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intro: G F E E D C Em9(no 7)
Em9(no 7) A9 F
The ring hangs on a string inside your shirt
C
You wedge the stable door
Am D
You eat your beans and bunk down in the straw
Em A
A king at nightfall
G Db7 (or E)
You're gonna have to learn to live with this
Am B
As you work or beg your way towards the border
F Em
And shade your face to miss
Am G
The multiplying eyes of the new order
Am7 G
The multiplying eyes of the new order
G F E E D C Em9(no 7)
Em9(no 7) A9 F
You spun the crown away into a ditch
C
And saw the water close
Am D
The army that you fed now feeds the crows
Em A
A king at nightfall
G Db7 (or E)
You're gonna have to watch your manners now
Am B
And never let your face show what you're missing
F Em
Don't wait for them to bow
Am G
Stick out your hand for shaking, not for kissing
Am7 G
Stick out your hand for shaking, not for kissing
G F E E D C Em9(no 7)
Em9(no 7) A9 F
Tomorrow's men who trace you from the field
C
Will be in it for the bread
Am D
There'll be a price on your anointed head
Em A
A king at nightfall
G Db7 (or E)
You're gonna have to learn how quick to run
Am B
And that means slowly, watching all the angles
F Em
Don't try to use that gun
Am G
Stay very loose and cool, and out of tangles
Am7 G
Stay very loose and cool, and out of tangles
G F E E D C Em9(no 7)
Em9(no 7) A9 F
You reach to brush your collar free of straw
C
And then you feel the string
Am D
There's light enough for one look at the ring
F Eb
And it's lovely but it doesn't mean a thing
Em A
A king at nightfall
Em A
A king at nightfall
(Transcription by Ian Sorensen, amended by Pete Atkin)
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