Chords for Mercedes Lackey - The Cost Of The Crown (with lyrics) - performed by Margie Butler
Tempo:
75.85 bpm
Chords used:
C#m
G#m
F#m
B
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#] [G#m] [C#m]
The stars are very beautiful above the palace walls
They shine with equal splendor [G#m] still above far humbler halls
[C#m] I watch them from my window but they're bright and [G#m] trancing below
[C#m] Reminds me [F#m] of the freedom I [B] gave up so [C#m] long ago
The royal circlet of bright gold rests lightly on my [G#m] brow
[C#m] I once thought only of the rights [G#m] this circlet would endow
[C#m] But once I took the crown to which I had been [G#m] schooled and then
[C#m] I found it heavy [F#m] on the heart [B] though lying upon [C#] the [C#m] head
Although I am the head of state in truth I am the least
The true queen knows her people fed [G#m] before she sits to feast
[C#m] The good queen knows her people safe before she takes [G#m] her rest
[C#m] Faced twice and thrice [F#m] and yet [B] again before she [C#m] makes requests
For they are all my children all that I swore to defend
It is my duty to become [G#m] both queen and trusted friend
[C#m] And of my children high and low from beggar to [G#m] above
[C#m] The dearest are [F#m] my heralds who [B] return my [C#m] care with love
The dearest are my heralds swift to spring to my command
Who give me aid and fellowship [G#m] who always understand
[C#m] That land and people first have means that I may not [G#m] deny
[C#m] So I must send [F#m] my dearest friends [B] to danger and [C#m] to die
A friend, a love, a child it matters not I know [G#m] indeed
That [C#m] I must sacrifice them all [G#m] if there should be the need
[C#m] They know and they forgive me doing more than I [G#m] require
[C#m] With willing minds [F#m] and loving [B] hearts go straight to [C#m] grasp the fire
These tears that burn my eyes are all the tears the queen can't shed
[G#m]
[C#m] The tears I weep in silence as [G#m] I mourn my herald's dead
[C#m] O gods that dwell beyond the stars if you can hear [G#m] my cry
[C#m] And if you [F#m] have compassion let [B] me send no more [C#m] to [G#m] die
[C#m]
The stars are very beautiful above the palace walls
They shine with equal splendor [G#m] still above far humbler halls
[C#m] I watch them from my window but they're bright and [G#m] trancing below
[C#m] Reminds me [F#m] of the freedom I [B] gave up so [C#m] long ago
The royal circlet of bright gold rests lightly on my [G#m] brow
[C#m] I once thought only of the rights [G#m] this circlet would endow
[C#m] But once I took the crown to which I had been [G#m] schooled and then
[C#m] I found it heavy [F#m] on the heart [B] though lying upon [C#] the [C#m] head
Although I am the head of state in truth I am the least
The true queen knows her people fed [G#m] before she sits to feast
[C#m] The good queen knows her people safe before she takes [G#m] her rest
[C#m] Faced twice and thrice [F#m] and yet [B] again before she [C#m] makes requests
For they are all my children all that I swore to defend
It is my duty to become [G#m] both queen and trusted friend
[C#m] And of my children high and low from beggar to [G#m] above
[C#m] The dearest are [F#m] my heralds who [B] return my [C#m] care with love
The dearest are my heralds swift to spring to my command
Who give me aid and fellowship [G#m] who always understand
[C#m] That land and people first have means that I may not [G#m] deny
[C#m] So I must send [F#m] my dearest friends [B] to danger and [C#m] to die
A friend, a love, a child it matters not I know [G#m] indeed
That [C#m] I must sacrifice them all [G#m] if there should be the need
[C#m] They know and they forgive me doing more than I [G#m] require
[C#m] With willing minds [F#m] and loving [B] hearts go straight to [C#m] grasp the fire
These tears that burn my eyes are all the tears the queen can't shed
[G#m]
[C#m] The tears I weep in silence as [G#m] I mourn my herald's dead
[C#m] O gods that dwell beyond the stars if you can hear [G#m] my cry
[C#m] And if you [F#m] have compassion let [B] me send no more [C#m] to [G#m] die
[C#m]
Key:
C#m
G#m
F#m
B
C#
