“CHARLES BECOMES KING”
…my eulogy to The Queen… and alternative anthem to Advance Australia Fair!

Bm Em D
Sweetly she sang, as she laid down to rest
Bm D F#7
Rosaries and rites to receive
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God give to laws, the brand new King
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All of the years I’d wait to send
G F#m A F#m
Word of how reckoned men
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And all the ladies the same
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A fabled land could end
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All of the Lord’s wars holy
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The prince let his armour fall for all of history to know his heart
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Moonlight, blue-black
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Black dreams to honour Bm Em D
Red and black, blue or white
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The Sun is only yellow
G F#m A F#m G
I knelt down again, alone in Oz
F#m A F#m G D Em A F# Bm
To serve before the sword went down to find the shoulder of a child still wed to war
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From Afghanistan to Ukraine
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So swear my oath to fight for life
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Sunset in Australia
Bm D F#7
True in breadth and hue
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Our star it sinks like in our throats the passing of the Queen
G F#m A F#m G F#m
Lay down all of your arms to beat the drums
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The sight to see, from far, I came
Em A F# Bm
To fly the flag aside sea
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Against rolling roar, from Wentworth
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to Rudd we all go to our deaths, but first she.