King & Queen Of England chords by Sandy Denny

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Verse 1
G 
Bm 
 (G major) Bring back the king to his throne,  (B minor) 
A 
Em 
And the  (A major) smile may return to the  (E minor) queen.
G 
 (G major) How can she rule on her own,
D 
A 
 (D major) When the glory of  (A major) what might have
Em 
A 
D 
been  (E minor)  (A major) is all  (D major) she feels?

Verse 2
G 
Bm 
The  (G major) fire still burns in the  (B minor) hearth,
A 
Em 
The  (A major) music still plays for  (E minor) her pleasure.
G 
But the  (G major) air is as cold as the death,
D 
A 
And the  (D major) soft melod (A major) ies only
Em 
D 
 (E minor) measure her bittersweet  (D major) tears.

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Verse 3

Every note of each song brings a vision

Of love and of pain back to me,

Like a captive I've locked in a prison

And whose liberty rests upon me.

But I can't find the key.

You may never be free.

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) The servants still hang on
Bm 
his  (B minor) every word,
A 
Em 
But his  (A major) youthfulness passes him  (E minor) by.
G 
D 
The king only  (G major) watches the seasons  (D major) 
A 
And they watching  (A major) him see
Em 
his spark (E minor) ling eye
D 
Hold (D major) s  no diamond any more.

Verse 5
Em 
D 
In the  (E minor) folds which begin every  (D major) ending,
Em 
Bm 
I  (E minor) wish I forever could lie.  (B minor) 
Em 
Bm 
Em 
D 
But the  (E minor) cloth I wear is not  (B minor) for  (E minor)  (D major) mending,
Em 
For what tail (E minor) or could stitch
A 
G 
up the torn  (A major) blue sky?  (G major) 
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E 
So the battle is  (F sharp major) done.  (E major) 
Nobody won.