The Queen Is Dead

INTRO: G  A  G#m  G
         B
Farewell to this land's cheerless 
marches
hemmed in like a boar between arches
her very Lowness with her head in a 
sling
                           D       
I'm truly sorry but it sounds like 
              E
a wonderful thing
B
I say Charles don't you ever crave
to appear on the front of the Daily 
Mail
D                         E  
dressed in your Mother's bridal 
           G    A   G#m   G
veil?

         B
And so I checked all the registered 
historical facts
and I was shocked into shame to 
discover
how I'm the 18th pale descendent
           D           E
of some old queen or other
    B
Oh has the world changed, or have I 
changed?
oh has the world changed, or have I 
changed?
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some nine year old tough who peddles
 drugs
                           D       
I swear to God, I swear I never 
                     E G  A G#m  G
even knew what drugs were
     B
So I broke into the Palace
with a sponge and a rusty spanner
she said: "Eh, I know you, and you 
cannot sing"
I said: "that's nothing - you should
  D          E
 hear me play piano"
     B
We can go for a walk where it's 
quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
but when you are tied to your 
mother's apron
         D              E     G   
no-one talks about castration
A   G#m  G

   B
We can go for a walk where it's 
quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
like love and law and poverty
 D                      E
these are the things that kill me

(same as above)
We can go for a walk where it's 
quiet and dry
and talk about precious things
but the rain that flattens my hair
these are the things that kill me
            B
Passed the pub that saps your body
and the church who'll snatch your 
money
             D
the Queen is dead, boys
            E
and it's so lonely on a limb

Pass the pub that wrecks your body
and the church, all they want is 
your money
the Queen is dead, boys
and it's so lonely on a limb
B                D          
Life is very long, when you're 
    E
lonely
life is very long, when you're 
lonely
life is very long, when you're 
lonely
life is very long, when you're 
lonely