The Queen and the Soldier chords by
Suzanne Vega

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Key: B minor•

Intro 1

Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 1

Am

Am

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The soldier

F

F

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came knocking upon the queen's door

C

C

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G

G

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He said, "I am not fighting

C

C

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G

G

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for you any more"

Am

Am

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The queen knew she'd seen

F

F

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his face someplace before

C

C

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G

G

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And slowly she let him inside.

Verse 2

C

C

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Am

Am

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He said, "I've watched your

F

F

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palace up here on the hill

C

C

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G

G

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And I've wondered who's the

C

C

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G

G

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woman for whom we all kill

Am

Am

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But I am leaving tomorrow

F

F

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and you can do what you will

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Only first I am asking you why."

Verse 3

F

F

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Down in the long narrow

C

C

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hall he was led

Dsus4

Dsus4

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D

D

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Into her rooms with her tapestries red

Am

Am

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And she never once took

F

F

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the crown from her head

C

C

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G

G

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She asked him there to sit down.

C

C

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Verse 4

Am

Am

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He said, "I see you now,

F

F

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and you are so very young

C

C

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G

G

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But I've seen more battles lost

C

C

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G

G

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than I have battles won

A

A

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Am

Am

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And I've got this intuition,

F

F

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says it's all for your fun

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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And now will you tell me why?"

Verse 5

Am

Am

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Well the young queen,

F

F

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she fixed him with an arrogant eye

C

C

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G

G

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She said, "You won't understand,

C

C

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G

G

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and you may as well not try"

Am

Am

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But her face was a child's,

F

F

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and he thought she would cry

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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But she closed herself up like a fan.

Verse 6

F

F

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And she said,

C

C

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"I have swallowed a secret burning thread

D

D

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Dsus4

Dsus4

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D

D

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

Am

Am

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F

F

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He laid his hand then on top of her head

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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F

F

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And he bowed her down to the ground.

C

C

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Interlude 1

Dsus4

Dsus4

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D

D

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Dm

Dm

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Verse 7

Am

Am

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"Tell me how hungry are you? How

F

F

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weak you must feel

C

C

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G

G

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As you are living here alone,

C

C

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G

G

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and you are never revealed

A

A

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Am

Am

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But I won't march again

F

F

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on your battlefield"

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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And he took her to the window to see.

Verse 8

Am

Am

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And the sun, it was gold,

F

F

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though the sky, it was gray

C

C

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G

G

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And she wanted more than

C

C

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G

G

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she ever could say

A

A

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Am

Am

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But she knew how it frightened her,

F

F

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and she turned away

C

C

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G

G

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And would not look at his

C

C

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face again.

Verse 9

F

F

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And he said,

C

C

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"I want to live as an honest man

Dsus4

Dsus4

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D

D

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To get all I deserve and to

Dsus4

Dsus4

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give all I can

Am

Am

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And to love a young woman

F

F

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who I don't understand

C

C

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Your highness,

G

G

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C

C

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your ways are very strange."

Verse 10

Am

Am

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But the crown, it had fallen,

F

F

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and she thought she would break

C

C

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And she stood there,

G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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ashamed of the way her heart ached

Am

Am

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She took him to the doorstep and she

F

F

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asked him to wait

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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She would only be a moment inside.

Verse 11

Am

Am

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Out in the distance her

F

F

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order was heard

C

C

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G

G

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And the soldier was killed,

C

C

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G

G

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still waiting for her word

Am

Am

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And while the queen went on strangling

F

F

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in the solitude she preferred

C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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G

G

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The battle continued on.

Outro 1

F

F

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C

C

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D

D

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Dsus4

Dsus4

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D

D

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Dm

Dm

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Am

Am

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F

F

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C

C

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G

G

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C

C

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Chords

Am
F
C
G
Dsus4
D
A
Dm

Capo: 2

Transpose: 0

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The original key of The Queen and the Soldier by Suzanne Vega is B minor.

The primary chords used in The Queen and the Soldier are Bm, G, D, A, Esus4, E.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 2 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Bm, G, D, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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