The Queen Is Dead Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G A G♯m G

 FBarewell to this land's cheerless marches

hemmed in like a boar between arches

her very Lowness with her head in a sling

 ID'm truly sorry but it sEounds like a wonderful thing

 IB say Charles don't you ever crave

to appear on the front of the Daily Mail

 dDressed in your Mother's briEdal veil? G A G♯m G

 ABnd so I checked all the registered historical facts

and I was shocked into shame to discover

how I'm the 18th pale descendent

 oDf some old quEeen or other

 OBh 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

 ID swear to God, I swear I neverE evGen kAnewG♯m what Gdrugs were

 SBo I broke into the Palace

with a sponge and a rusty spanner

she said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"

 ID said: "thatE's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

 WBe 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

 nDo-one talks abouEt castrGationA G♯m G

 WBe can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry

and talk about precious things

like love and law and poverty

 tDhese are the things thatE 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

 PBassed the pub that saps your body

and the church who'll snatch your money

 tDhe Queen is dead, boys

 aEnd 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