[ Предположительная тональность: C ] 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 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