Queen Of Hearts — Gregg Allman
Chords and lyrics for Queen Of Hearts by Gregg Allman (key of D#).
Verse 1
This is a sweet Jazzy tune with lots of great chords:
Cm7 8x8888
F7 8x786x
Bbmaj7 6x776x
[Ebmaj7]Am7 5x5555
D7#9 5x456x
D7b9 5x454x
Gm7 3x3333
Gm6 3x2333
C7 3x231x
Eb7 6x564x
Bb 688766
Ab/Bb 6x654x
Riff:
[Gm] [Gmmaj7] [Gm7] [Gm6] [Ebmaj7] [Gm]
*Play this riff over these lines of lyric
Intro
[Cm7] [F7] [Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
[Am7][D7#9]Riff[D7b9]
Verse
[Cm7]Once I was [F7]glad
[Bbmaj7] Always happy [Ebmaj7]never sad
[Am7]And every [D7#9]day
[D7b9]Seemed like [Gm7]Sunday
Riff
Verse
[Cm7]And although [F7]things were slow
[Bbmaj7]Never seemed to [Ebmaj7]have no dough
Oh [Am7]Somehow, [D7#9]I
[D7b9]never once got [Gm7]lonely
Riff
Verse
[Cm7]Ya' see the fact is [F7]more or less
[Bbmaj7]You're gamblin' with your [Ebmaj7]own happiness
[Am7]And most all your [D7#9]would be
[D7b9]Friends [Gm7]turn out so phoney
Riff
Chorus
[C7]Oh but times they change
[Eb7]And rearrange
[Eb7]And I'll sing to [Bb]the Queen of [Ab/Bb]Hearts
[Bb]Don't know [Ab/Bb]where to start
[Bb]Or how to [Ab/Bb]stop [Bb]mmmmm[Ab/Bb]
Verse
[Cm7]And after things have [F7]come and gone
[Bbmaj7]Left me feelin'
That [Ebmaj7]I've done so wrong
[Am7]Oh, I wasted [D7#9]so [D7b9]much time
[Gm7][Gm6]*Feelin' [Ebmaj7] guilty[Gm7]
Verse
[Cm7]And as I watch you [F7]sit across the room
[Bbmaj7]Beautiful as the [Ebmaj7]flowers bloom
[Am7]Leave it lay [D7#9]just one day
[D7b9]Oh brother you're
[Gm6]*gonna [Ebmaj7]come back To [Gm7]find it gone
Verse
[C7]I love you queen of Hearts
[Eb7]Tell me not to stop
Just tell me [Bb]where
[Ab/Bb]To start [Bb]where now [Ab/Bb]baby
[Bb]Tell me where [Bb]to [Ab/Bb]start…
Instrumental
(double time)
[Cm7] [F7] [Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
[Am7][D7#9]riff[D7b9]
(half time)
[C7] [Eb7] [Bb] [Ab/Bb]
[Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Bb] [Ab/Bb]
[Bb] [Ab/Bb]
Verse
[Cm7]And after all that [F7]we've been through
[Bbmaj7]I find that when I [Ebmaj7]think of you
[Am7]A warm soft wind runs
[D7#9]Through and [D7b9]through
And [Gm7]in my [Gm6]heart
There's [Ebmaj7]only [Gm7]you
Verse
[Cm7]And I will [F7]always keep on [Bbmaj7]trying
To gather this strange [Ebmaj7] piece of mind
[Am7]Without it there'd be
[D7#9]Lonely [D7b9]me Oh I[Ebmaj7] promise you babe
*Oh[Gm7] [Gm6]darlin' [Ebmaj7]lonely [Gm7]you
Outro
[C7]I love you Queen of Hearts
[Eb7]Don't tell me when to stop
Tell me [Bb]when to [Ab/Bb]start
I love you [Bb]queen of [Ab/Bb]Hearts
[Bb]Tell me not to [Ab/Bb]stop
[Bb]Just tell me [Ab/Bb]where to start
Instrumental
(double time)
[Cm7] [F7] [Bbmaj7] [Ebmaj7]
[Am7][D7#9]Riff[D7b9]
(half time and fade)
[C7] [Eb7] [Bb] [Ab/Bb]
[Bb] [Ab/Bb] [Bb] [Ab/Bb]
[Bb] [Ab/Bb]
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