Counting Crows

Rain King(Chords)

Counting Crows

Key: D

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	        (verse)
D                      A
When I think of heaven
Bm         A                 D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A          Bm     A           D               A
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
Bm            A              D                 A
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
                  Bm           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
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) E D A Bm A And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone? D A I can't go outside Bm A I'm scared I might not make it home D A I'm alive, I'm alive Bm A But I'm sinking in D A If there's anyone at home at your place, darling Bm 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
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 repeat D A Bm A 2x here (verse) D A When I think of heaven Bm A D Deliver me in a black-winged bird A Bm I think of dying A D A Lay me down in a field of flame and heather Bm A D A Render up my body into the burning heart of God Bm 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
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

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