Closet Chronicles Chords by Kansas

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Once carried through the current and being swept away, the king is in the closet [F] he's
hiding from today.
[C] And though he owns a fortune, this room is where he'll stay [F] and his world is filled with
darkness [Dm] turning gray. _
_ [E] Gazing out the window of the 42nd floor, he is separate from all others, [F] no one knocks
upon [G] his door.
[Dm] And it might as well [A] be raining, cause [C] the sunlight hurts his [G] eyes, and [Dm] his ears will
never [Eb] hear the children's [F] cries. _
Once [C] crowded, full of passion, he fought for cause of man.
Many people loved his courage, and he followed [F] his command.
[C] He changed the old into the new, and the force of things to come.
[Bb] But then one day they [A] noticed he was [Dm] gone.
[E] At first it didn't matter, nobody seemed to care.
They all became too busy to [C] find him anywhere.
[Dm] So no one [A] knew, not even him, [C] the problems [G] he would find.
[Dm] And the day he [Ebm] journeyed deep into [F] his mind, _ [C] I closed my eyes, I go far away, [Bb] away from the battlefield.
[Eb] In my dreams, [Gb] well, here I will enjoy it, [F] where innocence plays with all the laughing
[Db] children, _ _ the kind who [Eb] are crying right [Gb] now.
_ _ _ [F] The taste of freedom from the pain [Bb] of everything here I see.
_ [Eb] Life is sweet, but [Ebm] I took it all for granted.
[F] And now I don't know if I can ever [Db] tell you just [Eb] what we permit [Bbm] to be allowed.
[Gb] _ _ _ [Fm] Allow me to [Db] forget the life [Ab] I've made my own.
My health [Cm] is stationed in my [Db] hand, and yet it's [Ab] not my home.
[Fm] Oh, allow me just [Db] one answer and [Ab] one reason why, [Cm] why this refugee [Db] of the [Eb] family of man must die.
Tell me why.
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_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ Why.
And I grieve feelings, confusion and uncertainty [F] upon the _ maze.
[C] _ Oh, and celebrate _ [Bb] what it left us all [A] to follow through this [Dm] maze.
[E] I heard the king was dying.
I heard the king was dead.
And with his dying, there are chronicles [F] that no one ever [G] read.
[Dm] The closet's fully [A] empty now.
[C] It's occupied [G] by none.
[Dm] I'll draw the drapes, [Eb] now destiny [F] is done. _
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