Chords for Nightcore - The King (Lyrics)

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[Em] There was [G] a king, _ living _ [F#m] carefree [D] He wanted [Bm] the world, he [C] wanted _ _ [D] everything
[Em] He ruled with [G] a fist, [G] his people [F#m] were starved [Am] He watched as [Bm] they begged [C] behind his [D] castle _ [Em] guard
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[Em] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ He [Am] bathed in [Bm] the riches [C] only he [D] could know [Em] But with time [G] came age, [C] his health in [Bm] decline
The fate of his legacy [C] left to [D] the tide [Em] So he ran to [G] his queen and [C] _ demanded [Bm] a child
[Am] Planted [Bm] his seed, then [C] he cast her [D] _ aside [Em] _ Several [G] months later [C] she bore him [Bm] a son
[Am] But died just [Bm] to give him [C] his own flesh [D] and blood
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[C] _ _ [E] Sun _ _
[Em] _ grew [G] like wheat, [Cm] he soon was [Bm] eighteen [Am] He ventured [Bm] outside of [C] the castle [D] to see
[Em] The faces [G] so gaunt, [C] the dead in [B] the street [Am] They cried out [Bm] for help but [C] nobody [D] could hear _
[Em] Deep down [G] inside [C] him something [B] had stirred [Am] He laughed at [Bm] the ruins [C] his father [D] _ incurred
[C] Far in [G] his veins he [C] stormed back to [Bm] the throne _
[A] Stared down [Bm] the king with [C] a rage still [D] unknown _
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[C] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ [D] _ The [G] father _ _ decreed a new rule [F#] of law [Am] His son to [B] be banished [Cm] outside of [E] the walls
The [G] son had a plan and his heart was [D] convinced There'd never [Bm] be room for [E] both king and a prince
_ Rally [G] the people [C] in charge through [Bm] the gates [Am] Shield in [Bm] one hand but the [C] other [B] a blade
[Em] _ One [G] fell swoop his [C] own father [Bm] _ deposed [Am] He sat on the [Bm] throne and [C] adorned his new [Bm] _
[Em] crown
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The [Em] son was [G] _ elated, [C] the kingdom was [B] his _
[Am] _ Diamonds [Bm] and emeralds [C] and gold plated [D] bliss
[Em] But what of [G] the people?
The legends don't [D] say _ [Am] Just like [Bm] a memory [C] they faded [D] _ away
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[C] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Em] There was [G] a king _ living _ [D] carefree [Am] He wanted [Bm] the world, he wanted [C] _ [D] everything _
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