Rain King Chords by Counting Crows

[Intro]
D A Bm7 A D A Esus4 E
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A D Dmaj7 A Bm7 A
■ ■ ■     ■ ■   ■
D Dbm7 Esus4
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[Verse]
A               D      A
When I think of heaven ■
Bm7             A           D   
Deliver me in a blackwinged bird
A          Bm7    Esus4 A                  D        Dbm7    
I think of flying ■     down into a sea of pens and feathers
Bm7           A                        D          
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
Dbm7              Bm7         A   
In the belly of a blackwinged bird
      Bm          G 
Don't try to feed me


[Chorus]
       Bm             G          D           E      A   
'cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more
  Bm     D        E              A    
I belong ■ in the service of the Queen
  Bm     D E                      
I belong ■ anywhere but in between
A          E      D           E       
She's been crying ■ I've been thinking
    A Bm7    D        
And I am the rain king


[Verse]
E        D    A    Bm7 
■ I said mama mama mama
            A    
Why am I so alone
        D              A                              
I can't go outside I'm scared I might not make it home
D       A     Bm7               
But I'm alive but I'm sinking in
   A         D                   A    
If ■ there's anyone home at your place
          Bm7           A 
Why don't you invite me in
             Bm       G
Don't try to bleed me ■


[Chorus]
Bm                     G      D               E      A   
'cause I've been there before and I deserve a little more
  Bm     D        E              A    
I belong ■ in the service of the Queen
  Bm7    D E                      
I belong ■ anywhere but in between
A          Bm7   D           E      
She's been lying ■ I've been sinking
A     Bm     D    E   
And I am the rain king
Bm                     D       A      Bm7
■  Hey I only want the same as anyone ■  
             D       Bm7 A   Bm 
Henderson is waiting for the sun
                            D      A   Bm7 
Oh it seems night endlessly begins and ends
                       D Bm7 A    D         
After all the dreaming I ■   come home again


[Solo]
A Bm7 A D A Bm7 A D
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A Bm7 Esus4 A D A Esus4 A
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[Verse]
D      A     Bm7 A      D
When I think of  heaven ■
A       D A         E Bm A D A           G Bm7 
Deliver ■ ■ me in a ■ ■  ■ ■ blackwinged ■ bird
A D A E E7 A
■ ■ ■ ■ ■  ■
D A Bm7
■ ■ ■  
A          D    
I think of dying
A Esus4 A D A Bm7
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E7     Esus4 D A  Esus4 A     D        Dbm7       
Lay me down  ■ in a     field of flame and heather
Bm7          A             D                A  
Render up my body into the burning heart of God
                  Bm7         Esus4
In the belly of a blackwinged bird 
A            Bm       G
Don't try to bleed me ■


[Chorus]
       Bm             G          D           E      A   
'cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more
Bm       D        E              A    
I belong ■ in the service of the Queen
  Bm7    D E                      
I belong ■ anywhere but in between
A          Bm7  
She's been dying
    D           E            A Bm     D        
And ■ I've been drinking and I am the rain king
E            A Bm     D        
'cause I say I am the rain king
E                          A        
'Cause I say I am the rain king yeah
Bm Bm7 E E7 A Bm Bm7 Bm
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[Outro]
D A Bm7 A
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