Frank Turner - Journey Of The Magi

not sure of the original key , or if this is exactly how frank does it , but it
works for me! hope you enjoy . . .

G#m B B F#
moses was old , a chill in his bones .
F# G#m B F#
falling apart , he knew in his heart that his time had come .
G#m B B F#
as he lay in his tent in the hot desert sands ,
F# G#m B F#
he smiled at how he would never see his promised land .

E F# G#m E B
he sang i could have lived and died an egyptian prince ,
G#m E
i could have played safe ,
G#m F# B
but in the end the journeys brought joys that outweigh the pain .

odysseus sat tired and alone .
hed always held out against all the doubts that he would come home .
but now he was here , his soul felt estranged .
his wife and his dog , his son and his gods , everything changed .

he sang i could have stayed and ruled as an ithican prince ,
i couldve played safe .
but in the end the journeys brought joys that outweigh the pain .

balthazar rode for seven long years ,
eastwards and far , he followed his star , and it brought him here .
to a stable in ruins in some backwater town ,
to a virgin defiled , no king but a child , too small for a crown .

he sang i could have lived with my gods as a persian prince ,
i couldve played safe ,
but in the end the journeys brought joys that outweigh the pain .

paupers and kings , princes and thieves , singers of songs , righters of wrongs , be
what you believe .
so saddle your horse and shoulder your load , burst at the seams , be what you
dream , and take to the road .

[ ends on A B chord ]