Intro: F C G

Verse 1: Maisie Peters, Julia Michaels, Both:
F                   C            G
 Gave my cloudless sky for your crooked scraper
F                   C             G
 I put in everything, I called in every favour
F                        C                G
 But give a man one sword, he thinks that he's a saviour
F                     C          G
 Watch him ride around, xxxxxxx weird behaviour

Chorus: maisie peters, julia michaels, both:
F                            C           G
 Guess I walked so you could run all the way from me
F                            C         G
'Cause once you got what you want, you didn't want me
F                   C                   G
 I put gold on your head, should've put wax paper
F                            C          G
 Did you get off going to bed with the kingmaker?

Interlude:
   F C G
   F C G

Verse 2: Both, Maisie Peters, Julia Michaels:
F                 C          G
 Let you in my home, let you in my pictures
F                  C           G
 I was your pedestal and all I got was splinters
F                  C              G
 Should've seen it in the way you hate your sister
F                       C          G
 You love a strong woman, until it makes you bitter

Chorus: both, maisie peters, julia michaels:
F                            C            G
 Guess I walked so you could run, all the way from me
F                        C                G
 Now you say you're self-made, guess your memory's fuzzy
F                      C                     G
 I put a crown on your head, should've put a wax paper
F                         C                (nc)
 Did you get off going to bed with the kingmaker?

Post-chorus: maisie peters & julia michaels:
F C G
Oh, kingmaker
F C G
Oh, kingmaker
F C G
Oh, kingmaker
F C G
Oh, kingmaker

Verse 3: Maisie Peters, Julia Michaels, Both:
F                       C                G
 I can't say that I saw five, but I saw star potential
F                     C               G
 Another sweet, sweet boy that I took out the kennel
F                          C         G
 Back when his ego and his bark were mostly gentle
F                 C              G
 Left me in pieces for me to reassemble

Chorus: maisie peters & julia michaels:
F                             C           G
 Guess I walked so they could run all the way from me
F                               C        G
 But they don't have big enough guts for all that glory
F                                C                G
 They'll take my crown, head out west, and forget their creator
F                                    C          (nc)
 Then they'll come back, they always do, to the kingmaker

Outro: maisie peters & julia michaels, maisie peters:
F C G
Oh, kingmaker
F C G
Oh, kingmaker
F C G
Oh, kingmaker
F C G
Oh, kingmaker
F C     Am                 G
Oh (You double cross, you star chaser)
F C     Am              G
Oh (You little boy, you word breaker)
F C     Am               G
Oh (Now look at you, the big player)
F C     Am              G
Oh (And look at me, the kingmaker)
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