Long Live The Queen
Frank TurnerVersion1
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
Continue the muted strum technique in the verses.
I was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call
Yeah my friend Lex was lying in the hospital
She'd been pretty sick for about half a year
But it seems liked this time the end was drawing near
So dropped my plans and jumped the next London train
I found her laid up and in a lot of pain
Her eyes met mine and then I understood
That the weather forecast wasn't looking too good
So I sat and spun her stories for a little while
Tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile
But she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head
Drew me close and listen this is what she said now
"You'll live to dance another day,
it's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,
so stop looking so damn depressed
and sing with all your heart
that the Queen is dead"
Yeah she told me she was sick of all the hospital food
And of doctors, distant relatives, draining her blood
She said "I know I'm dying, but I'm not finished just yet,
I am dying for a drink and for a cigarette"
So we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel
In the centre of the City and to raise some Hell
They waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep
We know we're good and done
"You'll live to dance another day,
it's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,
so stop looking so damn depressed
and sing with all your heart
that the Queen is dead"
And South London's not the same anymore
The Queen is dead,
and the last of the great has finally gone to bed
Well I was working on some words when Sarah called me up
She said that Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up
And even though I knew that there was nothing to be done
I felt bad for not being there and now, well, she was gone
So I tried to think what Lex would want me to do
At times like this when I was feeling blue
So I gathered up some friends to spread the sad sad news
And we headed to the City for a drink or two
And we sang
"We live to dance another day,
it's just now we have to dance for one more of us,
so stop looking so damn depressed,
and sing with all our hearts,
long live the Queen"
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Readable chord sheet for Long Live The Queen by Frank Turner
[A]Continue the mu[A]ted strum techn[A]ique in the ver[A]ses. I was sip[A]ping on a Whiskey when I got the call Yeah[F#m] my friend Lex was lying in the hospital She'd b[Bm]een pretty sick for about half a year But it se[E]ems liked this time the end was drawing near So dro[A]pped my plans and jumped the next London train I f[F#m]ound her laid up and in a lot of pain Her e[Bm]yes met mine and then I understood That the wea[E]ther forecast wasn't loo[E7]king too good So I s[A]at and spun her stories for a little while Tr[F#m]ied to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile But she sil[Bm]enced all my rambling with a s[Bm]hake of her head Drew me cl[E]ose and listen this is w[E7]hat she said now "Yo[A]u'll live to d[F#m]ance another day, it's just [Bm]now you'll have to da[E]nce, for the [E7]two of us, so s[A]top looking[F#m] so damn depressed and s[Bm]ing with all your heart that the Qu[E]een is dead" Yeah she t[A]old me she was sick of all the hospital food And of d[F#m]octors, distant relatives, draining her blood She s[Bm]aid "I know I'm dying, but I'm not finished just yet, I am dy[E]ing for a drink and for a c[E7]igarette" So we ha[A]tched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel In the c[F#m]entre of the City and to raise some Hell They wa[Bm]ste to all the clubs and t[Bm]hen when everyone e[E]lse is long asleep We k[E7]now we're good and done "Yo[A]u'll live to d[F#m]ance another day, it's just [Bm]now you'll have to da[E]nce, for the [E7]two of us, so s[A]top looking[F#m] so damn depressed and s[Bm]ing with all your heart that the Qu[E]een is d[Bm]ead" [E] And South London's not the s[Bm]ame anymore [E] The Queen is [Bm]dead, [E] and the last of the g[Bm]reat has finally gone to b[E]ed Well I was wo[A]rking on some words when Sarah called me up She said that [F#m]Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up And [Bm]even though I knew that there was nothing to be done I felt b[E]ad for not being there and now, well, [E7]she was gone So I t[A]ried to think what Lex would want me to do At t[F#m]imes like this when I was feeling blue So I ga[Bm]thered up some friends to spread the sad sad news And we headed to the C[E]ity for a dr[E7]ink or two And we sang [A] "We live to d[F#m]ance another day, it's just [Bm]now we have to d[E]ance [E7]for one more of us, [A] so stop looking[F#m] so damn depressed, and s[Bm]ing with all our hearts, l[E]ong live the Qu[F#]een"