The Queen and the Soldier

The Queen and the Soldier easy guitar chords by Suzanne Vega

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

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  • Am

  • F

  • C

  • G

  • Dsus4

  • D

  • A

  • Dm

  • Am

  • F

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  • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    The 
    soldier 

    came 
    knocking 
    upon 
    the queen's 
    door 

    He said, 
    "I 
    am 
    not 
    fighting 

    for 
    you 
    any 
    more" 

    The 
    queen 
    knew 
    she'd 
    seen 

    his 
    face 
    someplace 
    before 

    And 
    slowly 
    she 
    let him 
    inside. 

    Verse 2
    He said, 
    "I've 
    watched 
    your 

    palace 
    up 
    here 
    on 
    the hill 

    And 
    I've 
    wondered 
    who's 
    the 

    woman 
    for 
    whom 
    we 
    all 
    kill 

    But 
    I am 
    leaving 
    tomorrow 

    and you can 
    do what 
    you 
    will 

    Only 
    first 
    am 
    asking 
    you 
    why." 

    Verse 3
    Down 
    in 
    the long 
    narrow 

    hall 
    he 
    was 
    led 

    Into 
    her 
    rooms 
    with her 
    tapestries 
    red 

    And 
    she 
    never 
    once 
    took 

    the crown 
    from 
    her head 

    She 
    asked 
    him 
    there 
    to 
    sit down. 

    Verse 4

    He said, 
    "I 
    see 
    you now, 

    and you are 
    so 
    very 
    young 

    But 
    I've 
    seen 
    more 
    battles 
    lost 

    than I 
    have 
    battle
    s won 

    And I've 
    got 
    this 
    intuition, 

    says 
    it's all 
    for 
    your 
    fun 

    And 
    now 
    will 
    you 
    tell 
    me 
    why?" 

    Verse 5
    Well the 
    young 
    queen, 

    she 
    fixed 
    him 
    with 
    an 
    arrogant 
    eye 

    She 
    said, 
    "You 
    won't 
    understand, 

    and 
    you 
    may 
    as well 
    not 
    try" 

    But her 
    face 
    was 
    a child's, 

    and he 
    thought 
    she 
    would 
    cry 

    But she 
    closed 
    her
    self 
    up 
    like 
    fan. 

    Verse 6
    And she 
    said, 

    "I 
    have swallowed 
    secret 
    burning 
    thread 

    It 
    cuts 
    me 
    inside, 
    and 
    often 
    I've 
    bled" 

    He 
    laid 
    his 
    hand 
    then 
    on 
    top 
    of 
    her 
    head 

    And 
    he 
    bowed 
    her 
    down 
    to 
    the 
    ground. 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 7
    "Tell me 
    how 
    hungry 
    are 
    you? How 

    weak 
    you 
    must 
    feel 

    As you 
    are 
    living 
    here 
    alone, 

    and you are 
    never 
    re
    vealed 

    But 
    won't 
    march 
    again 

    on 
    your 
    battlefield" 

    And 
    he 
    took 
    her to 
    the 
    window 
    to see. 

    Verse 8
    And the 
    sun, 
    it was 
    gold, 

    though the 
    sky, 
    it was 
    gray 

    And 
    she 
    wanted 
    more 
    than 

    she 
    ever 
    could 
    say 

    But she 
    knew 
    how 
    it 
    frightene
    d her, 

    and 
    she 
    turned 
    away 

    And 
    would not 
    look 
    at 
    his 

    face 
    again. 

    Verse 9
    And he said, 

    "I 
    want 
    to 
    live 
    as 
    an 
    honest 
    man 

    To 
    get 
    all 
    I deserve 
    and to 

    give 
    all 
    can

    And to 
    love 
    young 
    woman 

    who 
    don't 
    understand 

    Your 
    highness, 

    your 
    ways 
    are 
    very 
    strange." 

    Verse 10
    But the 
    crown, 
    it had 
    fallen, 

    and she 
    thought 
    she 
    would 
    break 

    And she 
    stood there, 

    ashamed 
    of the 
    way 
    her 
    heart 
    ached 

    She 
    took 
    him to 
    the 
    doorstep 
    and she 

    asked 
    him 
    to 
    wait 

    She would 
    only 
    be 
    a moment 
    in
    side. 

    Verse 11
    Out 
    in 
    the 
    distance 
    her 

    order 
    was 
    heard 

    And the 
    soldier 
    was 
    killed, 

    still 
    waiting 
    for 
    her 
    word 

    And 
    while the 
    queen 
    went 
    on 
    strangling 

    in the 
    solitude 
    she preferred 

    The 
    battle 
    continued 
    on. 

    Outro 1



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