(intro)  A5 (abafado) A5 (abafado) A5 (abafado) A5 (abafado)

         A5
I was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call
    F#5
Yeah my friend Lex was lying in the hospital
       B5
She'd been pretty sick for about half a year
         E5
But it seems liked this time the end was drawing near

      A5
So dropped my plans and jumped the next London train
   F#5
I found her laid up and in a lot of pain
     B5
Her eyes met mine and then I understood
            E5                       E5
That the weather forecast wasn't looking too good
      A5
So I sat and spun her stories for a little while
  F#5
Tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile
           B5                            B5
But she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head
          E5                       E5
Drew me close and listen this is what she said now

(refr?o)
   A5             F#5
"You'll live to dance another day,
          B5                   E5            E5
it's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,
    A5          F#5
so stop looking so damn depressed
     B5
and sing with all your heart
           E5
that the Queen is dead"

          A5
Yeah she told me she was sick of all the hospital food
        F#5
And of doctors, distant relatives, draining her blood
     B5                                 B5
She said "I know I'm dying, but I'm not finished just yet,
       E5                          E5
I am dying for a drink and for a cigarette"
        A5
So we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel
        F#5
In the centre of the City and to raise some Hell
       B5                                           E5
They waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep
    E5
We know we're good and done

(refr?o)
   A5             F#5
"You'll live to dance another day,
          B5                   E5            E5
it's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,
    A5          F#5
so stop looking so damn depressed
     B5
and sing with all your heart
           E5       B5
that the Queen is dead"

(bridge)
E5                              B5
   And South London's not the same anymore
E5               B5
   The Queen is dead,
E5                       B5                        E5
   and the last of the great has finally gone to bed

(verso lento)
             A5
Well I was working on some words when Sarah called me up
              F#5
She said that Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up
    B5
And even though I knew that there was nothing to be done
        E5                                     E5
I felt bad for not being there and now, well, she was gone
      A5
So I tried to think what Lex would want me to do
    F#5
At times like this when I was feeling blue
       B5
So I gathered up some friends to spread the sad sad news
                      E5           E5
And we headed to the City for a drink or two
And we sang

(refr?o lento)
A5               F#5
   "We live to dance another day,
          B5              E5    E5
it's just now we have to dance for one more of us,
A5                 F#5
   so stop looking so damn depressed,
     B5
and sing with all our hearts,
 E5              F#5
long live the Queen"