King of pain    (video)    (midi)

 

    Am - G - Am - G (4x)

 

                    Am               G             Am      G    - Am - G - Am - G

1. There’s a little black spot on the sun today,

                  F             G          F        G    - E7 - E - Dm - F

    it’s the same old thing as yesterday.

                    Am             G                Am          G    - Am - G - Am - G

    There’s a black hat caught in the high tree top,

                     F           G                F                 G   - E7 - E - Dm - F

    there’s a flagpole rag and the wind won’t stop.

 

               C                F                         C         F

I have stood here before in sun and pouring rain,

                C                  F                      C               F

with the world turning circles running round my brain.

             C                 F                         C           F

I guess I’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign,

            C            F                 C          F

but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain.

 

                    Am               G             Am      G    - Am - G - Am - G

2. There’s a little black spot on the sun today,

                  F             G           F       G    - Am - G - F

    it’s the same old thing as yesterday.

                     Am            G             Am      G       - Am - G - Am - G

    There’s a black hat caught in a high tree top,

                     F          G                  F                G    - Am - G - F

    there’s a flagpole rag and the wind won’t stop.

 

               C                                                      F

I have stood here before in sun and pouring rain,

                C                                                             F

with the world turning circles, running round my brain.

             C                                                         F

I guess I’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign,

            C                                           F

but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain.

 

                    Am               G                Am           G    - Am - G - Am - G

3. There’s a fossil that’s trapped in a high cliff wall,

                      F                  G               F      G    - Am - G - F

    there’s a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall.

                     Am              G                     Am           G    - Am - G - Am - G

    There’s a blue whale beached by a springtide’s ebb,

                     F           G                   F          G    - Am - G - F

    there’s a butterfly trapped in a spider’s web.

 

+  CHORUS

 

    G                                                          F              G

+      There’s a king on a throne with his eyes torn out,

                                                            F              G

    there’s a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt.

                                                          F          G

    There’s a rich man sleeping on a golden bed,

                                                         F           Am

    there’s a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.

 

+  F - Am    - F - Am    - F - Am       +  Bb ~ ~

 

                    Am       G             Am               G       - Am - G - Am - G

4. There’s a red fox torn by a huntsman’s pack,

                      F                  G                F        G     - Am - G - F

    there’s a black winged gull with a broken back.

                    Am               G             Am      G 

    There’s a little black spot on the sun today - - - -

     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

    it’s the same old thing as yesterday.

 

+  CHORUS          +  C - F

 

                  C    - F                C   - F                 C

+  King of pain,       king of pain,        king of pain !

             F                           C             F                            C

    I will always be king of pain, I will always be king of pain ….

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Police)