G D G C Death valley queen where have you been G Em Since they crowned you in glory G D Filled your head with dreams G D G But it still goes to show in every desert C G D G Thereʼs a rose thatʼs blooming for all to be seen D G I remember you well from that town C G Em You did dwell with the face of an angel G D In a dump hot as hell G D When I asked for a kiss G C You kindly dismissed G D G So i lead my poor heart to the slaughter D G C D Tell me dear what did you fear G C D Iʼd do you no wrong though no stranger to sin G C G C So death valley queen go marry your king G D G Or an old maid youʼll end up for certain Off I did set on my trail of regret Where I thought of you now in your castle and crown So I found me a whore with a face just like yours After several gallons of porter When I awoke, she had scarpered I was broke Laying cold in the bed with a whale for a head So death valley queen go marry your king Or an old maid youʼll end up for certain D G C G D Then the ball dropped why everything fell by the way D G C D As your teardrops were falling I forgot to say G D G That I have always loved you G C G Yeah I have always loved you G D G C Yeah I G Yeah I C I have always loved you When I returned downtrodden and burned There were billy goats grazing Where once youʼd be found So I hung out to dry On this limb for a lie Take me back for Iʼm cursed on the mainland Tell me dear what did you fear Iʼd do you no wrong though no stranger to sin So death valley queen go marry your king Or an old maid youʼll end up for certain I said death valley queen go marry your king And a-roving Iʼll end up for certain
