Verse Am Am F F The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door Cadd9 G Cadd9 G He said, "I am not fighting for you anymore" Am Am F And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before C G Cadd9 And slowly she let him inside Chorus Am Am F F He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill Cadd9 G Cadd9 G And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all k*ll Am Am F F But I am leaving tomorrow, and you can do what you will C G Cadd9 Only first I am asking you why" Verse F F C9 C9 Down the long narrow hall he was led D7sus4 D7sus4 D7 Dm Into her room with her tapestries red Am Am F F And she never once took the crown from her head C G Cadd9 She asked him there to sit down Chorus Am Am F F He said, "I see you now and you are so very young Cadd9 G Cadd9 G But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won Am Am F F And I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun C G Cadd9 And now will you tell me why?" Verse Am Am F F Well the young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye Cadd9 G Cadd9 G She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try" Am Am F F But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry C G Cadd9 But she closed herself up like a fan Chorus F F C9 C9 And she said, "I have swallowed a secret burning thread D7sus4 D7sus4 D7 Dm It cuts me inside and often I've bled" Am Am F F And he laid his hand then on the top of her head C G Cadd9 And he bowed her down to the ground Bridge F F C9 C9 D7sus4 D7 Dm OooooooooooooH Am Am F F Cadd9 G Cadd9 OooooooooooooooH Verse Am Am F F "Tell me how hungry are you, how weak you must feel Cadd9 G Cadd9 G As you are living here alone and you are never revealed Am Am F F But I won't march again on your battlefield" C G Cadd9 And he took her to the window to see Am Am F F And the sun it was gold, though the sky it was grey Cadd9 G Cadd9 G And she wanted more than she ever could say Am Am F F But she knew how it frightened her and she turned away C G Cadd9 And would not look at his face again Chorus F F C9 C9 He said, "I want to live as an honest man D7sus4 D7sus4 D7 Dm To get all I deserve and to give all I can Am An F F And to love a young woman whom I don't understand C G Cadd9 Your highness, your ways are very strange" Verse Am Am F F But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break Cadd9 G Cadd9 G And she stood there ashamed of the way her heart ached Am Am F F And she took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait C G Cadd9 She would only be a moment inside (play chords sharply) Am Am F F Out in the distance her order was heard C G C G And the soldier was k*lled still waiting for her word Am Am F F And while the queen went on strangling in the solitude she preferred C G C G The battle continued on F F C9 C9 D7sus4 D7 Dm Ooooooooooooooooh Am Am F F Cadd9 G Cadd9 Oooooooooooooooooh
