
king of pain
Alanis Morissette
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Tom: E
[intro]
C#m B C#m
There's a little black spot on the sun
B C#m B C#m B
To-day
A B A B
It's the same old thing as yes - ter - day
( D#7(4/9) A7M )
C#m B C#m
There's a black hat caught in the high
B C#m B C#m B
Tree top
A B A
There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't
B D#7(4/9) A7M
Stop
E F#m E/G#
I have stood here before inside the pouring
A
Rain
E F#m E/G#
With the world turning cir-cles running
A
Round my brain
E F#m E/G#
I guess I'm always hop-ing that you'll end
A
This reign
E F#m E/G#
But it's my destiny to be the king of
A
Pain
C#m B C#m
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high
B C#m B C#m B
Cliff wall
(That's my soul up there)
A B A
There's a dead salmon frozen in a water
B
Fall
G#m A
That's my soul up there
C#m B
There's a blue whale beached by a
C#m B
Springtide's ebb
C#m B C#m B
That's my soul up there
A B A
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's
B
Web
( G#m A )
[Refrão]
E F#m E/G#
I have stood here before inside the pouring
A
Rain
E F#m
With the world turning circles running
E/G# A
'Round my brain
E F#m E/G#
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end
A
This reign
[Próxima Parte]
E F#m E/G#
But it's my destiny tro be the king of
A
Pain
B B/A B/G E/G#
There's a king on a throne with his eyes
Torn out
B B/A B/G E/G#
There's a blindman looking for a shadow of
Doubt
B B/A B/G E/G#
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
B B/A B/G E/G#
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of
Bread
[Solo] C#m B C#m B
C#m B C#m B A B A B G#m A C#m B C#m B
There's a red fox torn by a huntsmen's pack
( C#m B C#m B )
A B A
There's a black winged gull with a broken
B G#m A
Back
C#m B C#m
There's a little black spot on the sun
B C#m B C#m B
Today
A B A B
It's the same old thing as yes - ter - day
( G#m A )
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
E F#m E/G#
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain
A
King of pain
( E F#m E/G# A )
( E F#m E/G# A )
( E F#m E/G# A )
( E F#m E/G# A )
("i will always be ")
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