Rain King Chords by Counting Crows

[Start]

[Intro]
D A Bm7 A D A Bm7 A
■ ■ ■   ■ ■ ■ ■   ■


[Verse]
D               A     
When I think of heaven
                            D   
Deliver me in a blackwinged bird
A          Bm     F#m A           D           A           
I think of flying ■   down into a sea of pens and feathers
    D           A              D                 A  
And ■ all other instruments of faith and sex and God
                  Bm7         A   
In the belly of a blackwinged bird


[Chorus]
Bm           G      
Don't try to feed me
       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               A      
I belong ■ anywhere but in between
           Bm     D           E       
She's been crying ■ I've been thinking
    A   Bm     D         E
And ■ I am the rain king ■


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


[Chorus]
Bm              G       
■  Don't try to bleed me
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
  Bm     D E               A      
I belong ■ anywhere but in between
           Bm    D Bm7       E      
She's been lying ■ I've been sinking
    A   Bm     D    E   
And ■ I am the rain king


[Bridge]
Bm            D                A      Bm
■  Hey I only want the same as anyone ■ 
Bsus4 Bm7          D       A Bm         
■     Henderson is waiting ■ for the sun
                  D         A          Bm  
Oh it seems night endlessly begins and ends
              D        A      D         
After all the dreaming I come home again


[Inst]
A Bm7 A D A Bm7 A
■ ■   ■ ■ ■ ■   ■


[Verse]
D               A     
When I think of heaven
Bm D             A             D   
■  Deliver me in a blackwinged bird
A          D    
I think of dying
A                D              A          
Lay me down in a field of flame and heather
D            A    E        D                A  
Render up my body into the burning heart of God
                  Bm7         A   
In the belly of a blackwinged bird
Bm    Bm7    G       
Don't try to bleed me
Bm               G               D           E      A   
'cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more


[Chorus]
  Bm     D        E              A    
I belong ■ in the service of the Queen
  Bm     D E               A      
I belong ■ anywhere but in between
           Bm   
She's been dying
    D           E            A   Bm     D         E
And ■ I've been drinking and ■ I am the rain king ■
         A     Bm     D    E    A
'cause I say I am the rain king ■
Bm D      A E     A Bm     D         Asus4
■  'Cause I say I ■ am the rain king yeah 


[Outro]