Ballad Of The Crimson Kings chords by Ray Wylie Hubbard

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning


The Ballad Of The Crimson Kings
Ray Wylie Hubbard

Capo - 3rd fret
Intro: A minorAm  G+G (repeat as desired) with picked bass line
         A minorAm       G+G
Well, I'm in this band called the Crimson Kings
  G+G              A minorAm
We come from Carolina and Tennessee
      A minorAm     G+G
We make our stand with bronze-wound strings
G+G                 A minorAm
 Old dread-naughts and drop-down D's

       A minorAm        G+G
Our roots run deep... True and tough
    G+G                A minorAm
As the tree of life's inlaid on a mandolin
     A minorAm          G+G
We don't flinch, and we don't bluff
  G+G                   A minorAm
Our heart's been blessed... by a hickory wind

Chorus:
E minorEm           A minorAm
There are some who can rise above blind faith
E minorEm              A minorAm
 Others are that just can't pray
E minorEm          DmDm            FF
Then there are those condemned by the gods to write
     G+G            A minorAm
How they sparkle and [they] fade away

    A minorAm          G+G
Now we run with the reckless kind
  G+G                    A minorAm
But have not turned our backs on the sacred choir
     A minorAm           G+G
See, each life down here is intertwined
G+G                    A minorAm
 We come together 'cause the wheel's on fire

        A minorAm         G+G
Now, some don't know - and they are blessed
  G+G                 A minorAm
Perhaps that's what gives the sorrow wings
      A minorAm                 G+G
I might be wrong about all this but never-the-less
   G+G                     A minorAm
Sweet mother pearl, say a prayer for the Crimson Kings

Chorus (repeat 2X)

Ballad Of The Crimson Kings chords

"Balld of the Crimson King" is a song from Texas country music artist Ray Wylie Hubbard's 1997 album "Dangerous Spirits".