{"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":84218,"song":"The Queen Is Dead","artist":"The Smiths","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/84218-the-queen-is-dead-chords-by-the-smiths/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/84218?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":67,"content":"THE QUEEN IS DEAD  (6.24)\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nFarewell to this land's cheerless marches[/tab]\r\nhemmed in like a boar between arches\r\nher very Lowness with her head in a sling\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nI say Charles don't you ever crave[/tab]\r\nto appear on the front of the Daily Mail\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\ndressed in your Mother's bridal veil?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd so I checked all the registered historical facts[/tab]\r\nand I was shocked into shame to discover\r\nhow I'm the 18th pale descendent\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nof some old queen or other[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOh has the world changed, or have I changed?[/tab]\r\noh has the world changed, or have I changed?\r\nsome nine year old tough who peddles drugs\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI swear to God, I swear I never even knew what drugs were[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSo I broke into the Palace[/tab]\r\nwith a sponge and a rusty spanner\r\nshe said: \"Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing\"\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI said: \"that's nothing - you should hear me play piano\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry[/tab]\r\nand talk about precious things\r\nbut when you are tied to your mother's apron\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nno-one talks about castration[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry[/tab]\r\nand talk about precious things\r\nlike love and law and poverty\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthese are the things that kill me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWe can go for a walk where it's quiet and dry[/tab]\r\nand talk about precious things\r\nbut the rain that flattens my hair\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthese are the things that kill me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nPassed the pub that saps your body[/tab]\r\nand the church who'll snatch your money\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe Queen is dead, boys and it's so lonely on a limb[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch] \r\nPass the pub that wrecks your body[/tab]\r\nand the church, all they want is your money\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthe Queen is dead, boys and it's so lonely on a limb[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLife is very long, when you're lonely[/tab]\r\nlife is very long, when you're lonely\r\nlife is very long, when you're lonely\r\nlife is very long, when you're lonely","plain_text":"THE QUEEN IS DEAD  (6.24)\n\n\n[Intro]\nG  A  G#m  G\n\n\nhemmed in like a boar between arches\nher very Lowness with her head in a sling\n\n\nto appear on the front of the Daily Mail\n\n\n\nand I was shocked into shame to discover\nhow I'm the 18th pale descendent\n\n\noh has the world changed, or have I changed?\nsome nine year old tough who peddles drugs\n\n\nwith a sponge and a rusty spanner\nshe said: \"Eh, I know you, and you cannot sing\"\n\n\nand talk about precious things\nbut when you are tied to your mother's apron\n\n\nand talk about precious things\nlike love and law and poverty\n\n\n\nand talk about precious things\nbut the rain that flattens my hair\n\n\n\nand the church who'll snatch your money\n\n\n\nand the church, all they want is your money\n\n\n\nlife is very long, when you're lonely\nlife is very long, when you're lonely\nlife is very long, when you're lonely","chords":["G","A","G#m","B","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}