The Ballad Of The Crimson Kings chords by Ray Wylie Hubbard

Chords with lyrics

Went looking for this tab but couldn't find it and so decided what the
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The Ballard Of The Crimson Kings    Ray Wylie Hubbard
Capo 2nd Fret

A minorAm                  G+G
There's this band, called the Crimson Kings,
               A minorAm
Come from a-Carolina, Tennessee.
                G+G
Make a stand, across wild strings,
                A minorAm
Old dreadnaughts and drop-down D's.
                  G+G
Our roots run deep, through the tough,
                   A minorAm
As true to life in some ways as mandolin.
                 G+G
We don't flinch, oh, we don't bluff,
                      A minorAm
For our hearts have been kissed by every wind.

CHORUS:
E minorEm           A minorAm
There are some who can arise above my fate,
E minorEm            A minorAm
Others just can't seem to pray,
E minorEm              D MajorD
Then there are those that are condemned by the gods to write,
FF          G+G    A minorAm
They a-sparkle and a-fade away.

Dobro Solo

Now, we'll run, we're the reckless kind,
But we have not turned our backs on the saviour choir,
See each life, all center twined,
'Cause we've come together for the wheels on fire.
Now some don't know, that they are blessed,
Perhaps this is what gives us our means,
Well I might be wrong, oh, never the less,
Sweet mother of pearl say a prayer for a Crimson King.

Chorus
Electric Guitar Solo
Rundown  (C majorC BB A augmentedA C majorC E minorEm)

There are some who can arise above my fate,
Others just can't seem to pray,
Then there are those that are condemned by the gods to write,
They a-sparkle and a-fade away.
Sparkle and a-fade away
Sparkle and fade away.

Outtro........and fade and stop.