King Of Pain

Words & Music:

Sting

Bm   A  [verse vamp]

 

           Bm           A           Bm    A    Bm    A    Bm    A

There is a little black spot on the sun today.

         G        A        G     A    C#sus    C#m    GM7

It's the same old thing as yesterday.

There's a black hat caught in the high treetop.

There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop

 

CHORUS:

       A/D          G6              D/F#    G

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain.

With the world turning circles, running Ôround my brain.

I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign.

But it's my destiny to be the king of pain.

 

                 Bm

There's a little black spot on the sun today.  (That's my soul up there.)

          A/G                   F#m               G

It's the same old thing as yesterday.  (That's my soul up there.)

There's a black hat caught in a high treetop.  (That's my soul up there.)

There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop.  (That's my soul up there.)

 

CHORUS:

 

There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall.  (That's my soul up there.)

There's a dead salmon frozen in a waterfall.  (That's my soul up there.)

There's a blue whale beached by a spring tide's ebb.  (That's my soul up there.)

There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web.  (That's my soul up there.)

 

CHORUS:

 

BRIDGE:

A                                     G

There's a king on the throne with his eyes torn out.

There's a blind man looking for shadow of doubt.

There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed.

A                               D/G      Bm  [to instrumental over verse vamp]

There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.

 

There's a red fox torn by a huntsman's pack.  (That's my soul up there.)

There's a black winged goal with a broken back.  (That's my soul up there.).

          F#m7         FM7         E7    Eb             F#m7     FM7      Eb7   D9

There's a little black spot on the sun today.  It's the same old thing as yesterday.

 

CHORUS:

 

G       D      G       D

King of pain.  King of pain.  [repeat & fade]





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