Counting Crows - Rain King (chords and lyrics)

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Rain King (Counting Crows)

(starts on F#)

D					A	Bm		A
	When	I	think	of	heaven		Deliver	me	in	a

	D		A			Bm	A
black-winged	bird	I	think	of	flying	down		into

	D				A	Bm
a	sea	of	pens	and	feathers		And	all	other

A		D				A
instruments	of	faith	and	sex	and	God	in	the

			Bm	A	Bm
belly	of	a	black-winged	bird.		But	don't	try

	G		Bm				G
to	feed	me		'Cause	I've	been	here	before	And

D			E
I	deserve	a	little	more

A

Bm

D

E

A

I

be

long

in

the

service

of

the

Queen

and

I

	Bm	D		E				A
be	long		any	where	but	in	be	tween	She's	been

Bm	D				E		A	Bm
crying		and	I've	been	thinking	And	I	am	the

D		E
Rain	King

			D		A	Bm					A
And	I	said	mama,	mama,	mama,	why	am	I	so	a	lone?

		D			A		Bm
I	can't	go	outside	I'm	scared	I	might	not	make

	A			D			A	Bm
it	home	I'm	a	live,	I'm	a	live		But	I'm

	A			D				A
sinking	in	If	there's	anyone	at	home	at	your

		Bm					A
place,	darling	Why	don't	you	invite	me	in?

Bm				G		Bm
	Don't	try	to	bleed	me		'Cause	I've	been

G			D			E
there	before	And	I	deserve	a	little	more

A

Bm

D

E

A

I

be

long

in

the

service

of

the

Queen

and

I

	Bm	D		E				A
be	long		any	where	but	in	be	tween	She's	been

Bm	D				E		A	Bm		D
lying		and	I've	been	sinking	And	I	am	the	Rain

	E
King

Bm				D				A	Bm
	Hey,	I	only	want	the	same	as	anyone		Mr.

			D	A	Bm
Henderson	just	keeps	wa	iting	for	the	sun	Oh,	it

		D	A			Bm
seems	night	endlessly	begins	and	ends		After

		D					A
all	the	dreaming	I	just	want	to	come	back	home

again

D	A	Bm	A	D					A
					When	I	think	of	heaven

Bm		A				D		A
	Deliver	me	in	a	black-winged	bird	I	think

		Bm	A					D
of	dying		Lay	me	down	in	a	field	of	flame

	A	Bm				A
and	heather		Render	up	my	body	into	the

D			A
burning	heart	of	God	In	the	belly	of	a

Bm	A	Bm					G
black-winged	bird		But	don't	try	to	bleed	me

Bm				G			D
	'Cause	I've	been	here	before	And	I	deserve

	E
a	little	more

A

Bm

D

E

A

I

be

long

in

the

service

of

the

Queen

and

I

	Bm	D		E				A
be	long		any	where	but	in	be	tween	She's	been

Bm	D				E		A	Bm
dying		and	I've	been	drinking	And	I	am	the

D		E		A	Bm		D		E		A
Rain	King	...	And	I	am	the	Rain	King	...	And	I

Bm		D		E
am	the	Rain	King	...

Rain King (Counting Crows)                            again                                             
                                                                                                        
(starts on 'F#')                                                When I think of heaven                  
                                                        Deliver me in a black-winged bird I think       
 When I think of heaven   Deliver me in a             of dying   Lay me down in a field of flame        
black-winged bird I think of flying down  into        and heather   Render up my body into the          
a sea of pens and feathers   And all other            burning heart of God In the belly of a            
instruments of faith and sex and God in the           black-winged bird   But don't try to bleed me     
belly of a black-winged bird.   But don't try           'Cause I've been here before And I deserve      
to feed me   'Cause I've been here before And         a little more                                     
I deserve a little more                                                                                 
                                                       I belong  in the service of the Queen and I      
 I belong  in the service of the Queen and I          belong  anywhere but in between She's been        
belong  anywhere but in between She's been            dying  and I've been drinking And I am the        
crying  and I've been thinking And I am the           Rain King ... And I am the Rain King ... And I    
Rain King                                             am the Rain King ...                              
                                                                                                        
And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone?                                                         
I can't go outside I'm scared I might not make                                                          
it home I'm alive, I'm alive   But I'm                                                                  
sinking in If there's anyone at home at your                                                            
place, darling Why don't you invite me in?                                                              
  Don't try to bleed me   'Cause I've been                                                              
there before And I deserve a little more                                                                
                                                                                                        
 I belong  in the service of the Queen and I                                                            
belong  anywhere but in between She's been                                                              
lying  and I've been sinking And I am the Rain                                                          
King                                                                                                    
                                                                                                        
  Hey, I only want the same as anyone  Mr.                                                              
Henderson just keeps waiting for the sun Oh, it                                                         
seems night endlessly begins and ends   After                                                           
all the dreaming I just want to come back home