Chords for Okkervil River - A King and a Queen

Tempo:
137.7 bpm
Chords used:

C

Dm

Bb

F

Am

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Okkervil River - A King and a Queen chords
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[F]
[Dm]
[C]
[Bb]
[F] I'm not.
[Dm]
[C]
[Am]
[F] If you want to see and be seen, then [Dm] be seen.
[Bb] Your dress is [C] dark red [F] and your opening eyes are bright green.
[Dm] Make a scene, [Bb] but don't lie on the bed laid out like you're dead.
[Dm] Because honey, you're [C] murdering me.
[C]
[F] [Am]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[D] [C]
[F] Be a little sheep learning [Dm] who'll shear and who'll feed.
The [Bb] hands come and they leave.
Be [F] hands holding [E] a knife.
Be [Dm] a being on two feet [Bb] with his heart [C] trembling.
[Bb] Butchering for [Am] a king he [Dm] believes in, though he's never [C] seen.
La la [F] la la.
[Am]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[F] [Em]
[Dm]
[Bb] [C]
[Gm] [C]
[Bb] Princess in that [Am] stone tower,
[Dm] crying [F] for [Am] that handsome
[Dm] butcher's plight.
And [C] as some princess might, she [Bb] still calls him [C] a knight.
But [F] the best thing [Am] for you would [Dm] be queen.
So be queen.
[Bb] You're all that [C] I need, though [F] I know that [Am] it never [Dm] can be.
I'd be pleased [Bb] to post your [C] decrees, [Bb] to fall at [C] your knees.
[Dm] To nail all your streets and [Bb] to sit down [C] and weep.
When [Dm] you carried back through them [Bb] and sat down and [C] slid down and [Dm] lied by your side.
For [Bb] sublime centuries, till we [Dm] crumbled to [Am] dust.
And were [Bb] crushed by a [C] single [F] sunbeam.
[Bbm] [C]
[G]
[F]
[B]
[Dm] [Bb]
[B] [C]
[G] [C]
[F]
[G] [Am]
[D]
[F]
Key:  
C
3211
Dm
2311
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
Am
2311
C
3211
Dm
2311
Bb
12341111
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_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] I'm not. _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] If you want to see and be seen, then [Dm] be seen.
[Bb] Your dress is [C] dark red [F] and your opening _ eyes are bright green.
[Dm] Make a scene, [Bb] but don't lie on the bed laid out like you're dead.
[Dm] Because honey, you're _ [C] murdering me. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] Be a little sheep learning [Dm] who'll shear and who'll feed.
The [Bb] hands come and they leave.
Be [F] hands holding [E] a knife.
Be [Dm] a being on two feet [Bb] with his heart [C] trembling. _ _
[Bb] Butchering for [Am] a king he [Dm] believes in, though he's never [C] seen. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ La la [F] la la.
_ [Am] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ Princess in that [Am] stone _ tower, _
[Dm] _ crying [F] _ for [Am] that _ handsome _ _
[Dm] butcher's plight.
And [C] as some princess might, she [Bb] still calls him [C] a knight.
But [F] the best thing [Am] for you would [Dm] be queen.
So be queen. _
[Bb] You're all that [C] I need, though [F] I know that [Am] it never [Dm] can be.
I'd be pleased [Bb] to post your [C] _ decrees, [Bb] to fall at [C] your knees.
[Dm] To nail all your streets and [Bb] to sit down [C] and weep.
When [Dm] you carried back through them [Bb] and sat down and [C] slid down and [Dm] lied by your side.
For [Bb] sublime _ centuries, till we [Dm] crumbled to [Am] dust.
And were [Bb] crushed by a [C] single _ [F] sunbeam. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _

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