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A King And A Queen

Okkervil River
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
G
e|----0----0----------0----0-------1-----3-----1-----3-------------|
B|----1----1----------1----1-------1-----3-----1-----3-------------|
G|----0----0----------2----0-------2-----0-----2-----0------------o|
D|----2----0----------2----2-------3-----0-----3-----0------------o|
A|--3-3--2-2--------0-0----x-------3-----2-----3-----2-------------|
E|-----------------------3-3-------1-----3-----1-----3-------------|
  (3) (2) (3)
  (So for ease, I'm only going to write Em7 instead of Em7add6)
  (Every time there is the C Em7 Am Am7/G progression, play
  it like the intro)
  If you  want to see,  and be seen,  then be seen
  Your dress  is dark red  and
  your opening eyes,  bright green,  make a scene,
  but dont lie  on your bed,
  laid out  like you're dead,
  Because honey  you're murdering me...
  (musical interlude is intro twice, try to hit the root notes harder)
  Be a little  sheep learning,  who'll shear,  and who'll feed,
  The hands come  and they leave,
  Be hands holding  a knife,  be a being,  on two feet,
  With his heart  tremble-in'
  butcherin'  for a king,
  He believes  in though he's never seen...  la da da da
  (musical interlude)
  Be the princess  in that stone  tower,
  Crying  for that handsome  butchers  plight,
  And as some  princess might she still calls  him a knight
  but the best  thing for you,  would be queen,  so be queen,
  you're all  that I need,
  Though I know  that it never  can be,  I'd be pleased,
  To post  your decrees,
  to Fall  at your knees,
  to name  all you streets and to sit  down and weep
  and you're carried  back through them and set  down to sleep
  And to lie  by you side for sublime centruies
  till we crumble  to dust,  when were crushed  by a single  sun
  (outro same as intro but softer)
  beam.
  (repeat intro till you feel like stopping and then end it on a C)

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Readable chord sheet for A King And A Queen by Okkervil River

[C]    [Em7add6]    [Am]   [Am7/G]   [F]     [G]     [F]     [G]
e|----0----0----------0----0-------1-----3-----1-----3-------------|
B|----1----1----------1----1-------1-----3-----1-----3-------------|
G|----0----0----------2----0-------2-----0-----2-----0------------o|
D|----2----0----------2----2-------3-----0-----3-----0------------o|
A|--3-3--2-2--------0-0----x-------3-----2-----3-----2-------------|
E|-----------------------3-3-------1-----3-----1-----3-------------|
   (3)  (2)             (3)

        (So for ease, I'm only going to write Em7 instead of Em7add6)
        (Every time there is the C Em7 Am Am7/G progression, play
        it like the intro)

  If [C]you want to [Em7]see, and be [Am]seen, then be [Am7/G]seen

  Your [F]dress is dark [G]red and

  your [C]opening [Em7]eyes, bright [Am]green, make a [Am7/G]scene,

  but dont [F]lie on your [G]bed,

  laid [F]out like you're [G]dead,

  Because [Am]honey you're murdering [G]me...

  (musical interlude is intro twice, try to hit the root notes harder)

  Be a [C]little sheep [Em7]learning, who'll [Am]shear, and who'll [Am7/G]feed,

  The hands [F]come and they [G]leave,

  Be hands [C]holding a [B]knife, be a [Am]being, on two [Am7/G]feet,

  With his [F]heart tremble-[G]in'

  butcheri[F]n' for a [G]king,

  He [Am]believes in though he's never [G]seen...  la da da da

  (musical interlude)

  Be the [F]princess in that stone[Em] tower,

  [Am]Crying for that [G]handsome butchers[Am] plight,

  And as [G]some princess might she still [F]calls him a [G]knight

  but the [C]best thing for [Em7]you, would be [Am]queen, so be [Am7/G]queen,

  you're [F]all that I [G]need,

  Though I [C]know that it [Em7]never can [Am]be, I'd be [Am7/G]pleased,

  To [F]post your [G]decrees,

  to [F]Fall at your [G]knees,

  to [Am]name all you streets and to [F]sit down and [G]weep

  and you're [Am]carried back through them and [F]set down to [G]sleep

  And to [Am]lie by you side for [F]sublime [G]centruies

  till we [Am]crumble to [G]dust, when were [F]crushed by a [G]single sun

  (outro same as intro but softer)
  [C]beam.   [Em7]          [Am]                [Am7/G]

  (repeat intro till you feel like stopping and then end it on a C)

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