Tom: C Intro: Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 G Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 G He said: "I am not fighting for you anymore" Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 And the queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before Csus2 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 And slowly she let him inside Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 He said: "I've watched your palace up here on the hill Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 G And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 But I am leaving tomorrow, and you can do what you will Csus2 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 Only first I am asking you why" Fsus9 Fsus9 C/E C/E Down the long narrow hall he was led D7sus4 D7sus4 D7 Dm7 Into her room with her tapestries red Am Am Fsus9 Fsus9 And she never once took the crown from her head Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 Csus9 She asked him there to sit down He said: "I see you now and you are so very young But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won And I've got this intuition says it's all for your fun And now will you tell me why?" 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 herself up like a fan And she said: "I have swallowed a secret burning thread It cuts me inside and often I've bled" And he laid his hand then on the top of her head Csus9 Gsus4/B Csus9 Csus9 And he bowed her down to the ground Fsus9 Fsus9 C/E C/E D7sus4 D7sus4 D7 Dm7