Rain King Chords
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Difficulty: | intermediate |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Key: | A |
Capo: | no capo |
Author Unregistered. 4 contributors total, last edit on Nov 1, 2024
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[Intro] (x2)
D A/C# Bm A
D A/C# Bm E A
[Verse]
D A/C#
When I think of heaven
Bm A D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A/C# Bm E A D A/C#
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
Bm A D A/C#
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
Bm E A
In the belly of a black-winged bird.
Bm G
Don't try to feed me
Bm G
I've been here before
D E
And I deserve a little more
[Chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm D E A
I belong anywhere but in between
A Bm D E
She's been crying and I've been thinking
A Bm D E
And I am the Rain King
[Verse]
D A/C# Bm A
And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone?
D A/C#
I can't go outside
Bm E A
I'm scared I might not make it home
D A/C#
I'm alive, I'm alive
Bm A
But I'm sinking in
D A/C#
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Bm E A
Why don't you invite me in?
Bm G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm G
I've been there before
D E
And I deserve a little more
[Chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm D E A
I belong anywhere but in between
A Bm D E
She's been lying and I've been sinking
A Bm D E
And I am the Rain King
[Bridge]
Bm D A
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Bm D A Bm
Henderson is waiting for the sun
D A
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
Bm D A
After all the dreaming I come home again
[Solo]
D A/C# Bm A
D A/C# Bm E A
[Verse]
D A/C#
When I think of heaven
Bm A D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A/C# Bm E
I think of dying
A D A/C#
Lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Bm A D A/C#
Render up my body into the burning heart of God
Bm E A
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Bm G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm G
I've been here before
D E
And I deserve a little more
[Chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong in the service of the queen
A Bm D E A
I belong anywhere but in between
A Bm D E
She's been dying and I've been drinking
A Bm D E
And I am the Rain King
A Bm D E
Well, I said I am the Rain King
A Bm D E
Well, I said I-I-I-I-I yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A Bm D E
Well, I am the rain king
Yeah
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23 comments

This tab is perfect - i capo it on 2 then drop all the chords a full step, so the progression becomes C - G - Am - G...this makes the Am super easy and you can open the first fret on the b string to walk it down like they do it the song...
but great tab, thanks
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With a capo on the 2nd fret...
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This is a good tab, but I do have a slight cheat for it. Personall I find it hard to hit Bm so often from A and D, so I tend to use B11, which fits a lot easier with the other chords. Its sounds near enough the same, but its a lot simpler to reach. I know the main tab here is right but this one is for the lazy sods like me ^^
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