Catherine The Great
The Divine Comedy
Capo 2
Fadd9 xx3213
Csus4 x32011
C/B x22010
Dm7 xx0211
D/F# 2xx232
F/C x33211
Fsus4 xx3311
F xx3211
G7/B x20001
Bbsus4x13341
Em7 022030
[Intro]
Fadd9 F Csus4 C
Fadd9 F G7 G
[Verse 1]
C C/B Am
Let's talk of Catherine the Great
Dm7 F/C G7/B
Let's talk of love and the power of the state
Em7 C G
She was a crazy spontaneous girl
D Em7 D/F# C
Everyone paid homage to her
[Verse 2]
G7/B C
Catherine the Great
C/B Am
There were few brainier
Dm7 F/C G7/B
Just ask the king of Lithuania
Em7 C G
She could dictate what went on anywhere
D Em7
She had great hair
D/F# C
And a powerful gait
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Catherine the Great
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Catherine the Great
[Verse 3]
C C/B Am
She could converse with the best
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She knew Voltaire, Diderot, and the rest
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She might have conquered a third of the world
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But inside she was a sensitive girl
[Verse 4]
G7/B C
Catherine the Great
C/B Am
With her military might
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She could defeat anyone that she liked
Em7 C G
And she looked so bloody good on a horse
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They couldn't wait
D/F# G
For her to invade
Dsus4
Catherine the Great
[Solo 1]
Dsus4 D Csus4 C
Bbsus4 Bb Asus4 A
[Middle 8]
Fadd9 F
Yekaterina Alekseyevna
Csus4 C
Yekaterina Alekseyevna
Fadd9 F
Yekaterina Alekseyevna
G7 G C
Yekaterina Alekseyevna
[Solo 2]
C/B Am Dm7 F/C G7/B Em7 C G D Em7 D/F# C G7/B
[Verse 5]
C C/B Am
Let's talk of Catherine the Great
Dm7 F/C G7/B
Let's talk of love and the power of the state
Em7 C G
If I could touch but the hem of her dress
D Em7
Tell her a joke
D/F# C
Bake her a cake
G7 C
Catherine the Great