| G | D | G | C | |
| Death valley q | ueen wh | ere have you b | een |
| G | Em | |
| Since they cr | owned you in g | lory |
| G | D | |
| Filled y | our head with d | reams |
| G | D | G | |
| But it s | till goes to s | how in every d | esert |
| C | G | D | G | |
| There's a r | ose that's bloo | ming for a | ll to be s | een |
| D | G | |
| I remember you | well from that | town |
| C | G | Em | |
| You did d | well with the | face of an | angel |
| G | D | |
| In a du | mp hot as h | ell |
| G | D | |
| When I as | ked for a ki | ss |
| G | C | |
| You ki | ndly dismi | ssed |
| G | D | G | |
| So i le | ad my poor h | eart to the sl | aughter |
| D | G | C | D | |
| T | ell me | dear wh | at did you | fear |
| G | C | D | |
| I'd do you no wro | ng though no s | tranger to | sin |
| G | C | G | C | |
| So death valley q | ueen go ma | rry your k | ing |
| G | D | G | |
| Or an | old maid you'll | end up for ce | rtain |
| 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 you'll end up for certain |
| D | G | C | G | D | |
| Then the ba | ll dro | pped why eve | rything fe | ll by the | way |
| D | G | C | D | |
| As your te | ardr | ops were fal | ling I forgot to s | ay |
| G | D | G | |
| That | I have al | ways loved | you |
| G | C | G | |
| Yeah | I have a | lways loved | you |
| G | D | G | C | |
| Yeah | I |
| G | |
| Yeah | I |
| C | |
| I have al | ways loved you |
| When I returned downtrodden and burned |
| There were billy goats grazing |
| Where once you'd be found |
| So I hung out to dry |
| On this limb for a lie |
| Take me back for I'm cursed on the mainland |
| Tell me dear what did you fear |
| I'd do you no wrong though no stranger to sin |
| So death valley queen go marry your king |
| Or an old maid you'll end up for certain |
| I said death valley queen go marry your king |
| And a-roving I'll end up for certain |