The King Chords by Rosendale

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