King chords by The Amazing Devil

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Bbm

🎸 Intro:

N.C.
I’ll keep the king
N.C.
When you are gone away
N.C.
Into darkness and howling I’ll keep him from drowning
N.C.
As our boat is untethered from the dock


Plucking:
Am
I’ll keep the king
Dsus2/A
Keep him safe at bay
D/A
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
Dm                   Dsus2        N.C.
In that house at the top of the rock
                                 Am (+ strum)
In that house at the top of the rock

🎸 Verse:
D              C          Am
There’ve been times I know
D               C           Am
I’ll stand up up up at the bow
D                                 C
And the waves of our bodies and the smell of our follies
                            Am
Rips into the bark of my bones
D              C          Am
You fumble through the dark
D                C                   Am
However wide and deep and far my dear
D                                  C
The waves made of fingers and the madness that lingers
                              Am
Rips into the bark of our bones


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F                G
And let the sea birds cry
F                  G
I’ll let the sea birds cry


🎸 Chorus:
Am
I’ll keep the king
G
I’ll keep the king
D
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
Dm                                  Am
In that house at the top of the rock


🎸 Verse:
Am
I’ll smile as I climb the stairs (to the light)
D                      C              Am
To the light that you keep burning there (all hell)
D                                       C
And our muscles that are waltzing and our shadows that are bold sing
                               Am
Come rip up the flesh of my fears
D                  C                        Am
I know your fingernails are the colour of rust (come back)
D                   C         Am
And your veins are empty of dust (but our voices)
D                       C                      Am
But our voices collide with each howl of the tide
G             D/F#                        Am
Singing all hell and its fire waits for us


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F                 G
And let the sea birds cry
F                  G
I’ll let the sea birds cry


🎸 Chorus:
Am
I’ll keep the king
G
I’ll keep the king
D
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
Dm                                 Am
In that house at the top of the rock


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
F                 G
And let the sea birds cry
F                   G
I’ll let the sea birds cry


🎸 Bridge:
F                           G
The wind and its shackles, the old fishers tackles
F/A                      G/B
The sea and its waters, every unwanted daughter
F
Every moon in the sky
G
Every promise and lie
F/A
All hell
N.C.
And it’s fire

Waits for us


🎸 Chorus:
Am
I’ll keep the king
G
I’ll keep the king
D
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
Dm
In that house at the top of, in our house at the top of
Am
I’ll keep the king
G
I’ll keep the king
D
I’ll keep him safe from the dark things that wait
Dm
In that house at the top
Am
of the rock