Jon Bellion – Cautionary Tales (Guitar)

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[Intro]
Tab:
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G|--7--9------------7--9--------9/11-7----7--9---------9/11-12-----------------7--|
D|--7--9------------7--9---------------9--7--9------------------------------------|
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Chords: Bm C Bm C Bm C Em G D [Verse 1]
Bm  C
Heard he was born as a beast and a ghost

           Bm  C
On the East of a coast, where they eat you for jokes, uh

       Bm  C
I know a guy who said his mom knew a man

           Em            G            D
Whose mother's sister saw him in the mall one time

      Bm  C
Heard he was high and he rode to the sky

          Bm  C
And it opened and God played a song he recorded

     Bm  C
He wrote it down

           Em        G              D
But he only play the record for his wife sometimes

 Bm  C
Heard he survived, on an island with Vikes

              Bm  C
That provided the Valkyries, sirens, and pirates

    Bm  C
Don't know the guy, yeah, uh

          Em            G             D
But they talk about his verses in the night sometimes
[Chorus]
C       Bm Em      G
Big bang, the six, the seven

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend

C       Bm Em        G
Big bang, the truth, the weapon

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend

C       Bm Em       G
Big bang, the six, the seven

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend

C       Bm Em         G
Big bang, the truth, the weapon

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend
[Verse 2] Bm C Bm C
   Bm   C
Heard he was formed from the lights that are Northern

        Bm  C
The Rock of Gibraltar, he once got an offer

         Bm  C
From Lucifer's daughter to bow to the gods

         Em              G               D
So he'd keep his verses sharper than a knife sometimes

       Bm  C
Heard he was warned that a hero gets torn

         Bm  C
Between fame and adornment and loses his sword, so

     Bm  C
He shot the fame down, uh

           Em         G             D
But he keep a mask on him if the sign's in the sky

 Bm  C
Heard he was happy so no one could gas him

           Bm  C
Or force him to dance like a monkey for assets

  Bm  C
He loves his life

         Em           G            D
But he keep a pen sharp enough to write one time
[Chorus]
C       Bm Em      G
Big bang, the six, the seven

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend

C       Bm Em        G
Big bang, the truth, the weapon

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend

C       Bm Em       G
Big bang, the six, the seven

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend

C       Bm Em         G
Big bang, the truth, the weapon

D       Bm C
Hey hey, the king, the legend
[Instrumental] x2 C Bm Am Em D G F#m Em D [Bridge]
C                             Bm   Am
He struck down gods and he killed an army

                     Em     D
Stood up on top of a hill of bodies

                  G  F#m                   Em D
It was never enough, he just needed saving from himself

C                                 Bm   Am
 Put up both hands, made the lightning come down

                            Em   D
Rep got so big that it blocked the sun out

                   G  F#m                    Em D
It was never enough, he just needed saving from himself
[Outro]
C               Bm Am             Em D
                 Woah

                  G F#m                    Em D
It was never enough, he just needed saving from

C               Bm Am             Em D
himself

                     G F#m  Am G Em
It was never enough

C               Bm Am                        Em D
                     He just needed saving from himself

                   G   F#m   Am      G       Em
It was never enough   he just needed saving from

C               Bm Am
himself              He just needed

                Em D
The king, the legend

                   G   F#m   Am      G       Em
It was never enough   he just needed saving from

C
himself

Am                         G        F#m Em D
     The king, the legend

C           Am
          Himself

                     G          F#m Em D
The king, the legend
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