{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2847143,"song":"Closet Chronicles","artist":"Kansas","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2847143-closet-chronicles-chords-by-kansas/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2847143?type=chord","rating":4.69757,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Csus4[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Csus4[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnce carried through the current and being swept away[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Csus4[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Bb/F[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe king is in the closet, he's hiding from today[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Csus4[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Csus4[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd though he owns all fortunes, this room is where he'll stay[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd his world is filled with darkness, turning grey[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Esus4[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]Esus4[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nGazing out the window of the forty second second floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe is separate from all others, no one knocks upon his door[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it might as well be raining cause the sunlight hurts his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]Eb[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd his ears will never hear the children's cries[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Csus4[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Csus4[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOnce proud and full of passion, he fought the cause of man[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Csus4[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Bb/F[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nMany people loved his courage, many followed his command[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Csus4[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Csus4[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe changed the old into the new and the course of things to come[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd then one day they noticed he was gone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Esus4[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAt first it didn't matter, nobody seemed to care[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Esus4[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey all became too busy to find him anywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo no one knew, not even him, the problems he would find[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn the day he journeyed deep into his mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/F[/ch]                            [ch]Bb/F[/ch]\r\nI close my eyes I go far away, away from this battlefield[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Absus2[/ch]              [ch]Ebm/Gb[/ch]\r\nIn my dreams, well, here I will enjoy it[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Fsus4[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Db/F[/ch]\r\nWhere innocence plays with all the laughing children[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Eb7/Gb[/ch]                         [ch]GbM7[/ch]\r\nThe kind who are crying right now[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/F[/ch]                               [ch]Bb/F[/ch]\r\nA taste of freedom from the pain of everything here I see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Absus2[/ch]              [ch]Ebm/Gb[/ch]\r\nLife is sweet but I took it all for granted[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Fsus4[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]Db/F[/ch]\r\nAnd now I don't know if I can ever tell you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Eb7/Gb[/ch]                    [ch]GbM7[/ch]\r\nJust what we permit, we allow[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm[/ch]           [ch]Db[/ch]                 [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAllow me to forget the life I've made my own[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Cm[/ch]          [ch]Db[/ch]                [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI've held this nation in my hand and yet it's not my home[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Fm[/ch]              [ch]Db[/ch]             [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAllow me just one answer and one reason why[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Cm[/ch]             [ch]Db[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]                         [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhy this refugee of the family of man must die, tell me why[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental Break]\r\n[ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Gb[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]  [ch]Gsus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Csus4[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Csus4[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDaydreams filled his nighttimes and night dreams filled his days[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Csus4[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Bb/F[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nConfusion and uncertainty, a puzzled mind of haze[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Csus4[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Csus4[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou thought he was so powerful and set upon his ways[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWell, he left us all to follow through this maze[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Esus4[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]Esus4[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI heard the king was dying, I heard the king was dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Esus4[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with him died the chronicles that no one ever read[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe closet's fully empty now, it's occupied by none[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]                    [ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI'll draw the drapes, now destiny is done[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Csus4[/ch]  [ch]F/C[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental Break]\nEb  F  Gb   Ab  Gsus4\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nCsus4  C  Csus4  F/C  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