xThe Smiths - I Know Its Over (The Queen Is Dead)
Standard Tuning
Mainly Chords
C Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F G C
and as I climb into an empty bed
Am7
oh well, enough said
F G F G
I know it's over still I cling
F G F G F
I don't know where else I can go, mother
C Am7
Oh mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
F G C
see, the sea wants to take me
the knife wants to slit me
Am
do you think you can help me?
F G C
Sad veiled bride, please be happy
Am7
handsome groom, give her room
F G C
loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly
Am7
although she needs you more than she loves you
F G F G
And I know it's over still I cling
F G
I don't know where else I can go
F G F
it's over, it's over, it's over
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C
I know it's over
F
and it never really began
G F G Am
but in my heart it was so real
F G F G
and you even spoke to me and said:
C Am7 F G
"If you're so funny then why are you on your own tonight?
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C Am7 F G
and if you're so clever then why are you on your own tonight?
C Am7 F G
if you're so very entertaining then why are you on your own tonight?
C Am7
if you're so very good looking why do you sleep alone tonight?
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F G C
I know cause tonight is just like any other night
Am7 F G
that's why you're on your own tonight
C
with your triumphs and your charms
Am7
while they are in each other's arms"
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F G F
It's so easy to laugh
G
it's so easy to hate
F G
it takes strength to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9 G
it's over, over, over
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* can be substituted with harmonics at 12th bar.
F G F
It's so easy to laugh
G
it's so easy to hate
F G
it takes guts to be gentle and kind
Fmaj9 G
it's over, over, over
C F G
Love is natural and real
F G Am
but not for you, my love
F G
not tonight my love
F G C F
love is natural and real
G F G Em F G
but not for such as you and I, my love
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
C F G F G Am F G F G
Oh Mother, I can feel the soil falling over my head
