Chords for Suzanne Vega - The Queen And The Soldier (Live At Montreux 2004)

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_ _ _ Are you in the mood for a very long, sad song with a very sad ending? _
No?
_ Well, too bad.
Oh well. _
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_ _ [D] _ _ [A] I thought you might be.
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
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_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [B] A [Bm] soldier came knocking [G]
upon the Queen's door
He [D] said, I am not fighting for you [A] _ anymore
[B] I knew she'd seen [G] his face someplace before
[A] And slowly she let him in
_ [D] _ _ [B] He said, I've watched your palace [G] appear on the hill
And [D] I've wondered who's the woman for [A] whom we all kill
But I [B] am leaving tomorrow and [G] _
_ _ _ [A] you're the one I'm leaving
Only first I am asking [D] you why
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Down the long, [D] narrow highway he was led
[E] _ Into her room with her tapestries red
[Bm] And she never once [G] took the crown from her head
_ [D] She [A] asked him to [D] sit down _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He [B] said, I see you now and [G] you are so very young
[D] But I've seen more [A] battles lost [D] than I have [A] battles won
[B] I've got [F#] this intuition, [G] says it's all for your fun
[D] And now [A] will you tell [D] me _ _ [A] _
_ [B] _ who she [F#m] fixed him [G] with an arrogant eye
She [D] said, you won't [A] _
understand and [D] you may [A] as well not try
[B] But her face was a child [G] and he thought she would cry
But [D] she closed herself up like a fan
_ _ _ [G] _ She said, I've swallowed [F#] a secret burning thread
It [E]
cuts me _ _ inside and often I've bled
[B] And he laid his head there [G] on the top of her
_ [D] And he bowed [A] her down [D] to the ground _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
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_ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _ _
Tell [B] me how hungry are [G] you
You must feel as [D] you are [A] living here alone
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ [B] But I won't march [Bm] again [G] on your battlefield
_ [A] And he took her to the window [D] to see
_ _ And [Bm] the sun, it was gold, [G] though the sky it was grey
[D] She [A] wanted more than she ever could say
[B] But she knew how it frightened [G] her
And she turned away
[A] And would not look at his [D] face again
_ _ [G] And he said, I want to [D] live as an honest man
[E] To get all I deserve and to give all I can
[B] And to love a young woman who [G] I don't understand
[A]
Your Highness, you deserve a reason
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] But the [Bm] crown, it had fallen [G] and she thought she would break
And she [A] stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
[B] And she took him to [Bm] the doorstep [G] and she asked [D] him to wait
She would [A] only be moved [D] _ inside _
_ [B] And out [Bm] in the deep, the crown _ [G] was heard
And [A] the soldier was killed
Still waiting for her to [B] leave
And that [Bm] it was the [G] last time _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ To give you up
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[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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