My Kingdom
Intro: G D C x4 maybe slide an A note to B to mimic the keyboard
verse begins with 4 empty bars
(GGGG C G)
G C G
I chop and I change and the mystery thickens
G C G
There's blood on my hands and you want me to listen
G C G
To brawn and to brain when the truth's in the middle
G C G
Born of the grain like all good ridd-les
There is a G chord played by a second guitar building to the chorus
Chorus:
D C
B-b-burn the skin off and climb the roof top
G Gsus4 G (slide a note from A to B on the top e string)
Thy will be done
D C
B-b-bite the nose off and make it the most of
G (slide a note from B to D on the top e string)
Your king- kingdom kingdom kingdom
Second Verse:
(4 empty bars again)
You kill when you talk and the enemy weakens
Your words start to walk when you're not even speaking
If my heart is a war it's soldiers are bleeding
If my heart is a war it's soldiers are dead
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/echo_and_the_bunnymen/my_kingdom_crd_ver_2.html ]
Chorus:
D C
B-b-burn the skin off and climb the roof top
G Gsus4 G (slide a note from A to B on the top e string)
Thy will be done
D C
B-b-bite the nose off and make it the most of
G (slide a note from B to D on the top e string)
Your king- kingdom kingdom kingdom
Solo over G and C
Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do do
Do do do do do do do, do do do do do do do
ooohawoo
3rd Verse:
gets quieter towards the end
I've lost and I've gained and while I was thinking
You cut off my hands when I wanted to twist
If you know how to dance to boney maroney
He's doing the ballet on both of his wrists
Chorus:
D C
B-b-burn the skin off and climb the roof top
G Gsus4 G (slide a note from A to B on the top e string)
Thy will be done
D C
B-b-bite the nose off and make it the most of
G (slide a note from B to D on the top e string)
Your ki-ki-ki kingdom
x2
2nd guitar solo over G and C
(You're a bitter malignous person)
(And the death is well overdue)
(You suck the blood that kills you)
(You kiss the hand that hates you)
(You're a bitter malignous person)
(And your death is well overdue)
(Your sucking bitter pain)
background singing (ten a penny?)
