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King of Pain chords
The Police *
Bm A 8x
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
There's a little black spot on the sun today
G A G A Bm A Bm A
It's the same old thing as yesterday
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
There's a black hat caught in the high tree top
G A G A Bm A Bm A
There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop
D G D G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
D G D G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
D G D G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.
Bm A Bm A
There's a little black spot on the sun today
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
G A G A
It's the same old thing as yesterday
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
Bm A Bm A
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
G A G A
There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
D G D G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
D G D G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
D G D G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.
Bm A Bm A
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
G A G A
There's a dead salmon frozen in a water fall
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
Bm A Bm A
There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
G A G A
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
D G D G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
D G D G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
D G D G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.
A G D A
There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
G D A
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt;
G D A
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
G Bm A
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.
solo
Bm A Bm A
There's a red fox torn by a huntsmen's pack
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
G A G A
There's a black winged gull with a broken back
F#m A G
(that's my soul up there)
Bm A Bm A
There's a little black spot on the sun today
G A G A
It's the same old thing as yesterday
D G D G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
D G D G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
D G D G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.
D G
King of pain 3x
G
I will always be..
D G
King of pain . . . .
* Alternate:
Capo II
Bm = Am
A = G
G = F
D = C
F#m = Em
Set8