The Police - King Of Pain

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king of pain chords
the police *

Bm A 8

x Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
there’s a little black spot on the sun today
G A G A Bm A Bm A
it’s the same old thing as yesterday
Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm A
there’s a black hat caught in the high tree top
G A G A Bm A Bm A
there’s a flagpole rag and the wind won’t stop

D G D G
i have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running ’round my brain .
D G D G
i guess i’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign
D G D G
but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain .

Bm A Bm A
there’s a little black spot on the sun today
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
G A G A
it’s the same old thing as yesterday
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
Bm A Bm A
there’s a black hat caught in a high tree top
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
G A G A
there’s a flagpole rag and the wind won’t stop
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )

D G D G
i have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running ’round my brain .
D G D G
i guess i’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign
D G D G
but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain .

Bm A Bm A
there’s a fossil that’s trapped in a high cliff wall
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
G A G A
there’s a dead salmon frozen in a water fall

F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
Bm A Bm A
there’s a blue whale beached by a springtide’s ebb
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
G A G A
there’s a butterfly trapped in a spider’s web
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )

D G D G
i have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running ’round my brain .
D G D G
i guess i’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign
D G D G
but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain .

A G D A
there’s a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
G D A
there’s a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt;
G D A
there’s a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
G Bm A
there’s a skeleton choking on a crust of bread .

solo

Bm A Bm A
there’s a red fox torn by a huntsmen’s pack
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
G A G A
there’s a black winged gull with a broken back
F#m A G
( that’s my soul up there )
Bm A Bm A
there’s a little black spot on the sun today
G A G A
it’s the same old thing as yesterday

D G D G
i have stood here before inside the pouring rain
D G D G
with the world turning circles running ’round my brain .
D G D G
i guess i’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign
D G D G
but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain .

D G
king of pain 3
x G
i will always be . .
D G
king of pain . . . .

* alternate :

capo ii

Bm = Am
A = G
G = F
D = C
F#m = Em

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