Counting Crows – Rain King (Guitar)

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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