The Smiths - I Know Its Over (The Queen Is Dead)

Standard Tuning

Mainly Chords

    C (x32010@1)                                              Am7 (x02010@1) 
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F (133211@1) G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)  and as I climb into an empty bed 
          Am7oh (x02010@1)well, enough said
FG          F (133211@1)            G (320003@1) I know it's over still I cling
F (133211@1)                        G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)    GF
I don't know where else I can go, mother

    C (x32010@1)                                             Am7Oh (x02010@1)mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
FG         C (x32010@1) see, the sea wants to take me

the knife wants to slit me
  Amdo (x02210@1)you think you can help me?
F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)   CSad (x32010@1)veiled bride, please be happy
                              Am7handsome (x02010@1)groom, give her room
F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)     Cloud, (x32010@1)loutish lover, treat her kindly
                          Am7although (x02010@1)she needs you more than she loves you
FG             F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)         
And I know it's over still I cling
F (133211@1)                        G (320003@1)
I don't know where else I can go
F (133211@1)                  G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)   
it's over, it's over, it's over

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            CI (x32010@1)know it's over
              F (133211@1)          
and it never really began
G (320003@1)             F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)     Ambut (x02210@1)in my heart it was so real
F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)                        FG
and you even spoke to me and said:

 
C (x32010@1)                                             Am7 (x02010@1)       FG
"If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight?

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C (x32010@1)                                               Am7 (x02010@1)       FG
and if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?
C (x32010@1)                                                      Am7 (x02010@1)       FG
if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?
C (x32010@1)                                                Am7 (x02010@1)  
if you're so very good looking why do you sleep alone tonight?

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     FG        C (x32010@1)                                
I know   cause tonight is just like any other night
                           Am7 (x02010@1)       F (133211@1)Gthat's (320003@1)why you're on your own tonight
             C (x32010@1)                  
with your triumphs and your charms
         Am7while (x02010@1)they are in each other's arms"

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F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)      FIt's (133211@1)so easy to laugh
                  Git's (320003@1)so easy to hate
             F (133211@1)                    G (320003@1)    
it takes strength to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9 (103010@1)              Git's (320003@1)over, over, over

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* can be substituted with harmonics at 12th bar.

F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)       FIt's (133211@1)so easy to laugh
                  Git's (320003@1)so easy to hate
         F (133211@1)                    Git (320003@1)takes guts to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9 (103010@1)              Git's (320003@1)over, over, over

         C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1) GLove (320003@1)is natural and real
    F (133211@1)     G (320003@1)      Ambut (x02210@1)not for you, my love
    F (133211@1)         Gnot (320003@1)tonight my love
FG      C (x32010@1)         Flove (133211@1)is natural and real
G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)            G (320003@1)          Em (022000@1)    FG
but not for such as you and I, my love
 
    C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)FG   FG      
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)FG   FG 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)FG   FG 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)FG   FG 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
    C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          F (133211@1)  G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1)FG   FG 
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head