Frank Turner - Long Live The Queen

hey , i wasnt really happy with the other version , please rate , this is my first tab .

verse : listen to a youtube video to learn the pattern .

also , try to keep the top B and E string open when strumming ,

sounds better : )

for the chorus :

Aadd9 – 077600

F#m x44200

Bmadd11 099700

E7 020100 or 076700

D xx0230

E 022100

A

i was sipping on a whiskey when i got the call

F#m

yeah my friend lex was lying in the hospital

Bm

she’d been pretty sick for about half a year

E

but it seems liked this time the end was drawing near

A

so dropped my plans and jumped the next london train

F#m

i found her laid up and in a lot of pain

Bm

her eyes met mine and then i understood

E E7

that the weather forecast wasn’t looking too good

A

so i sat and spun her stories for a little while

F#m

tried to raise her mood and tried to raise a smile

Bm Bm

but she silenced all my rambling with a shake of her head

E E7

drew me close and listen this is what she said now

Aadd9 F#m Bmadd11

“you’ll live to dance another day ,

E7

it’s just now you’ll have to dance , for the two of us ,

Aadd9 F#m Bmadd11

so stop looking so damn depressed

D

and sing with all your heart

E

that the queen is dead”

A

yeah she told me she was sick of all the hospital food

F#m

and of doctors , distant relatives , draining her blood

Bm

she said “i know i’m dying , but i’m not finished just yet ,

E E7

i Am dying for a drink and for a cigarette”

A

so we hatched a plan to book ourselves a cheap hotel

F#m

in the centre of the city and to raise some hell

Bm Bm E

lay waste to all the clubs and then when everyone else is long asleep

E7

we know we’re good and done

Aadd9 F#m Bmadd11

“you’ll live to dance another day ,

E7

it’s just now you’ll have to dance , for the two of us ,

Aadd9 F#m Bmadd11

so stop looking so damn depressed

D

and sing with all your heart

E D F#m E

that the queen is dead__________

D F#m E

and south london’s not the same anymore

D F#m E

the queen is dead ,

D F#m E

and the last of the great has finally gone to bed

A

well i was working on some words when sarah called me up

F#m

she said that lex had gone asleep and wasn’t waking up

Bm

and even though i knew that there was nothing to be done

E E7

i felt bad for not being there and now , well , she was gone

A

so i tried to think what lex would want me to do

F#m

at times like this when i was feeling blue

Bm

so i gathered up some friends to spread the sad sad news

E E7

and we headed to the city for a drink or two

and we sang

Aadd9 F#m Bmadd11

“you’ll live to dance another day ,

E7

it’s just now you’ll have to dance , for the two of us ,

Aadd9 F#m Bmadd11

so stop looking so damn depressed

D

and sing with all your heart

E D

long live the queen”