Smiths – The Queen Is Dead chords

THE QUEEN IS DEAD  (6.24)

Guitar Tuning: Capo on 2nd fret

CHORDS:     G A G#m B  D  E F#:-1-3--2--0--0--0-----| C#:-1-3--2--2--1--3-----|  A:-2-4--3--2--0--0-----|  E:-3-5--4--2--2--4-----|  B:---------0--3--5-----| F#:---------------------|

  INTRO: G  A  G#m  G
         BFarewell to this land's cheerless marches
hemmed in like a boar between arches
her very Lowness with her head in a sling
                           D                     EI'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing
BI say Charles don't you ever crave
to appear on the front of the Daily Mail
D                         E             G    A   G#m   Gdressed in your Mother's bridal veil?

         BAnd so I checked all the registered historical facts
and I was shocked into shame to discover
how I'm the 18th pale descendent
           D           Eof some old queen or other
    BOh has the world changed, or have I changed?
oh has the world changed, or have I changed?
some nine year old tough who peddles drugs
                           D                            E G  A G#m  GI swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were
     BSo I broke into the Palace
with a sponge and a rusty spanner
she said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
                                      D          EI said: "that's nothing - you should hear me play piano"
     BWe can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
but when you are tied to your mother's apron
         D              E     G   A   G#m  Gno-one talks about castration
   BWe can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
like love and law and poverty
 D                      Ethese are the things that kill me

(same as above)
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
but the rain that flattens my hair
these are the things that kill me
            BPassed the pub that saps your body
and the church who'll snatch your money
             Dthe Queen is dead, boys
            Eand it's so lonely on a limb

Pass the pub that wrecks your body
and the church, all they want is your money
the Queen is dead, boys
and it's so lonely on a limb
B                D              ELife is very long, when you're lonely
life is very long, when you're lonely
life is very long, when you're lonely
life is very long, when you're lonely

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