to danger [C#m] and to _ _ lie
_ _ A friend, a love, a child it matters not I know indeed
[G#m] _ [C#m] That I must sacrifice them all [G#m] if there should be the need
_ [C#m] They know and they forgive me doing more than I [G#m] _ require
[C#m] With willing minds [F#m] and loving [B] hearts go straight to grasp [C#m] the fire _ _ _ _ _
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These tears that burn my eyes are all the tears the queen can't shed _
Her tears I weep in silence as [G#m] I mourn my herald's dead
Oh [C#m] gods that dwell beyond the stars if you can hear [G#m] my cry _
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_ _ _ [C#m] And if you [F#m] have _ compassion _ _ _ _ _ _ _ let _ [B] me send no more [C#m] to _ [A#] die
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