Chords for TOPPOP: Al Stewart - Palace Of Versailles
Tempo:
74.3 bpm
Chords used:
C
D
B
Am
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] The wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of the [G] Bastille,
[C] And through the [Am] streets of Paris flung [D] the scents of the [B] unreal.
[Em] The kings of all [Am] departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere,
[C] We burned out all [Am] their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre,
And still [C] we wait [D] to see [G] the day it [G] again.
Hot [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am]
[G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] Inside the [C] midnight councils, the lamps are [G] burning low,
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go.
[Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south,
Mariah [Am] days are numbered, [D] and we live hand [B] to mouth.
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again,
[C] Hot time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C]
[B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] [D]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
Ghosts of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets,
[Em] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete.
[Em] It speaks in [C] sight, the cheap red [D] wine of café [G] summer nights.
[C] Its red and [Am] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights.
Why [C] do you wait [D] to [G] see the day it again?
[C] Your time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] Wondering why, [D] [G] it echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] [D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] [Am]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] The wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of the [G] Bastille,
[C] And through the [Am] streets of Paris flung [D] the scents of the [B] unreal.
[Em] The kings of all [Am] departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere,
[C] We burned out all [Am] their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre,
And still [C] we wait [D] to see [G] the day it [G] again.
Hot [C] time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am]
[G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] Inside the [C] midnight councils, the lamps are [G] burning low,
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go.
[Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south,
Mariah [Am] days are numbered, [D] and we live hand [B] to mouth.
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again,
[C] Hot time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C]
[B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] [D]
[C] [Am] [B]
[Em] [Am] [D] [G]
[C] [Am] [B] [Em]
Ghosts of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets,
[Em] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete.
[Em] It speaks in [C] sight, the cheap red [D] wine of café [G] summer nights.
[C] Its red and [Am] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights.
Why [C] do you wait [D] to [G] see the day it again?
[C] Your time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] Wondering why, [D] [G] it echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] [D] [G] [C] [Am]
[B] [Em] [Am]
Key:
C
D
B
Am
G
C
D
B
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] The wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of the [G] Bastille,
[C] And through the [Am] streets of Paris flung [D] the scents of the [B] unreal.
[Em] The kings of all [Am] departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere,
[C] We burned out all [Am] their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre,
And still [C] we wait [D] to see [G] the day it [G] again.
Hot [C] time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] _ [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] Inside the [C] midnight councils, the lamps are [G] burning low,
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go.
[Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south,
_ Mariah [Am] days are numbered, [D] and we live hand [B] to mouth.
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again,
[C] Hot time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] _
[B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
Ghosts of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets,
[Em] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete.
[Em] It speaks in [C] sight, the cheap red [D] wine of café [G] summer nights.
[C] Its red and [Am] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights.
Why [C] do you wait [D] to [G] see the day it again?
[C] Your time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles. _ _
_ [Am] Wondering why, [D] _ [G] it echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _
[Em] The wands of smoke are rising [D] from the walls of the [G] Bastille,
[C] And through the [Am] streets of Paris flung [D] the scents of the [B] unreal.
[Em] The kings of all [Am] departed, [D] their servants are [G] nowhere,
[C] We burned out all [Am] their mansions [D] in the name of [B] Robespierre,
And still [C] we wait [D] to see [G] the day it [G] again.
Hot [C] time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, _ [C] _ [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
_ [Am] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ [Em] Inside the [C] midnight councils, the lamps are [G] burning low,
[Em] Oh, you sit and talk [Am] all through the night, [D] but there's just no [B] place to go.
[Em] Bonaparte [C] is coming [D] with his army from [G] the south,
_ Mariah [Am] days are numbered, [D] and we live hand [B] to mouth.
While [C] we wait [D] to [G] see the day it again,
[C] Hot time [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] _
[B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [Em] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ [Am] _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _ _
Ghosts of [C] revolution [D] still prowls the [G] Paris streets,
[Em] Down all the [Am] restless centuries [D] it wanders [B] incomplete.
[Em] It speaks in [C] sight, the cheap red [D] wine of café [G] summer nights.
[C] Its red and [Am] amber voices [D] call the cars at [B] traffic lights.
Why [C] do you wait [D] to [G] see the day it again?
[C] Your time _ [D] is [G] wasting in the wind,
[B] Wondering why, [C] _ [B] wondering why,
[C] It echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles. _ _
_ [Am] Wondering why, [D] _ [G] it echoes [E] through the lovely [B] palace of [Em] Versailles.
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Am] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _