Key: E major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I'd like you to meet
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my last queen,
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Over there large as life
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She's been hanging there
for almost a week,
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My poor late wife;
Verse 2
What do think of the color of her skin,
It has the bloom of a rose,
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You see she begged me to bring
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a certain painter in,
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And for that picture in her
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bedroom she would pose;
Verse 3
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Well after a while he was
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driving me mad,
As you could well understand,
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Sitting in there, day after day,
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With my wife in the palm of his hand
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It was
Verse 4
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"Madam please do this and
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Madam please do that",
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You've never heard such display,
But he didn't mind he was taking his time,
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It was me that had to pay,
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"Oh Madam I think we should
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take a walk in the woods,
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You understand it's the light",
And did I mind, no,
I was so kind when they,
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Came back in the middle of the night,
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And I swear I'll take care of the painter,
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oh the paint er
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Verse 5
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Well as you can see it was hard for me,
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But something has to be done,
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She only has eyes for him and his lies,
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and as for me,
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Not a glance, not a single one;
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My orders were severe and she disappeared,
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It really was such a shame,
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And when they told me she was
dead I broke down and said,
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"It's that painter, it's him,
he's to blame."
Verse 6
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With his "Madam please do this and
Madam please do that",
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You've never heard such display,
But he didn't mind he was taking his time,
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It was me that had to pay,
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"Oh Madam I think we should
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take a walk in the woods,
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You understand it's the light",
And did I mind, no,
I was so kind when they
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Came back in the middle of the night,
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And I hope it's the rope
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for the painter,
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When he's found,
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it's hell bound for the painter,
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I'll get that painter
Outro 1
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