1. The Bandit Queen
2. Bridges and Balloons
3. Constantinople
4. The Kingdom of Spain
1. The Bandit Queen
Originally tabbed by: Unregistered
VERSE 1
C C7
As the Sun is sinking low,
F Fm
And the evening's tucked in tow,
C Am G G7
On the horizon, my true love I see-e-e-e-eee.
C C7
She ain't fancy, she ain't fine
F Fm
While her fingers number only nine
C Am F G
She's the belle of the ball of the insurgency.
CHORUS
C Am
She's my Bandit Queen, laying beneath the moon
F G
In a bandit cave, a blanket laid for two
C Am
If I could find a way to your hideaway by the sea
F G7 C
O Bandit Queen, steal away to me.
BRIDGE
Am
Somewhere on a mountain, by a starry water fountain
C C/B
In an alcove hid by some trees
Am
Amidst a pile of treasure, reclining at her leisure,
F G
My ladylove sniffs at the breeze.
F
And sitting up, she adjusts her turban
C
And takes another swig from a bottle of bourbon
D7 G
And listening to the whistling of the train in station
N.C
Odds are it will never reach its destination.
C Am
'Cause the Bandit Queen, astride her steed will ride
F G C
Oh, let me be the one to lay within your theivin' arms tonight.
CHORUS
C Am
She's my Bandit Queen, laying beneath the moon
F G
In a bandit cave, a blanket laid for two
C Am
If I could find a way to your hideaway by the sea
F G7 C
O Bandit Queen, steal away to me.
2. Bridges and Balloons
CAPO 4
VERSE 1
G
We sailed away on a winter's day
Cadd9
With fate as malleable as clay
G
But ships are fallible, I say
Cadd9
And the nautical, like all things, fades
G
And I can recall our caravel
Cadd9
A little wicker beetle shell
G
With four fine maste and lateen sails
Cadd9
Its bearings on Cair Paravel
CHORUS
Am Cadd9
Oh my love
G
Oh it was a funny little thing
Am
To be
C
The ones
G
To've seen
VERSE 2
G
The sight of bridges and balloons
Cadd9
Makes calm canaries irritable
G
And they caw and claw all afternoon
Cadd9
Catenaries and dirigibles
G
Brace and buoy the living room
Cadd9
A loom of metal warp woof wimble
G
And a thimble’s worth of milky moon
Cadd9
Can touch hearts larger than a thimble
CHORUS
Am Cadd9
Oh my love
G
Oh it was a funny little thing
Am
To be
C
The ones
G
To've seen
OUTRO
Am Cadd9
Oh my love
G
It was a funny little thing
Am C G
Oh it was a funny funny funny little thing
Cadd9 G Cadd9 G Cadd9 G
3. Constantinople
Originally tabbed by: aflowerandagun
INTRO: C C/B
VERSE 1
C C/G C C/G
O the minarets of Constantinople
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Are plated gold, ivory, and opal
F F/C F F/C G G G G
Their cupolas all onion domed and light.
VERSE 2
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C C/G C C/G
And the magistrate of Constantinople
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Has made a match; his family was hopeful
F F/C F F/C G G G G
Their daughter would be promised a wedding night.
CHORUS
F G
But the Sultan's weary bride, she won't be wed tonight
C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E
Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie
F F/C F F/C G G G G
For far across the town, her lover now is drowned
C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E
And painted by the Bosporus in blue
F F/C F F/C G G G G
And there's nothing for a broken heart to do.
VERSE 3
C C/G C C/G
Down the dirty streets of Constantinople
Am Am/E Am Am/E
The beggars weep, their hands all wide open
F F/C F F/C G G G G
Their severed leper limbs all swing and sway.
VERSE 4
C C/G C C/G
At a windowsill in Constantinople
Am Am/E Am Am/E
Our Hero sighs to melodies noteful
F F/C F F/C G G G G
And gazes on the walls that hold his love.
CHORUS
F G
But the Sultan's weary bride, she won't be wed tonight
C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E
Nor fall beneath a canopy to lie
F F/C F F/C G G G G
For far across the town, her lover now is drowned
C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E
And painted by the Bosporus in blue
F F/C F F/C G G G G
And there's nothing for a broken heart to do.
OUTRO
F F/C F F/C G G G G
No, there's nothing for a broken heart to do.
C C/B C/A C/G Am Am/E Am Am/E F F/C F F/C G G G G
Except cry.
G G G7 C
4. The Kingdom of Spain
Originally tabbed by: Unregistered
G G C D G
VERSE 1
C
In the Kingdom of Spain
D G Em
There are such colors
C
They defy any name
D G Em
Like drab and dolor
CHORUS
C D
But oh the King and the Queen of Spain
G Em
With their long unpronounceable names
C D Em D
Grace the table at the long lost Kingdom of Spain
VERSE 2
C
In the Kingdom of Light
D G Em
A lithe young lawyer
C
Tries a case for
D G Em
Her unjustly arrested brother
CHORUS
C D
But oh the King and the Queen of Light
G Em
Rule with unbendable might
C D Em D
So it's to the gallows with the long lost Kingdom of Light
BRIDGE
G G C D G
VERSE 3
C
In the Kingdom of Love
D G Em
Oh, we're all just fodder
C
As the cannonades drub
D G Em
Our sons and daughters
CHORUS
C D
But oh the King and the Queen of Love
G Em
In their long white fingerless gloves
C D Em D
Bang the gavel for the long lost Kingdom of Love
OUTRO
D Em
Of love
D Em
Of love
D
