Capo at 2. Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 GHe (320003@1)said, "I am not fighting for you anymore" Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 And slowly she let him inside Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 GAnd (320003@1)I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 But I am leaving tomorrow, and you can do what you will Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 Only first I am asking you why" F9 (101011@1) F9 (101011@1) C9 (x3233x@1) C9Down (x3233x@1)the long narrow hall he was led D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) DmInto (xx0231@1)her room with her tapestries red Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9And (101011@1)she never once took the crown from her head Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 She asked him there to sit down Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9He (101011@1)said, "I see you now and you are so very young Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) GBut (320003@1)I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9And (101011@1)I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 And now will you tell me why?" Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9Well (101011@1)the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) GShe (320003@1)said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try" Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9But (101011@1)her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 But she closed herself up like a fan F9 (101011@1) F9 (101011@1) C9 (x3233x@1) C9And (x3233x@1)she said, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) DmIt (xx0231@1)cuts me inside and often I've bled" Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9And (101011@1)he laid his hand then on the top of her head Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 And he bowed her down to the ground Fsus9 Fsus9 C/E (x3111x@5) C/E (x3111x@5) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) Dm7 ["Oooooh" and instrumental] Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 ["Oooooh" and instrumental] Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9"Tell (101011@1)me how hungry are you, how weak you must feel Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 GAs (320003@1)you are living here alone and you are never revealed Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9But (101011@1)I won't march again on your battlefield" Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 And he took her to the window to see Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9And (101011@1)the sun it was gold, though the sky it was grey Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 GAnd (320003@1)she wanted more than she ever could say Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9But (101011@1)she knew how it frightened her and she turned away Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 And would not look at his face again F9 (101011@1) F9 (101011@1) C9 (x3233x@1) C9He (x3233x@1)said, "I want to live as an honest man D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) DmTo (xx0231@1)get all I deserve and to give all I can Am (x02210@1) An F9 (101011@1) F9And (101011@1)to love a young woman whom I don't understand Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 Your highness, your ways are very strange" Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9But (101011@1)the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 GAnd (320003@1)she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F9 (101011@1) F9And (101011@1)she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 She would only be a moment inside Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus2 (xx1341@3) Fsus2Out (xx1341@3)in the distance her order was heard Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 GAnd (320003@1)the soldier was killed still waiting for her word Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 The battle continued on Fsus9 Fsus9 C/E (x3111x@5) C/E (x3111x@5) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) Dm7 ["Oooooh" and instrumental] Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Fsus9 Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 ["Oooooh" and instrumental] Csus9 Csus9 [repeat and fade] Am (x02210@1) Fsus9 Csus9 |--0-------0-|--0-------0-| |--3-------3-| |--3-------3-| |----1-------|----1-------| |----1-------| |----1-------| |------2-----|2-----2-----| |------0-----| |------0-----| |--------2---|--------2---| |3-------3---| |--------0---| |0-----------|------------| |------------| |3-----------| |------------|------------| |------------| |------------| Gsus4/B G (320003@1) C/E (x3111x@5) |--3-------3-| |--3-------3-| |--3-------3-| |----1-------| |----0-------| |----1-------| |------0-----| |------0-----| |------0-----| |--------0---| |------------| |2-------2---| |2-----------| |--------02--| |------------| |------------| |3-----------| |------------| D7sus4 (xx0213@1) D7 (xx0212@1) Dm7 |--3-------3-|--3-------3-| |--2-------2-| |--1-------0-| |----1-------|----1-------| |----1-------| |----1-------| |------2-----|2-----2-----| |------2-----| |------2-----| |0-------0---|--------0---| |0-------0---| |0-------0---| |------------|------------| |------------| |------------| |------------|------------| |------------| |------------|
