The Queen And The Soldier Chords by Suzanne Vega

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[B] The soldier came knocking [Bm] upon the Queen's door.
[D] He said, [A] I am not fighting for you anymore.
[B] And the Queen knew [Bm] she'd seen his face someplace before.
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And slowly she let him inside. _
_ [B] He said, I've watched your [G] palace up here on the hill.
[D] And I've wondered [A] who's the woman for [A] whom we all kill.
[B] But I am leaving [Bm] tomorrow, [G] and you can do what you will.
_ [D] Only first [C#m] I am asking [D] you why.
_ _ [G] _ And down the long, [D] narrow hall he
was [E] led into her room with her _ tapestries [Bm] read.
And she never once took [G] the crown from her head.
_ [D] She asked him there to sit down. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] He said, I see you now, [G] and you are so very young.
[D] But I've seen more [C#m] battles lost [D] than I have [A] battles won.
[B] And I've got this intuition, [G] says it's all for your fun.
[D] And now [C#m] will you tell [D] me why?
_ _ [B] Well, the young [Bm] Queen, she fixed him [G] with an arrogant eye.
She [D] said, you won't [A] understand, [D] and you may as well [A] not try.
[Bm] But her face was a child, [G] and he thought she would cry.
[D] But she closed [A] herself up [D] like a fan. _ _
[G] And she said, I've swallowed [F#m] a secret burning [E] thread.
It cuts me inside, and often [D] I [C#m] bled.
He laid his hand in [G] on the top of her head.
[D] He [C#m] bowed her down to the ground.
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_ [D] _ _ _ And [B] tell me how [Bm] hungry are [G] you, how weak you must feel,
as [D] you are [A] living here alone, and [D] you are never [A] revealed.
[B] But I won't march again [G] on your battlefield.
[D] And he took her [A] to the window [D] to [A] see. _ _
[B] And the sun, it was gold, [G] although the sky, it was gray.
[D] And she [C#m] wanted more than [D] she [A] ever could say.
[B] But she knew how it frightened [G] her.
And she turned away [D] and would not [A] look at his [D] face again.
_ _ [G] He said, I want to live [D] as an honest [E] man, to get all I deserve
and to give all I can, [Bm] and to love a young woman who
[G] I don't understand.
_ [D] Your Highness, [A] your ways [D] are very strange. _ _ _
_ _ [B] But the crown, it [Bm] had fallen.
And [G] she thought she would break.
[A] And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached.
And [Bm] she took him to the doorstep.
[G] And she asked him to wait.
She would [A] only be a moment inside.
_ _ [B] _ _ [Bm] Out in the distance, her [G] order was heard.
[D] And the soldier [A] was killed, [D] still waiting [A] for her word.
[B] And while the queen went [Bm] on [G] strangling in the solitude,
she preferred [D] the battle _ [A] _ _ [D] continued _ [A] on.
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