C#m
G#m
F#m
[C#] _ [G#m] _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ _
The stars are very beautiful above the palace walls
They shine with equal splendor [G#m] still above far humbler halls
[C#m] I watch them from my window but they're bright and [G#m] trancing below
[C#m] Reminds me [F#m] of the freedom I [B] gave up so [C#m] long ago
_ The royal circlet of bright gold rests lightly on my [G#m] brow
[C#m] I once thought only of the rights [G#m] this circlet would endow
[C#m] But once I took the crown to which I had been [G#m] schooled and then
[C#m] I found it heavy [F#m] on the heart [B] though lying upon [C#] the [C#m] head
Although I am the head of state in truth I am the least
The true queen knows her people fed [G#m] before she sits to feast
[C#m] The good queen knows her people safe before she takes [G#m] her rest
[C#m] Faced twice and thrice [F#m] and yet [B] again before she [C#m] makes requests
For they are all my children all that I swore to defend
It is my duty to become [G#m] both queen and trusted friend
[C#m] And of my children high and low from beggar to [G#m] above
[C#m] The dearest are [F#m] my heralds who [B] return my [C#m] care with love
The dearest are my heralds swift to spring to my command
Who give me aid and fellowship [G#m] who always understand
[C#m] That land and people first have means that I may not [G#m] deny
[C#m] So I must send [F#m] my dearest friends [B] to danger and [C#m] to die
A friend, a love, a child it matters not I know [G#m] indeed
That [C#m] I must sacrifice them all [G#m] if there should be the need
[C#m] They know and they forgive me doing more than I [G#m] require
[C#m] With willing minds [F#m] and loving [B] hearts go straight to [C#m] grasp the fire _ _ _ _ _
These tears that burn my eyes are all the tears the queen can't shed
[G#m]
[C#m] The tears I weep in silence as [G#m] I mourn my herald's dead
[C#m] O gods that dwell beyond the stars if you can hear [G#m] my cry
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] And if you [F#m] have compassion _ _ _ let [B] me send no more [C#m] to [G#m] die
[C#m] _ _ _
The stars are very beautiful above the palace walls
They shine with equal splendor [G#m] still above far humbler halls
[C#m] I watch them from my window but they're bright and [G#m] trancing below
[C#m] Reminds me [F#m] of the freedom I [B] gave up so [C#m] long ago
_ The royal circlet of bright gold rests lightly on my [G#m] brow
[C#m] I once thought only of the rights [G#m] this circlet would endow
[C#m] But once I took the crown to which I had been [G#m] schooled and then
[C#m] I found it heavy [F#m] on the heart [B] though lying upon [C#] the [C#m] head
Although I am the head of state in truth I am the least
The true queen knows her people fed [G#m] before she sits to feast
[C#m] The good queen knows her people safe before she takes [G#m] her rest
[C#m] Faced twice and thrice [F#m] and yet [B] again before she [C#m] makes requests
For they are all my children all that I swore to defend
It is my duty to become [G#m] both queen and trusted friend
[C#m] And of my children high and low from beggar to [G#m] above
[C#m] The dearest are [F#m] my heralds who [B] return my [C#m] care with love
The dearest are my heralds swift to spring to my command
Who give me aid and fellowship [G#m] who always understand
[C#m] That land and people first have means that I may not [G#m] deny
[C#m] So I must send [F#m] my dearest friends [B] to danger and [C#m] to die
A friend, a love, a child it matters not I know [G#m] indeed
That [C#m] I must sacrifice them all [G#m] if there should be the need
[C#m] They know and they forgive me doing more than I [G#m] require
[C#m] With willing minds [F#m] and loving [B] hearts go straight to [C#m] grasp the fire _ _ _ _ _
These tears that burn my eyes are all the tears the queen can't shed
[G#m]
[C#m] The tears I weep in silence as [G#m] I mourn my herald's dead
[C#m] O gods that dwell beyond the stars if you can hear [G#m] my cry
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] And if you [F#m] have compassion _ _ _ let [B] me send no more [C#m] to [G#m] die
[C#m] _ _ _