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Mr King

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Intro:  C   Am  Em  
CGoAmod Emdays, bad days, I've had a few of those,
CSaAmme Emold story -I know how this song goes,
DmAt CleGast I did, but now I'm not so sure,
DmNotChiGng's in its place, nothing's certain anymore,
Birds fly, trees sway, why can't I be like that?
Happy knowing what I am, in fact and leaving be?
But truth has been obscured,
I am only human and I'm always wanting...more.
COhDm, tGhe world is a place and they say it's on our side,
CBuDmt I Gwonder, is there comfort in those moments when we die?
AmNow G#I FmseeG, Mr. King, this was in the books you gave me,
AmWhiG#ch FmI rGead, disbelieving, thinking poets are depressed,
AmOh, G#MrFm. KGinCg, I have changed, I confess.
C Am Em

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Mr King

by Nerina Pallot

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C Am Em

Intro:

C Am Em

Good days, bad days, I've had a few of those,

C Am Em

Same old story -I know how this song goes,

Dm C G

At least I did, but now I'm not so sure,

Dm C G

Nothing's in its place, nothing's certain anymore,

Birds fly, trees sway, why can't I be like that?

Happy knowing what I am, in fact and leaving be?

But truth has been obscured,

I am only human and I'm always wanting...more.

C Dm G

Oh, the world is a place and they say it's on our side,

C Dm G

But I wonder, is there comfort in those moments when we die?

Am G# Fm G

Now I see, Mr. King, this was in the books you gave me,

Am G# Fm G

Which I read, disbelieving, thinking poets are depressed,

Am G# Fm G C

Oh, Mr. King, I have changed, I confess.

C Am Em

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