Chords for Al Stewart - The Palace Of Versailles (1978) HQ Audio

[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
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[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [B]
[Em] The wands of [Am] smoke are rising [D] from the walls of [G] the Bastille,
[C] And through the [Am] streets of Paris [D] runs the sense of [B] the unreal.
[Em] The kings have [Am] all departed, [D] their servants [G] are nowhere,
[C] We've burned out [Am] all their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre,
And [C] still we wait [D] to [G] see the day begin.
[C] Our time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind, [B] wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ [Em] Inside the [Am] midnight councils, [D] the lamps are [G] burning, Lord,
[Em] Oh, you sit and [Am] talk all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go.
[Em] _ [Am] Bonaparte is coming [D] with his army [G] from the south,
_ Mariah [Am] days are numbered, [D] and we live [B] hand to mouth,
[C] While we wait [D] to [G] see the day begin.
_ [C] Our [D] time is [G] wasting in the wind, [B] wondering why, [C] _
[B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] _ [Am] Versailles.
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
Ghost of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets,
[C] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete.
[Em] It speaks in [Am] sight, the cheap red [D] wine of café [G] summer nights,
[C] It's red and [A] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights.
Why [C] do you wait [D] to [G] see the [D] day [G] begin?
[C] Your time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind, [B] wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lonely palace [B] of [Em] Versailles. _ _
_ [Am] Wondering why, [D] _ [G] it echoes [E] through the lonely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] _ _
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[B] _ _ [C] _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] I'm [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] saying goodbye.
[Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ [B] _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ [B] _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
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