A King And A Queen

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C Cmaj7 Am Am7/G F G F G

If

C
you want to

Cmaj7
see and be s

Am
een, then be s

Am7/G
een.

Your

F
dress is dark

G
red

and your

C
opening

Cmaj7
eyes are bright g

Am
reen. Make a s

Am7/G
cene,

but don’t

F
lie on the

G
bed, laid

F
out like you’re

G
dead,

because

Am
honey, you’re murdering

G
me.

C Cmaj7 Am Am7/G F G F G

C
Be a little

Cmaj7
sheep learning who’ll

Am
shear and who’ll

Am7/G
feed.

The hands

F
come and they

G
leave.

Be hands

C
holding a

Cmaj7
knife. Be a

Am
being on two

Am7/G
feet,

with his

F
heart tremb

G
ling, butche

F
ring for a

G
king

he be

Am
lieves in though he’s never

G
seen.

C Cmaj7 Am Am7/G F G F G 2x

Be the

F
princess in that stone

Em
tower,

Am
crying for that

G
handsome butcher’s

Am
plight

(and, as

F
some princess

G
might,

she still

F
calls him a

G
knight.)

But the

C
best thing for

Cmaj7
you would be

Am
queen, so be

Am7/G
queen.

You’re

F
all that

G
I need.

Though I

C
know that it

Cmaj7
never can

Am
be, I’d be

Am7/G
pleased

to

F
post your de

G
crees, to

F
fall at your

G
knees,

to

Am
name all your streets and to

F
sit down and

G
weep

when you’re

Am
carried back through them and

F
set down to

G
sleep,

and to

Am
lie by your side for su

F
blime centu

G
ries

(until we

Am
crumble to dust when we’re

F
crushed by a

G
single sun

C
beam).

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