From: rickl1@IX.netcom.com (Rick L) Date: 1998/01/29 Message-ID: <6aom01$2e4@sjx-ixn9.ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: rec.music.artists.emmylou-harris,alt.guitar.tab Emmylou Harris Queen Of The Silver Dollar by Shel Silverstein Tom Guidera bass Glen D Hardin piano Danny Pendleton steel guitar James Burton dobro Mark Cuff drums Ricky Skaggs fiddle Bruce Archer acoustic guitar Herb Pedersen background vocals Linda Ronstadt background vocals D She arrives in all her splendor G Each night at nine o’clock A Her chariot is the crosstown bus D That stops right down the block G Now the old piano minstrel plays her tune as she walks in A D And the Queen of the Silver Dollar’s home again D G D She’s the Queen of the Silver Dollar G D She rules this smokey kingdom G D E A Scepter is a wine glass and a bar stool is her throne D G D G D Now the jesters flock around her tryin’ to win her favors G D To see which one will take the G D A D Queen of the Silver Dollar home D Now her royal dress is satin G It’s shabby and it’s torn A The royal jewels are rhinestones D The shoes are scuffed and worn D Of the many roads she’s been down, G And the places that she’s seen A D Well they all look at her and say God save the queen D G D She's the Queen of the Silver Dollar G D She rules this smokey kingdom G D E A Scepter is a wine glass and a bar stool is her throne D G D G D Now the jesters flock around her tryin' to win her favors G D To see which one will take the G D A D Queen of the Silver Dollar home D Now the Queen of the Silver Dollar G Is not as haughty as she seems A D She was once an ordinary girl with ordinary dreams D But there’s a man who found her G And he brought her to this world A D He’s the one who made a queen of a simple country girl D G D Yes I'm the Queen of the Silver Dollar G D I rule this smokey kingdom G D E A Scepter is a wine glass and a bar stool is my throne D G D G D Now the jesters flock around me tryin' to win my favors G D To see which one will take the G D A D Queen of the Silver Dollar home D G D Yes I'm the Queen of the Silver Dollar G D I rule this smokey kingdom G D E A Scepter is a wine glass and a bar stool is my throne D G D G D Now the jesters flock around me tryin' to win my favors G D To see which one will take the G D A D Queen of the Silver Dollar home From Emmylou Harris "Pieces Of The Sky" Reprise Records 1975 Evil Eye Music Inc(BMI)