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From: "CHOOSE YOUR OWN CTHONIAN #27 : FEEDING FRENZY" <RHOULETT@DEPAUW.EDU>

Rain King
by the Counting Crows

contributed by Ryan Houlette
rhoulett@depauw.edu
Write me if you use this.


Note:  the timing of the words to the chord changes is
approximate, because the singer uses very elastic phrasing.
This is how I do it.


[verse]
D                      A
When I think of heaven
Bm         A                 D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A          Bm     A           D               A
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
Bm            A              D                 A
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
                  Bm           A
In the belly of a black-winged bird.
Bm    G
Don't try to feed me
Bm        G
I've been here before
    D           E
And I deserve a little more


[chorus]
A Bm    D       E              A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm    D   E               A
I belong anywhere but in between
A          Bm     D               E
She's been crying and I've been thinking
A     Bm     D         E
And I am the Rain King


[verse]
E          D           A            Bm   A
And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone?
D          A
I can't go outside
             Bm                A
I'm scared I might not make it home
    D           A
I'm alive, I'm alive
     Bm           A
But I'm sinking in
           D                 A
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Bm                      A
Why don't you invite me in?
Bm    G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm        G
I've been there before
    D           E
And I deserve a little more


[chorus]
A Bm    D       E              A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm    D    E              A
I belong anywhere but in between
A          Bm    D              E
She's been lying and I've been sinking
A     Bm     D         E
And I am the Rain King


[bridge]
Bm          D                A
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Bm           D   A   Bm
Henderson is waiting for the sun
                   D         A
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
Bm            D               A
After all the dreaming I come home again


repeat D A Bm A 2x here


[verse]
D               A
When I think of heaven
Bm         A                 D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A          Bm
I think of dying
A                D                  A
Lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Bm           A             D                A
Render up my body into the burning heart of God
                Bm             A
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Bm    G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm        G
I've been here before
    D           E
And I deserve a little more


[chorus]
A Bm    D       E              A
I belong in the service of the queen
A Bm    D    E              A
I belong anywhere but in between
A          Bm    D             E
She's been dying and I've been drinking
A     Bm     D          E
And I am the Rain King



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From: dlr@cnd.hp.com (Dominic Ruffatto)

{t:Rain King}
{st:Counting Crows}
{define Cadd9 base-fret 0 frets X 3 2 0 3 0}
{define Fmaj7 base-fret 0 frets X X 3 2 1 0}
[C]      [G]      [Am]      [G]            [C]      [G]      [Am]      [G]            
[C]When I think of [G]heaven [Am]  (Deliver me in a [G]black-winged bird)  [C]
[G]I think of [Am]flying  [G]  down into a [C]sea of pens and [G]feathers and 
[Am]All other other [G]instruments of [C]faith and sex and [G]God in the belly of a [Am]black winged [G]bird.
[Am]Don't try to [Cadd9]feed me. [Am]  'Cause I've been [Fmaj7]here before and [C]I deserve a [D]little more.

{soc}
[G]I be[Am]long [C]in the [D]service of the [G]Queen.  I be[Am]long [C]  any[D]where but in bet[G]ween.
She's been [Am]crying. [C]  I've been [D]thinking.  And [G]I [Am]am the [C]Rain King.  [D]
{eoc}
I said Mama, Mama, Mama, why am I so alone?
I can't go outside.  I'm scared I might not make it home.
Well, I'm alive, I'm alive, but I'm sinking in.
If there's anyone at home at your place, darlin', why don't you invite me in?
Don't try to bleed me.  'Cause I've been there before and I deserve a little more.

{soc}
[G]I be[Am]long [C]in the [D]service of the [G]Queen.  I be[Am]long [C]  any[D]where but in bet[G]ween.
She's been [Am]lying. [C]  I've been [D]sinking.  And [G]I [Am]am the [C]Rain King.  [D]
{eoc}

[Am]  Hey, I only [C]want the same as [G]anyone. [Am] Henderson is [C]wait[G]ing for the [Am]sun.
  Oh, it seems night [C]endlessly be[G]gins and [Am]ends.  After all the [C]dreaming I [G]come home a[C]gain.

{c:Solo in G}
[G]      [Am]     [G]            [C]      [G]      [Am]     [G]            [C]      [G]      [Am]     [G]            [C]      [G]      [Am]     [G]            
When I think of heaven (Deliver me in a black-winged bird)
I think of dying.  Lay me down in a field of flame and heather.
Render up my body into the burning heart of God in the belly of a black-winged bird.
Don't try to bleed me.  'Cause I've been here before and I deserve a little more.  [D]      [D]

{soc}
[G]I be[Am]long [C]in the [D]service of the [G]Queen.  I be[Am]long [C]  any[D]where but in bet[G]ween.
She's been [Am]dying. [C]  I've been [D]drinking.  And [G]I [Am]am the [C]Rain King.  [D]
{eoc}
Well I said that [G]I [Am]am the [C]Rain King.[D]  Well I said, [G]I, I, I, [Am]I, I, [C]Yeah, yeah, yeah, [D]yeah, yeah, yeah.  
Well [G]I [Am]am the [C]Rain King.  Yeeeeaaaah!
{np}
{c:CHORDS}

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Dominic Ruffatto
Hewlett-Packard
Network and System Management Division
dlr@cnd.hp.com