Lyrics of a song Suzanne Vega - Queen And The Soldier

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CAPO 2 FRET

INTRO
^{Am, Fsus9, Csus9, Gsus4/B, Csus9 G
Am, Fsus9, Csus9, Gsus4/B, Csus9}

The ^Amsoldier came ^Amknocking up^Fsus9on the queen's d^Fsus9oor
He said, "^{Csus9 1f4a} I am not ^Gsus4/Bfighting for ^Csus9you any^Gmore"
And the ^Amqueen knew she'd ^Amseen his face^Fsus9 someplace be^Fsus9fore
And s^Csus2lowly she ^Gsus4/Blet him in^Csus9side

He said, "^AmI've watched your ^Ampalace up ^Fsus9here on the hi^Fsus9ll
And I've ^Csus9wondered who's the ^Gsus4/Bwoman for ^Csus9whom we all ^Gkill
But I am ^Amleaving to^Ammorrow, and you can ^Fsus9do what you will^Fsus9
Only ^Csus2first I am ^Gsus4/Basking you^Csus9 why"

^Fsus9 Down the ^Fsus9long narrow ^C/Ehall he was ^C/Eled
^D7sus4Into her ^D7sus4room with her ^D7tapestries ^Dm7red
And ^Amshe never ^Amonce took the ^Fsus9crown from her he^Fsus9ad
^Csus9She asked him ^Gsus4/Bthere to sit ^Csus9down

He said, "I see you now and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"

Well the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan

And she said, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside and often I've bled"
And he laid his hand then on the top of her head
^Csus9And he bowed h^Gsus4/Ber down to th^Csus9e groun^Csus9d

<sup>Fsus9, C/E, D7sus4, D7, Dm7

Am</sup>Oooooh ^{Fsus9 Csus9, Gsus4/B, Csus9}

"Tell me how hungry are you, how weak you must feel
As you are living here alone and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see

And the sun it was gold, though the sky it was grey
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her and she turned away
And would not look at his face again

He said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman whom I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange"

But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached
And she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside

^AmOut in the ^Amdistance her ^Fsus2order was ^Fsus2heard
And the ^C5soldier was ^Gsus4/Bkilled still ^C5waiting for her ^Gword
And while the ^Amqueen went on ^Amstrangling in the ^Fsus9solitude she pre^Fsus9ferred
The ^C5battle^Gsus4/B continued ^C5on <sup>Gsus4/B

Fsus9</sup> OoooohC/E

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