Intro -x8-: Bm A

          Bm           A           Bm    A  Bm A Bm A
There's a little black spot on the sun today
         G        A        G     A   Bm A Bm A
It's the same old thing as yesterday
          Bm        A             Bm        A  Bm A Bm A
There's a black hat caught in the high tree top
          G        A           G          A   Bm A Bm A
There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop


       D            G               D       G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
         D             G                D        G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
        D          G                  D        G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
         D       G            D       G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.


          Bm           A           Bm    A
There's a little black spot on the sun today  
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-                           
         G        A        G     A
It's the same old thing as yesterday
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-
          Bm        A           Bm        A
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-
          G        A           G          A
There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-


       D            G               D       G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
         D             G                D        G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
        D          G                  D        G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
         D       G            D       G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.


          Bm            A            Bm         A
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-
          G           A           G     A
There's a dead salmon frozen in a water fall


 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-
          Bm         A            Bm           A
There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-
          G         A            G        A
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-


       D            G               D       G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
         D             G                D        G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
        D          G                  D        G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
         D       G            D       G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.


          A         G               D         A
There's a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
                    G             D         A
There's a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt;
                   G             D      A
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
                   G            Bm       A
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.


          Bm      A         Bm         A
There's a red fox torn by a huntsmen's pack
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-
          G            A           G      A
There's a black winged gull with a broken back
 Gbm       A       G
-that's my soul up there-
          Bm           A           Bm    A
There's a little black spot on the sun today  
         G        A        G     A
It's the same old thing as yesterday


       D            G               D       G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain
         D             G                D        G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.
        D          G                  D        G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign
         D       G            D       G
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain.


        D   G
King of pain  3x
       G
I will always be..
        D   G
King of pain . . . .