Queen And The Soldier
Suzanne VegaVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
- 010233 (full )
- 010230 (the common )
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you anymore"
And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow, and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why"
Down the long narrow hall he was led
Into her room with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down
He said, "I see you now and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"
Well the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan
And she said, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside and often I've bled"
And he laid his hand then on the top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground
OooooooooooooH
OooooooooooooooH
"Tell me how hungry are you, how weak you must feel
As you are living here alone and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see
And the sun it was gold, though the sky it was grey
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her and she turned away
And would not look at his face again
He said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman whom I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange"
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached
And she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside
(play chords sharply)
Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on
Ooooooooooooooooh
Oooooooooooooooooh
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Readable chord sheet for Queen And The Soldier by Suzanne Vega
[C] - 010233 (full [C])
[C9] - 010230 (the common [C])
The [Am]soldier came [Am]knocking upo[F]n the queen's d[F]oor
He said, "[Cadd9]I am not fi[G]ghting for [Cadd9]you anymo[G]re"
And the [Am]queen knew she'd [Am]seen his face [F] someplace before
And s[C]lowly she l[G]et him in[Cadd9]side
He said, "[Am]I've watched your [Am]palace up he[F]re on the hi[F]ll
And I've [Cadd9]wondered who's the w[G]oman for [Cadd9]whom we all k[G]ill
But I am [Am]leaving to[Am]morrow, and you can d[F]o what you wil[F]l
Only f[C]irst I am a[G]sking you [Cadd9]why"
Do[F]wn the l[F]ong narr[C9]ow hall he was l[C9]ed
[D7sus4]Into her [D7sus4]room with her [D7]tapestries [Dm]red
And [Am]she never [Am]once took the cr[F]own from her h[F]ead
She as[C]ked him t[G]here to sit [Cadd9]down
He said, "I s[Am]ee you n[Am]ow and you are [F]so very yo[F]ung
But I've s[Cadd9]een more battles l[G]ost than [Cadd9]I have battles w[G]on
And I've [Am]got this intu[Am]ition says it's a[F]ll for your f[F]un
And [C]now will [G]you tell me w[Cadd9]hy?"
Well the y[Am]oung queen, she f[Am]ixed him with an arr[F]ogant eye [F]
She said, "You w[Cadd9]on't understan[G]d, and you m[Cadd9]ay as well not t[G]ry"
But her f[Am]ace was a chi[Am]ld's, and he t[F]hought she would c[F]ry
But she c[C]losed herself [G]up like a [Cadd9]fan
And she [F]said, "I have s[F]wallowed a s[C9]ecret burning th[C9]read
It [D7sus4]cuts me ins[D7sus4]ide and o[D7]ften I've b[Dm]led"
And he l[Am]aid his hand t[Am]hen on the t[F]op of her h[F]ead
And h[C]e bowed her do[G]wn to the gr[Cadd9]ound
[F] [F] [C9] [C9] [D7sus4]
Ooo[D7]oooooooo[Dm]ooH
[Am] [Am] [F] [F] [Cadd9] [G]
O[Cadd9]ooooooooooooooH
"Tell me [Am]how hungry are y[Am]ou, how w[F]eak you must f[F]eel
As you are [Cadd9]living here al[G]one and you are n[Cadd9]ever reveal[G]ed
But I [Am]won't march ag[Am]ain on yo[F]ur battlefi[F]eld"
And he t[C]ook her to the w[G]indow to s[Cadd9]ee
And the s[Am]un it was g[Am]old, though the [F]sky it was g[F]rey
And [Cadd9]she wanted m[G]ore than she [Cadd9]ever could s[G]ay
But she [Am]knew how it [Am]frightened her and [F]she turned aw[F]ay
And would [C]not look at [G]his face [Cadd9]again
He said, "[F]I want to [F]live as [C9]an honest [C9]man
To [D7sus4]get all I des[D7sus4]erve and to g[D7]ive all I c[Dm]an
And to l[Am]ove a young w[An]oman whom I [F]don't underst[F]and
Your h[C]ighness, your wa[G]ys are very st[Cadd9]range"
But the cr[Am]own, it had fal[Am]len, and she th[F]ought she would br[F]eak
And she s[Cadd9]tood there ash[G]amed of the [Cadd9]way her heart ac[G]hed
And she t[Am]ook him to the d[Am]oorstep and she as[F]ked him to w[F]ait
She would o[C]nly be a m[G]oment ins[Cadd9]ide
(play chords sharply)
[Am]Out in the [Am]distance her or[F]der was h[F]eard
And the sol[C]dier was ki[G]lled still wait[C]ing for her wo[G]rd
[Am] [Am] [F]
A[F]nd while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
The battl[C]e [G] continued on [C] [G]
[F] [F] [C9] [C9] [D7sus4]
Ooo[D7]oooooooo[Dm]oooooh
[Am] [Am] [F] [F] [Cadd9] [G]
O[Cadd9]ooooooooooooooooh
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