[Intro]

   8x


[Verse 1]

            
There's a litt

            
le black spot 

           
on the sun tod

    
ay 
         
It's the same 

           
old thing as y

      
esterday
            
There's a blac

            
k hat caught i

            
n the high tre

       
e top
          
There's a flag

           
pole rag and t

         
he wind won't 

     
stop


[Chorus]

            
I have stood h

           
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
            
with the world

           
 turning circl

            
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
            
I guess I'm al

           
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
            
but it's my de

           
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain


.

| N.C. |
[ 6/4 ]


[Verse 2]

            
There's a litt

              
le black spot 

          
on the sun tod

   
ay   
            
(that's my sou

   
l up there)
          
It's the same 

           
old thing as y

          
esterday
           
(that's my sou

     
l up there)
            
There's a blac

             
k hat caught i

           
n a high tree 

    
top
            
(that's my sou

   
l up there)
          
There's a flag

            
pole rag and t

            
he wind won't 

    
stop
           
(that's my sou

     
l up there)


[Chorus]

             
I have stood h

       
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
             
with the world

         
 turning circl

/          
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
             
I guess I'm al

       
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
             
but it's my de

       
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain


.

| N.C. |
[ 6/4 ]


[Verse 3]

            
There's a foss

              
il that's trap

          
ped in a high 

            
cliff wall
            
(that's my sou

   
l up there)
          
There's a dead

              
 salmon frozen

          
 in a water fa

       
ll
           
(that's my sou

     
l up there)
            
There's a blue

              
 whale beached

          
 by a springti

           
de's ebb
            
(that's my sou

   
l up there)
          
There's a butt

              
erfly trapped 

          
in a spider's 

      
web
           
(that's my sou

     
l up there)


[Chorus]

             
I have stood h

       
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
             
with the world

         
 turning circl

/          
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
             
I guess I'm al

       
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
             
but it's my de

       
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain


.


[Bridge]

             
  There's a ki

        
ng on a throne

              
 with his eyes


 torn out
             
  There's a bl

        
ind man lookin

        
g for a shadow

 of doubt;
             
  There's a ri

        
ch man sleepin

       
g on a golden 

bed
             
  There's a sk

        
eleton   choki

        
ng on a crust 

of bread.


[Solo]
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[Verse 4]

          
There's a red 

fox torn by a 

huntsmen's pac

k
              
(that's my sou

       
l up there)
      
There's a blac

k winged gull 

with a broken 

back
           
(that's my sou

           
l up there)
            
There's a litt

              
le black spot 

             
on the sun tod

.
ay   
            
It's the same 

              
old thing as y

        
esterday


[Chorus]

             
I have stood h

       
ere before ins

          
ide the pourin

  
g rain
             
with the world

         
 turning circl

/          
es running 'ro

     
und my brain.
             
I guess I'm al

       
ways hoping th

          
at you'll end 

     
this reign
             
but it's my de

       
stiny to be th

      
e king of pain


.


[Outro]

  
              

 
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