Queen And The Soldier Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

C - 010233 (full C)

C9 - 010230 (the common C)

 The Amsoldier came Amknocking upoFn the queen's dFoor

 He said, "Cadd9I am not fiGghting for Cadd9you anymoGre"

 And the Amqueen knew she'd Amseen his face F someplace before

 And sClowly she lGet him inCadd9side

 He said, "AmI've watched your Ampalace up heFre on the hiFll

 And I've Cadd9wondered who's the wGoman for Cadd9whom we all kGill

 But I am Amleaving toAmmorrow, and you can dFo what you wilFl

 Only fCirst I am aGsking you Cadd9why"

 DoFwn the lFong narrC9ow hall he was lC9ed

D7sus4Into her D7sus4room with her D7tapestries Dmred

 And Amshe never Amonce took the crFown from her hFead

 She asCked him tGhere to sit Cadd9down

 He said, "I sAmee you nAmow and you are Fso very yoFung

 But I've sCadd9een more battles lGost than Cadd9I have battles wGon

 And I've Amgot this intuAmition says it's aFll for your fFun

 And Cnow will Gyou tell me wCadd9hy?"

 Well the yAmoung queen, she fAmixed him with an arrFogant eye F

 She said, "You wCadd9on't understanGd, and you mCadd9ay as well not tGry"

 But her fAmace was a chiAmld's, and he tFhought she would cFry

 But she cClosed herself Gup like a Cadd9fan

 And she Fsaid, "I have sFwallowed a sC9ecret burning thC9read

 It D7sus4cuts me insD7sus4ide and oD7ften I've bDmled"

 And he lAmaid his hand tAmhen on the tFop of her hFead

 And hCe bowed her doGwn to the grCadd9ound

F F C9 C9 D7sus4

 OooD7ooooooooDmooH

Am Am F F Cadd9 G

 OCadd9ooooooooooooooH

 "Tell me Amhow hungry are yAmou, how wFeak you must fFeel

 As you are Cadd9living here alGone and you are nCadd9ever revealGed

 But I Amwon't march agAmain on yoFur battlefiFeld"

 And he tCook her to the wGindow to sCadd9ee

 And the sAmun it was gAmold, though the Fsky it was gFrey

 And Cadd9she wanted mGore than she Cadd9ever could sGay

 But she Amknew how it Amfrightened her and Fshe turned awFay

 And would Cnot look at Ghis face Cadd9again

 He said, "FI want to Flive as C9an honest C9man

 To D7sus4get all I desD7sus4erve and to gD7ive all I cDman

 And to lAmove a young wAnoman whom I Fdon't understFand

 Your hCighness, your waGys are very stCadd9range"

 But the crAmown, it had falAmlen, and she thFought she would brFeak

 And she sCadd9tood there ashGamed of the Cadd9way her heart acGhed

 And she tAmook him to the dAmoorstep and she asFked him to wFait

 She would oCnly be a mGoment insCadd9ide

(play chords sharply)

AmOut in the Amdistance her orFder was hFeard

 And the solCdier was kiGlled still waitCing for her woGrd

Am Am F

 AFnd while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred

 The battlCe G continued on C G

F F C9 C9 D7sus4

 OooD7ooooooooDmoooooh

Am Am F F Cadd9 G

 OCadd9ooooooooooooooooh

fade on Cadd9