Rain King
Counting CrowsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
When I think of heaven
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
In the belly of a black-winged bird.
Don't try to feed me
I've been here before
And I deserve a little more
I belong in the service of the Queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been crying and I've been thinking
And I am the Rain King
And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone?
I can't go outside
I'm scared I might not make it home
I'm alive, I'm alive
But I'm sinking in
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Why don't you invite me in?
Don't try to bleed me
I've been there before
And I deserve a little more
I belong in the service of the Queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been lying and I've been sinking
And I am the Rain King
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Henderson is waiting for the sun
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
After all the dreaming I come home again
repeat
2x here
When I think of heaven
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
I think of dying
Lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Render up my body into the burning heart of God
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Don't try to bleed me
I've been here before
And I deserve a little more
I belong in the service of the queen
I belong anywhere but in between
She's been dying and I've been drinking
And I am the Rain King
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Readable chord sheet for Rain King by Counting Crows
W[D]hen I think of heaven [A] D[Bm]eliver me in[A] a black-winged bir[D]d I[A] think of fl[Bm]ying dow[A]n into a sea [D]of pens and feath[A]ers A[Bm]nd all other in[A]struments of fai[D]th and sex and God [A] I[Bm]n the belly of[A] a black-winged bird. D[Bm]on't tr[G]y to feed me I[Bm]'ve been he[G]re before A[D]nd I deserve [E]a little more I[A] be[Bm]long in[D] the serv[E]ice of the Queen[A] I[A] be[Bm]long an[D]ywher[E]e but in between [A] S[A]he's been cr[Bm]ying and[D] I've been thinki[E]ng A[A]nd I am[Bm] the Rai[D]n King [E] A[E]nd I said ma[D]ma, mama, mam[A]a, why am I so[Bm] alone[A]? I[D] can't go ou[A]tside I[Bm]'m scared I might n[A]ot make it home I[D]'m alive, I'm[A] alive B[Bm]ut I'm sinking[A] in I[D]f there's anyone at[A] home at your place, darling W[Bm]hy don't you invite me in[A]? D[Bm]on't tr[G]y to bleed me I[Bm]'ve been th[G]ere before A[D]nd I deserve [E]a little more I[A] be[Bm]long in[D] the serv[E]ice of the Queen[A] I[A] be[Bm]long an[D]ywhere[E] but in between [A] S[A]he's been ly[Bm]ing and[D] I've been sinki[E]ng A[A]nd I am[Bm] the Rai[D]n King [E] H[Bm]ey, I only wa[D]nt the same as any[A]one H[Bm]enderson is wa[D]iting[A] for [Bm]the sun O[D]h, it seems[A] night endlessly begins and ends A[Bm]fter all the dr[D]eaming I come hom[A]e again repeat [D] [A] [Bm] [A] 2x here W[D]hen I think of he[A]aven D[Bm]eliver me in[A] a black-winged bir[D]d I[A] think of dy[Bm]ing L[A]ay me down in a fi[D]eld of flame and hea[A]ther R[Bm]ender up my bo[A]dy into the bur[D]ning heart of God [A] I[Bm]n the belly of a[A] black-winged bird D[Bm]on't tr[G]y to bleed me I[Bm]'ve been he[G]re before A[D]nd I deserve [E]a little more I[A] be[Bm]long in[D] the serv[E]ice of the queen[A] I[A] be[Bm]long an[D]ywhere[E] but in between [A] S[A]he's been dy[Bm]ing and[D] I've been drin[E]king A[A]nd I am[Bm] the Rai[D]n King [E]