The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (Guitar)

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THE QUEEN IS DEAD (6.24) [Intro] G A G#m G
         B
Farewell to this land's cheerless marches
hemmed in like a boar between arches her very Lowness with her head in a sling
                           D                     E
I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing

B
I say Charles don't you ever crave
to appear on the front of the Daily Mail
D                         E             G    A   G#m   G
dressed in your Mother's bridal veil?

         B
And so I checked all the registered historical facts
and I was shocked into shame to discover how I'm the 18th pale descendent
           D           E
of some old queen or other

    B
Oh 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
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I swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were

     B
So I broke into the Palace
with a sponge and a rusty spanner she said: "Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing"
                                      D          E
I said: "that's nothing - you should hear me play piano"

     B
We 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
         D              E     G   A   G#m  G
no-one talks about castration

   B
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things like love and law and poverty
 D                      E
these are the things that kill me

       B
We can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry
and talk about precious things but the rain that flattens my hair
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these are the things that kill me

            B
Passed the pub that saps your body
and the church who'll snatch your money
             D                      E
the Queen is dead, boys and it's so lonely on a limb

B 
Pass the pub that wrecks your body
and the church, all they want is your money
             D                      E
the Queen is dead, boys and it's so lonely on a limb

B                D              E
Life is very long, when you're lonely
life is very long, when you're lonely life is very long, when you're lonely life is very long, when you're lonely