The King Who Sold His Own Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
One [Em]thousand [D]stories, one
Thousand [Am]years each song
It goes [Em]from hand to hand
They tell of kings, they [D]sing
Of [Am]war and the news of f[Em]ar

[Interlude 1]
Off distant lands
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[Verse 2]
They [Em]sing of how the blues
Came [D]to [Am]be their own king
[Em]Sold them into [D]slavery [Em]the
Sad chords melt where the
Sad[D]ness came to [Em]be w[D]hen [Am]their
Own king sold them in[Em]to slavery

[Interlude 2]
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[Verse 3]
One [Em]thousand [D]stories, one
Thousand [Em]years [D]the[Am] truth of
Guilt an[Em]d shame [D]but[Em] a king
Who sold his [D]people [Am]out to
A [Em]world of whips and chains
The sound of [D]pain the smell
Of [Em]fear [D]a t[Am]reaso[Em]n
born in hell
The king who sold his [D]people
[Am]Out it's a s[Em]ong they know so well

[Interlude 3]
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[Verse 4]
Cross [Em]the music, [D]as you cross
The [Esus4]sea cross[D][Esus4][Em]
your loved ones
Broken [Am]bones [Em]cos forever never[D]
To be [Em]free[D][Em][Am]
oh the king [Em]who [Am]sold
[Em]His [D]own [Em]oh the king who sold his own

[Outro 1]
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