INTRO: G5 A5 G#5 G5 B5 Farewell to this land's cheerless marches hemmed in like a boar between arches her very Lowness with her head in a sling D5 E5 I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing B5 I say Charles don't you ever crave to appear on the front of the Daily Mail D5 E5 G5 A5 G#5 G5 dressed in your Mother's bridal veil? B5 And so I checked all the registered historical facts and I was shocked into shame to discover how I'm the 18th pale descendent D5 E5 of some old queen or other B5 Oh 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 D5 E5 G5 A5 G#5 G5 I swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were B5 So I broke into the Palace with a sponge and a rusty spanner she said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing" D5 E5 I said: "that's nothing - you should hear me play piano" B5 We 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 D5 E5 G5 A5 G#5 G5 no-one talks about castration B5 We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry and talk about precious things like love and law and poverty D5 E5 these 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 B5 Passed the pub that saps your body and the church who'll snatch your money D5 the Queen is dead, boys E5 and 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 B5 D5 E5 Life 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
