(intro) Am   A#   A# A#m   C    D    F  Fmaj7  G#

Am                             G#
  Sad and lonely is your only truth
                   C               D
  Hold on to your youth, until it fades away
   Am                                         G#
  Never get sad, it's turned your friends on you
                       C               D
  The girl that they knew has somehow lost her way

      F                 Am
  To hear the queen of sympathy
   D                 A#
  Love is waiting to be forgiven
    F                  Am
  Please the queen of sympathy
         D              A#              Am
  She's wide awake and needs attention now

      Am                            G#
  To make us suffer, get the upper hand
                  C                  D
  You cried on demand, but we're so sick of that
      Am                            G#
  To make us suffer, get the upper hand
                  C                  D
  You cried on demand, but we're so sick of that

      F                 Am
  To hear the queen of sympathy
   D                 A#
  Love is waiting to be forgiven
    F                  Am
  Please the queen of sympathy
         D              A#             (F)
  She's wide awake and needs attention now

( F Fmaj7 Am C ) (2x)

F               Fmaj7  Am                   C
  We heard you somehow did things that you really didn't want to
F              Fmaj7   Am                C
  You couldn't hold out, and now you're looking for a rescue
F          Fmaj7    Am                C
  So look around now, and see there's no-one really there for you
F    Fmaj7         A#           A#m
  So what will you do when your wedding is over?

(solo 4x) F Fmaj7 Am C

F                       Am
  To hear the queen of sympathy
   D                 A#
  Love is waiting to be forgiven
F                    Am
  Appease the queen of sympathy
         D              A#              F     Fmaj7
  She's wide awake and needs attention now

Am     C                  F    Am     D
  The queen has slipped away, away, away
       A#                 F    Am     D
  The queen has slipped away, away, away
       A#                 F    Am     D    A#
  The queen has slipped away, away, away