Palace of Versailles
[Intro]
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
[Verse]
Em C
The wands of smoke are rising
D G
From the walls of the Bastille
C Am
And through the streets of Paris
D B7
Runs a sense of the unreal
Em C
The Kings have all departed
D G
Their servants are nowhere
C Am
We burned out their mansions
D B7
In the name of Robespierre
[Chorus]
C
And still we wait
D G D G
To see the day begin
C D G D G
Our time ... is wasting in the wind
B C
Wondering why
B C
Wondering why, it echoes
Em B [ Em ]
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
[Interlude]
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
[Verse]
Em C
Inside the midnight councils
D G
The lamps are burning low
C Am
On you sit and talk all through the night
D B7
But there's just no place to go
Em C
And Bonaparte is coming
D G
With his army from the south
C Am
Marat your days are numbered
D B7
And we live hand to mouth
[Chorus]
C
While we wait
D G D G
To see the day begin
C D G D G
Our time ... is wasting in the wind
B C
Wondering why
B C
Wondering why, it echoes
Em B [ Em ]
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
[Interlude]
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
[Verse]
Em C
The ghost of revolution
D G
Still prowls the Paris streets
C Am
Down all the restless centuries
D B7
It wonders incomplete
Em C
It speaks inside the cheap red wine
D G
Of cafe summer nights
C Am
Its red and amber voices
D B7
Call the cars at traffic lights
[Chorus]
C
Why do you wait
D G D G
To see the day begin
C D G D G
Our time ... is wasting in the wind
B C
Wondering why
B C
Wondering why, it echoes
Em B Em Em
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
[break]
Em Am D G
Wondering why ... it echoes
Em B [ Em }
Through the lonely palace of Versailles
[Solo]
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
| C D | G D G | C D | G D G |
| B C | B C | Em B |
[Outro]
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
| Em Am | D Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 Am | B |
(repeat and fade)