The Queen and the Soldier ~ Suzanne Vega [Lyrics] Chords

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[B] The soldier came knocking [Em] upon the queen's door.
[D] He said, I [A] am not fighting [D] for you [A]
anymore.
[B] And the queen knew she'd [Bm] seen his [G] face someplace before.
[D] And [C#m] slowly she let him [D] inside. _ _
[E] [B] He said, I've watched [Bm] your palace [G] up here on the hill.
And [D] I've [A] wondered who's the woman [D] for [A] whom we all kill.
But [B] I am [Bm] leaving tomorrow, and [G] you can do what you will.
[D] Only [A] first I am asking [D] you why. _
_ [G] Down the [D] long, narrow hall he was led [E] into her room
with her [Bm] tapestries read.
And she'd never once took [G] the crown from her head.
[D] She asked [A] him there to sit [D] down. _ _
_ _ _ [E] He [B] said, I see you now, and [G] you are so very young.
But [D] I've seen more [C#m] battles lost [D] than I [A] have battles won.
And [B] I've got this [Bm] intuition, [G] says it's all for your fun.
[D] And now will [C#m] you tell [D] me why?
_ [B] Well, the young [Bm] queen, she fixed him [G] with an arrogant eye.
She [D] said, you [A] won't understand, [D] and you may [A] as well not try.
[Bm] But her face was a child, [G] and he thought she would cry.
[D] But she closed [A] herself up [D] like a fan.
_ [G] And she said, I've swallowed [D] a secret burning thread.
[E] It cuts me inside, and often I bled.
[Bm] He laid his hand then [G] on the top of her head.
[D] And he [C#m] bowed her down [D] to the ground.
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_ [D] _ _ And [B] tell me how [Bm] hungry are you, [G] how weak you must feel,
[D] as you [A] are living here alone, [D] and you are [A] never revealed.
[B] But I won't march again [G] on your battlefield.
[D] And he took her [A] to the window to see.
_ [B] And the sun, it was [Bm] gold, [G] although the sky was gray.
[D] And she [A] wanted more [D] than she [A] ever could say.
[B] But she knew [Bm] how it frightened [G] her.
She turned away [D] and would [A] not look at his [D] face again.
_ [G] He said, I want to live [D] as an honest [E] man,
to get all I deserve and to give all I can,
and [Bm] to love a young woman [G] who I don't understand.
[D] Your Highness, [A] your [D] ways are very strange. _ _ _
[B] But the crown, it had [Bm] fallen, [G] and she
thought she would break.
[D] And she stood [C#m] there, ashamed [E] of the way [A] her heart [Bm] ached.
And she took him to the [G] doorstep,
and she asked him to wait.
[D] She would [A] only be a moment [D] inside. _
_ [A] [Bm] Out in the distance, her order [G]
was heard.
[D] And the soldier [A] was killed, [D] still waiting [A] for her word.
[Bm] And while the queen went on strangling [G] in the solitude,
she performed.
[D] The battle [A] _ [D] continued [A] on.
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