RAIN KING
Capo 2, BPM = 158
INTRO: | C | G/B | Am7 | G | X 2
VERSE 1:
C
G/B
Am7
G
When I think of heaven (Deliver me in a black-winged
C
G/B
Am7 G
bird)
I think of flying,
down into a
C
G/B
Am7
G
sea of pens and feathers and all other instruments of
C
G/B
Am7
G
faith and sex and God in the belly of a black-winged bird
PRECHORUS 1:
Am
F
Don't try to feed me
Am
F
C
D
‘Cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more
CHORUS 1:
G Am C
D
G
I belong, in the service of the Queen
Am C
D
G
I belong,
anywhere but in between
Am
C
D
She's been crying,
I've been thinking
G
Am
C
D
That I-I-I-I am the Rain King, and I said
VERSE 2:
C
G/B
Am7
G
Mama, mama, mama why am I so alone?
C
G/B
Am7
G
And I can't go outside I'm scared I might not make it home
C
G/B
Am7
G
But I'm alive, I’m alive,
but I'm sinking in
C
G/B
Am7
G
If there's anyone at home at your place darlin’ why don't you invite me in
PRECHORUS 2:
Am
F
Don't try to bleed me
Am
F
C
D
‘Cause I've been there before and I deserve a little more
CHORUS 2:
G Am C
D
G
I belong, in the service of the Queen
Am C
D
G
I belong,
anywhere but in between
Am
C
D
She's been lying,
I've been sinking
G
Am
C
D
And I-I-I-I am the Rain King
BRIDGE:
Am
C
G Am
C
G
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Henderson is wai-ai-ai-ting
Am
C
G
for the sun. Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
Am
C
G
C
After all the dreaming I come home again...
SOLO: (same as INTRO chords)
VERSE 3:
When I think of heaven (Deliver me in a black-winged
bird),
I think of dying lay me down in a
field of flame and heather,
Render up my body
into the burning heart of God in the belly of a black-winged bird
PRECHORUS 2: (Same)
OUT CHORUS:
I belong in the service of the Queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been dying and I been drinking and I am the Rain King.
And I said that I-I-I-I am the Rain King, and I said I-I-I-I a-a-am
Well I am the Rain King, yeah