For those who, like me, can't really play tablature, here's some nice easy chords you
follow - complete with finger positions. Not the difficult chords of the actual version
sound kinda gross if not picked out as was meant to be done.
Chords: (eBGDAE)
Am - 012200
F - 11233x
Cadd9 - 330230
G - 330023
C - 010233 (full C)
C9 - 010230 (the common C)
D7sus4 - 3120xx
D7 - 1210xx
Dm - 1320xx
Capo at 2.
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FThe (133211@1)soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) GHe (320003@1)said, "I am not fighting for you anymore"
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) FAnd (133211@1)the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9And (x32030@1)slowly she let him inside
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FHe (133211@1)said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) GAnd (320003@1)I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FBut (133211@1)I am leaving tomorrow, and you can do what you will
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9Only (x32030@1)first I am asking you why"
F (133211@1) F (133211@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) F (133211@1) FAnd (133211@1)she never once took the crown from her head
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9She (x32030@1)asked him there to sit down
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FHe (133211@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) F (133211@1) FAnd (133211@1)I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9And (x32030@1)now will you tell me why?"
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FWell (133211@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) F (133211@1) FBut (133211@1)her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9But (x32030@1)she closed herself up like a fan
F (133211@1) F (133211@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) F (133211@1) FAnd (133211@1)he laid his hand then on the top of her head
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9And (x32030@1)he bowed her down to the ground
F (133211@1) F (133211@1) C9 (x3233x@1) C9 (x3233x@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)
D7 (xx0212@1) DmOooooooooooooH (xx0231@1)Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) F (133211@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9
OooooooooooooooH
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) F"Tell (133211@1)me how hungry are you, how weak you must feel
Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) GAs (320003@1)you are living here alone and you are never revealed
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FBut (133211@1)I won't march again on your battlefield"
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9And (x32030@1)he took her to the window to see
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FAnd (133211@1)the sun it was gold, though the sky it was grey
Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) GAnd (320003@1)she wanted more than she ever could say
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FBut (133211@1)she knew how it frightened her and she turned away
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9And (x32030@1)would not look at his face again
F (133211@1) F (133211@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 F (133211@1) FAnd (133211@1)to love a young woman whom I don't understand
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9Your (x32030@1)highness, your ways are very strange"
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FBut (133211@1)the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) GAnd (320003@1)she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FAnd (133211@1)she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9She (x32030@1)would only be a moment inside
(play chords sharply)
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) FOut (133211@1)in the distance her order was heard
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GAnd (320003@1)the soldier was killed still waiting for her word
Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1)
FAnd (133211@1)while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)battle continued on
F (133211@1) F (133211@1) C9 (x3233x@1) C9 (x3233x@1) D7sus4 (xx0213@1)
D7 (xx0212@1) DmOoooooooooooooooh (xx0231@1)Am (x02210@1) Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) F (133211@1) Cadd9 (x32030@1) G (320003@1) Cadd9
Oooooooooooooooooh
fade on Cadd9
