Band: The Smiths
Song: The Queen is Dead
Album: The Queen is Dead
Thom Mills [email protected]

Chords
G:320003
A:x022200
G#m:466544
D:xx0232
E:x22100
B:x24442

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