• Song:

    The Queen Is Dead

  • Artist:

    The Smiths

  • Album:

    Genius Steals

THE QUEEN IS DEAD  (6.24)

Guitar Tuning: Capo on 2nd fret

CHORDS:
     G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A G#m (133111@4)name="chord_x2444x@1">B  D (xx0232@1)E (022100@1)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 (320003@1)A (x02220@1)G#m (133111@4)G (320003@1)        BFarewell (x2444x@1)to this land's cheerless marches
hemmed in like a boar between arches
her very Lowness with her head in a sling
                           D (xx0232@1)                   EI'm (022100@1)truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing
BI (x2444x@1)say Charles don't you ever crave
to appear on the front of the Daily Mail
D (xx0232@1)                       E (022100@1)           G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4) Gdressed (320003@1)in your Mother's bridal veil?

         BAnd (x2444x@1)so I checked all the registered historical facts
and I was shocked into shame to discover
how I'm the 18th pale descendent
           D (xx0232@1)         Eof (022100@1)some old queen or other
    BOh (x2444x@1)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 (xx0232@1)                          E (022100@1)name="chord_320003@1">G  A (x02220@1)name="chord_133111@4">G#m  GI (320003@1)swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were
     BSo (x2444x@1)I broke into the Palace
with a sponge and a rusty spanner
she said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
                                      D (xx0232@1)        EI (022100@1)said: "that's nothing - you should hear me play piano"
     BWe (x2444x@1)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 (xx0232@1)            E (022100@1)   G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) G#m (133111@4)Gno-one (320003@1)talks about castration
   BWe (x2444x@1)can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
like love and law and poverty
 D (xx0232@1)                    Ethese (022100@1)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 (x2444x@1)the pub that saps your body
and the church who'll snatch your money
             Dthe (xx0232@1)Queen is dead, boys
            Eand (022100@1)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 (x2444x@1)              D (xx0232@1)            ELife (022100@1)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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