Frank Turner - Journey Of The Magi Chords & Tabs

this is a very simple interpretation, but works well :)

Em        G                   D
Moses was old, a chill in his bones

Am      C                     G                       D
Falling apart, he knew in his heart that his time had come

Em               G                      D
As he lay in his tent in the hot desert sands

Am               C              G                D
He smiled at how he would never see his promised land

          C            D         Em
He sang, "I could have lived and died

Cadd9       G                         C
An Egyptian prince, could have played safe

G                                D
But in the end journey's brought joys

                  G
That outweigh the pain"

Em           G             D
Now Odysseus sat tired and alone


He'd always held out against all the doubts he would come home

Em         G                   D
Now he was here, his soul felt estranged


Am               C                    G                D
His wife and his dog, his son and his gods, everything changed

          C            D         Em
He sang, "I could have stayed and ruled

Cadd9         G                       C
As an Ithacan prince, could've played safe
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G                                D
But in the end journey's brought joys

                  G
That outweigh the pain"


Em            G                   D
Now Balthazar rode for seven long years

Am            C                    G                       D
Eastwards and far, he followed his star and it brought him here

Em             G                       D
To a stable in ruins in some backwater town

Am          C                      G                      D
To a virgin defiled, no king but a child, too small for a crown


          C            D             Em
He sang, "I could have lived with my Gods

Cadd9        G                         C
As a Persian prince, I could've played safe
     
           G                     D                         
But in the end journey's brought joys

                  G
That outweigh the pain"


Em                 G
Paupers and kings, princes and thieves

           C      D                               G
Singers of songs, righters of wrongs, be what you believe

Em          G                    D
Saddle your horse, shoulder your load

C                   D                                      G
Burst at the seams, be what you dream and then take to the road