#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Lee Eugene T Subject: CRD: THE QUEEN IS DEAD - THE SMITHS THE QUEEN IS DEAD (6.24) 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 E I'm truly sorry but it sounds like a wonderful thing B I say Charles don't you ever crave to appear on the front of the Daily Mail D E G A G#m G dressed in your Mother's bridal 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? some nine year old tough who peddles drugs D E G A G#m G I swear to God, I swear I never 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" D E I said: "that's nothing - you should 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 A G#m G no-one talks about castration 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 E Life is very long, when you're 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