{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":677714,"song":"Long Live The Queen","artist":"Frank Turner","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11580137-long-live-the-queen-chords-by-frank-turner/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/677714?type=chord","rating":4.90266,"votes":189,"content":"The intro and verse strumming patterns begin with an upstroke ahead of the beat,\r\non the & of the last beat of the previous bar.\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]A[/ch]   (577600)\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] (244200)\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]  (799700) or (x24430)\r\n[ch]E[/ch]   (022100)\r\n[ch]D[/ch]   (xx0232)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] (muted strums) [ch]A[/ch] (muted strums) [ch]A[/ch] (muted strums) [ch]A[/ch] (muted strums)\r\nContinue the muted strum technique in the verses.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]      \r\nI was sipping on a Whiskey when I got the call[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYeah my friend Lex was lying in the hospital[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe'd been pretty sick for about half a year[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut it seems liked this time the end was drawing near[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo dropped my plans and jumped the next London train[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nI found her laid up and in a lot of pain[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHer eyes met mine and then I understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThat the weather forecast wasn't looking too good[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I sat and spun her stories for a little while[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nTried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBut she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nDrew me close and listen this is what she said now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"You'll live to dance another day, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nit's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]     \r\nso stop looking so damn depressed [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand sing with all your heart [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthat the Queen is dead\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah she told me she was sick of all the hospital food[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd of doctors, distant relatives, draining her blood[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe said \"I know I'm dying, but I'm not finished just yet, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI am dying for a drink and for a cigarette\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nIn the centre of the City and to raise some Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch] \r\nThey waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWe know we're good and done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n\"You'll live to dance another day, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nit's just now you'll have to dance, for the two of us,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]     \r\nso stop looking so damn depressed [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand sing with all your heart [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthat the Queen is dead\"[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\n   And South London's not the same anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]   \r\n   The Queen is dead,    [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]E[/ch]\r\n   and the last of the great has finally gone to bed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell I was working on some words when Sarah called me up[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nShe said that Lex had gone asleep and wasn't waking up[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd even though I knew that there was nothing to be done[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]                                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nI felt bad for not being there and now, well, she was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSo I tried to think what Lex would want me to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAt times like this when I was feeling blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSo I gathered up some friends to spread the sad sad news[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd we headed to the City for a drink or two[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd we sang\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]               [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n   \"We live to dance another day, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nit's just now we have to dance for one more of us, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n   so stop looking so damn depressed, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand sing with all our hearts, [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]Dmaj[/ch]\r\nlong live the Queen\"[/tab]","plain_text":"The intro and verse strumming patterns begin with an upstroke ahead of the beat,\non the & of the last beat of the previous bar.\n\n\nA   (577600)\nF#m (244200)\nBm  (799700) or (x24430)\nE   (022100)\nD   (xx0232)\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd we sang\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","F#m","Bm","E","D","E7","Dmaj"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}