Chords with lyrics
Capo at 2.
A minorAm Fsus9 Fsus9
The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
Csus9 
G+G
He said, "I am not fighting for you anymore"
A minorAm Fsus9 Fsus9
And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
Csus9 
BB Csus9 Csus9
And slowly she let him inside
A minorAm Fsus9 Fsus9
He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
Csus9 G+G
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
A minorAm Fsus9 Fsus9
But I am leaving tomorrow, and you can do what you will
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
Only first I am asking you why"
C9C9
Down the long narrow hall he was led
DmDm
Into her room with her tapestries red
F9F9
And she never once took the crown from her head
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
She asked him there to sit down
F9F9
He said, "I see you now and you are so very young
G+G
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
F9F9
And I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
And now will you tell me why?"
F9F9
Well the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
G+G
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
F9F9
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
But she closed herself up like a fan
C9C9
And she said, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread
DmDm
It cuts me inside and often I've bled"
F9F9
And he laid his hand then on the top of her head
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
And he bowed her down to the ground
Fsus9 Fsus9 
Dm7Dm7
["Oooooh" and instrumental]
BB Csus9 Csus9
["Oooooh" and instrumental]
F9F9
"Tell me how hungry are you, how weak you must feel
Csus9 G+G
As you are living here alone and you are never revealed
F9F9
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
And he took her to the window to see
F9F9
And the sun it was gold, though the sky it was grey
Csus9 G+G
And she wanted more than she ever could say
F9F9
But she knew how it frightened her and she turned away
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
And would not look at his face again
C9C9
He said, "I want to live as an honest man
DmDm
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
F9F9
And to love a young woman whom I don't understand
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
Your highness, your ways are very strange"
F9F9
But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
Csus9 G+G
And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached
F9F9
And she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
She would only be a moment inside
Fsus2Fsus2
Out in the distance her order was heard
Csus9 G+G
And the soldier was killed still waiting for her word
A minorAm Fsus9 Fsus9
And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred
Csus9 BB Csus9 Csus9
The battle continued on
Fsus9 Fsus9 Dm7Dm7
["Oooooh" and instrumental]
BB Csus9 Csus9
["Oooooh" and instrumental]
Csus9 Csus9
[repeat and fade]
A minorAm Fsus9 Csus9
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C/EC/E
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Dm7Dm7
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