Chords for XTC - King For a Day + Great Fire & Dear God (medley) [July 1989]

_ _ _ If I could put time in a thermos
_ Excuse me.
I was just [Bb] never mind.
Anyway right now.
It's a pleasure to introduce tonight's special guest _ _
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_ _ My soul _
Into the land [Ab] of [Bb] nothing for [Fm] free way [Gm] _ _ that We're living
[Ab] It's a [Gm] take and no [Cm] giving
[Fm] There's [Gm]
nothing to _ believe _
[Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ [Ab] To _
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_ be [Gm] king for a day
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_ _ And _ everyone's [Ab] making love [Bb] to the new kingpin
_ _ Trying [Gm] to get [Ab] way up [Bb] with a smile
_ _ _ [Cm] Sing for your suffer [Ab] boy and jump [Bb] to a finger _ click
_ It ain't [Gm] my way [Ab] of [Gm] living inside [Ab] cuz the [Gm] ladder Gets longer [C] _ _ [Fm] _ [Gm] Ambition
It's stronger I [Fm] can't [Gm] satisfy
_ _ _ [Cm] That [Ab] _ [Gm] battle [Ab] has [Bb] got you in [Ab] this [Cm] way
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To [Gm] be king for a day
_ _ [Ab] King [Bb] for a _ _ day
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You're _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _ _
[Cm] _ _ only here once so you gotta [G] get it right _
No time to fuss [Cm] and fight
_ _ _ It's making up with [G] someone else
To _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] [Fm] be _
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_ _ _ _ [Eb] king [Bb] for a [Gm] day
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[Bb] King
To _ _ _
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_ [G] be king
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_ Oh _ _ _
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Millions said we couldn't get them to do it.
But here they are live on the serious show _ XTC
_ _ [Am] Great
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_ fire burning you supplied the spark fires burning spreading through the ark animals are panicking _ _ _ _ _ _ I'm _ _ [D] panicking
[Am] _ _ _ Oh
_ [Bb] Your [Dm] _ [C] glance will [G] match on the tinder [Bb] wood [Dm] you [C] never spoke [G] but I [F] understood _ Bring _ _ water
[Ab] _ Ice bring _ water
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Great fire burning _ _
_ Great [E] fire [A] burning to [Dbm] my [A] house
Great fire burning to [E] my [A] house
_ _ [F] Dear _ [Am] _
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[F] god, hope you got the [C] letter and I [D] pray you can make it better [C] down [Ab] here
We [D] don't mean a big [C] reduction in the price of beer
[Ab] _ _ [D] For all the people that [C] you made in your remix [D] seem starving on the street
_ [Bb] Because they can't get [E] enough to [Am] eat _ _ [F] from
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_ [Am] The
Dear [F] god, sorry to disturb you, [C] but I [D] pray that I should be [C] heard loud and clear
_ We don't need a big [D] reduction in amount [C] of tears
_ For all the people that you made in [D] your image see i'm fighting on the street
Because [Bb] they can't make [Em] opinions me
It's [Am] about _ [B] [Am] god
_ I [D] can't believe [Am] _ [F] it
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_ [D] Did _ [F] _ _
you make this _
_ And [C] the diamond [G] blood [C] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F] _ did you make mankind _ _ _
[Em] After we made _ _ you
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[D] Well, jimmy [A] swag
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