Verse 1: E G#m We argue in the kitchen about whether to have children C#m About the world ending and the scale of my ambition A G#m And how much is art really worth F#m The very thing you're best at is the thing that hurts the most E But you need your rotten heart G#m Your dazzling pain like diamond rings C#m You need to go to war to find material to sing A G#m B I am no mother I am no bride I am King
Chorus: A B I need my golden crown of sorrow, my bloody sword to swing C#m G#m My empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology A B F#m I am no mother I am no bride I am King A B E I am no mother I am no bride I am King Verse 2: G#m But a woman is a changeling, always shifting shape C#m Just when you think you have it figured out, something new begins to take A G#m What strangе claws are these, scratching at my skin F#m I nеver knew my killer would be coming from within E G#m C#m I am no mother I am no bride I am King E G#m B I am no mother I am no bride I am King Chorus: A B I need my golden crown of sorrow, my bloody sword to swing C#m G#m My empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology A B F#m I am no mother I am no bride I am King A B F#m I am no mother I am no bride I am King A B C#m I am no mother I am no bride I am King A B E I am no mother I am no bride I am King Bridge: E G#m C#m Ooh A E F#m Ooh, ooh, ooh E G#m C#m Ooh, ooh A E F#m Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh E G#m C#m A E F#m E G#m C#m A E F#m B Outro: E G#m And I was never as good as I always thought I was C#m But I knew how to dress it up A G#m I was never satisfied, it never let me go F#m B E Just dragged me by my hair and back on with the show G#m C#m A G#m F#m E